#perfumes according

[earthbaby-angelboy]

YALL. i’m so excited about this that i’m not gon do a fancy introduction!!

one of the colognes elvis wore, often in the 50s, was lenel for men. i have a bottle of it, and it’s absolutely delightful! the official notes aren’t written anywhere, but to me it smells like flowers with a classic cologne undertone and bit of baby powder!

now, i got a new bottle of perfume today: wild musk by coty. i never smelled it or anything, but it’s been around since 1972. figured it was worth a shot!

i opened the bottle, took a lil sniff, and immediately went “what does this smell like that i already own?”

…IT SMELLS LIKE THE FUCKING FEMININE VERSION OF ELVIS’ COLOGNE.

tldr; i’m gon make a post on all the colognes and perfumes related to elvis for my friends that also associate scent with memory <3

(tagging people i think would appreciate this or could give their two cents): @kiankiwi @mooodyblue @lookingforrainbows @alienelvisobsession @arianatheangel-girl @hooked-on-elvis

#elvis presley #cologne #perfume #i LOVE having perfume as a special interest #cause scent is my biggest tie to memory #also smelling that cologne and knowing that lil baby e smelled like that in the 50s is very comforting :-) #that post will be coming sometime tonight <3 #i need to try all the colognes he’s worn #i know ppl say brut but my ma hates that stuff #canoe by dana is another one #and according to ginger #neutrogena face soap😭 #idk gimme ur two cents #ok love u bye

[araneitela]

Me finishes the new mobile banner, uploaded it and accidentally came across an old WIP theme from last year that has draggable windows so it'll work for all resolutions across the board. So guess what I'm doing.

#[ ooc. ] don't try to make it logical or edit your soul according to the fashion. rather; follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. #[ okay but in my defense- it isn't far from done. a lot of the base code is done. ] #[ i'm just so undecided on that background. but IT'LL GIVE ME SOME ORGANIZATION; OKAY. ] #[ i need to finish this; kafka has people to bother. some involving perfume and some without perfume. ]

[zipmode]

Somehow my perfume rubbed off on my cat yesterday and so he's been smelling l-hes he tried to lick my eye sorry- he's been smelling nice ever since. The funny smeller.

#zipmode talks #he doesnt seem to give a shit but ill refrain from wearing perfume the next few days to let it fade away #he deserves to smell his own smell as he cannot choose a scent of his own accord

[museenkuss]

Marie Museenkuss Library Day essentials📕🦢✨

BAG PACK [white Levi’s]. laptop & case (hence the bag pack). Diogenes notebook small. pencil. red umbrella. cat eye sunglasses. emergency pad & emergency single use cleaning wipe for my glasses. books to return (possibly). a healthy little snack (grapes, apple slices). an unhealthy little snack (Kinder Riegel). a few stray perfume testers

EXTRA TOTE [usually a Moomin shop tote]. wallet. bag of toiletries. something to read while on the underground. water bottle. Mio Mio Ginger or coke (cherry, vanilla, zero) or Sinalco (Mio Mio ginger is my all time favourite but the glass bottle is so heavy that I oftentimes decide against it)

#ever since I started getting salads at our cafeteria I’ve been looking forward to bib days #I do NOT care for the warm meals but mhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! #my recipe is the bestest and I love it and I wish I was at uni right now so I could get myself a salad :) #I used to be so confused why people were eating salads there but I get it now!!! I get it!!!!! #the cafeteria cooks prepare it for you according to your wishes and they’re the most pricy items (so like 4€ for a small one) but SO GOOD #okay anyhow. #I would love to do a what’s in my bag for regular days #or what’s in my toiletry bag #but I might wait til that’s more interesting #what’s in my bag #Museenkuss #🦢.txt #also I used a very specific perfume last month and I fear I’ll always connect it to the library now #lest I take it on our trip and wear it a ton

[running-in-the-dark]

I might be.. allergic or just sensitive to the smell of my new water mixable oil paints. 🤦

which wouldn't be that surprising since I'm sensitive to a lot of scents/perfume type stuff (don't know if it's an allergy yet, it just makes my nose and the area around it burn and stuff.)

buuut that is pretty damn disappointing. I didn't want to try regular oil paint because I figured that wouldn't work well for me. ugh. I'll keep using them tonight and see if it gets any better (or worse)

#it's only the paint and the painting medium (which is judt vegetable oil and synthetic resins according to the label) #that I'm using at the moment #the paint does smell quite a bit - not overwhelmingly strong but it's definitely very noticeable. #and yeah my face just. burns. a little but #*bit #not so bad that I need to stop I think #but it's fucking annoying!! it's like walking by a perfume shop (not going inside - that would be much worse) #damn.

[parasolids]

i bought two tiny 1ml perfume samples. i got concrete by comme des garcons, which ive seen described as "like an art classroom" and like walking in a business district or under a mossy overpass, and then tam dao from diptyque, which is described as indian sandalwood, which isnt a scent i really like irl but we'll see how it goes

i've been wearing deathandfloral's art school dropout recently - the site describes it as wet clay, car exhaust, paint water, pencil shavings. it felt fitting, i don't draw anymore and i work in a car factory. when i tried it on at first i didn't like it bc it just felt waxy and sweet. but now after wearing it a few times i really like it - it starts off sweet and chemical and i definitely get the car exhaust note, which then turns more woody and mineral, which i guess is the clay/paint and pencil shavings. inexplicably it does smell strongly like lime after a while

i think i want a good death/graveyard/etc scent but a lot of the death related perfumes i see are WAIT LUSH BROUGHT BACK KERBSIDE VIOLET POST CANCELLED

#i wore glory conditioner for a year despite it not being made for my hair type bc it smelled so good and now i can buy it in perfume form?!? #god its so expensive i hope i can find a decant #anyways what i was saying is a lot of the death related perfumes i see are like. american funeral home. i tried lush's death and decay #and i guess being of south asian heritage i think of it from a different angle #like one of my favorite perfumes ive tried is velvet bold from commodity #which is a HEAVY intense fragrance but it smells like roses and smoke #and according to my mom its a lot like indian graveyard incense #which is exactlyyyy the vibe i want to wear #anyways im saying this bc i asked my friends what perfume would you wear to my funeral #and one of my friends said tam dao and i looked it up and it seems like an interesting vibe #temple sandalwood described as subtle/still/warm/calm. to my funeral. i like it #im so excited aaaaaaaaaa #cactus.txt

[amokslime]

I think it could be fun to make a small perfumery/scent notes table for fanfic authors. I think most of the time the classic "they smelled like ______ and ______" is more of an atmosphere building tool than a literal description, which is great. Also a lot of the time, i get the sense that characters aren't necessarily meant to be wearing a perfume. But it seems like it would be cool to have the option of referring to a list of scent notes that includes scent descriptions, popular combos, maybe something like date/place of origin. Plus it would be an outlet for my perfume obsession that doesn't involve me spending all my money. Perfume nation how are we feeling

#lotus oil smells like bubblegum it it smells like BUBBLEGUM #im a perfumery beginner #so idk how effective i would be. but it sounds fun! #maybe this already exists but i haven't been able to find one #there's scent note tables out there for perfumers #but they're not always that accessible and they focus on slightly different information #the formulas for many accords are classified as trade secrets but you could at least get an idea of what accords are possible #stink radius

[smelldictionary]

Santal 33 by Le Labo

Notes from Description:

Top: violet accord, cardamom. Middle: iris, ambrox. Base: cedarwood, leather, sandalwood.

My Review:

Sandalwood scents are very hit or miss to me. I always fear that I'll end up smelling like my mother or *gasp!* a resident of a hippie commune (come to think of it that also describes my mother).

At first I didn't get the hype. I'm going to be honest it did not agree with my skin at first, it sort of dissipated into nothing after about twenty minutes and I never got that beautiful woody bloom that everyone goes bananas over. It felt like a case of olfactory blue balls.

But, because I wanted it to work, I kept wearing it, tried applying it to different bits of my anatomy, using different methods of application... and then one day it worked.

Reader when I tell you I had a come to Jesus moment, I mean the angels started singing.

When it first goes on it smells like a shoe store. There's a very profound and nearly offputting leatheriness to it that mellows out into a subtle spice before blooming into this pure sandalwood wonderland. The cardamom is definitely present on me which offsets some of the more jarring acidity I find in a lot of sandalwood scents. The cedarwood tingles, right there, at the base of the whole thing, a steady base holding everything up and grounding it at the same time. It goes out as a sigh that smells of my grandmother's linen cupboard and the cedar shavings she'd store them with to keep the moths away.

The silage is enormous, and the staying power endless. Some other reviews I read said that it's now so ubiquitous it's almost the smell of the air in certain parts of NYC and London and I can see how. After wearing it for a few days off and on it's still everywhere. Even after laundry the cuffs of my shirt still smell of it, my watch band, the makeup bag I carry to work with me, my hair, my pillowcase. Working as I was each time with a tiny dab from a 1ml sample vial, if sprayed I can only imagine it would be strong enough to block out the sun and incite a bacchic frenzy in anyone within a 13-mile radius.

It's truly gender-neutral. It's sweet but not cloying, woody but rounded, warm rather than sharp. I wouldn't go so far as to call it creamy but there is a softness to it, a well-loved sweater kind of softness that is tempered by the edginess of a truly gender-bending profile (none of that gourmand skew that a lot of sandalwood scents "pour femme" seem to like and nor any of that awful put-upon musk that seems to be the only thing anyone can come up with to make a scent "pour homme"). There's honestly nothing complex about it. It's a minimalist dream, it is exactly what it says on the tin and is all the more luxurious for its simplicity.

The hype is absolutely real.

Rating:

*dives into a pool of this scent. Never to return*

9/10 -1 point for its ubiquity.

Everyone loves this scent, everyone wears this scent. I need to be original or I will perish and in the circles I run in? this is as trite as a June wedding or calling your art "poststructuralist" because it doesn't actually mean anything and you know it.

The beaten dead horse of the fragrance scene. But it was, once, the world's most beautiful horse. May it rest in peace.

#santal 33 #perfume review #violet accord #cardamom #iris #ambrox #cedarwood #leather #sandalwood

[morayofsunshine]

hmmm

#i looked the hangul up on papago and it was translated to 'it's perfume' #lemons??? art supplies? legos?? perfume???? will take us back to when we were teenagers (according to what he said in a fancall)?????? #what??? ?? ????? ??? #UPDATE ok according to sandorokis on twitter 향수다 also means nostalgia so an older song probably #although for this 'older' might mean anywhere from the 70's to the 2000's

[fazcinatingblog]

Daisy dresses up when his boyfriend comes over for dinner

#Dale Thomas #khanh ong #Daisy's worried about losing his boyfriend to some hunk in Freo #'who is it? fyfe?' ' #'Daisy calm down it's just a boy who lives in the Fremantle suburb he's---' #'have you fallen for the charming good looks of Jaeger o'meara?' Daisy says through gritted teeth #khanh just laughs 'no his name is Saint---' #'Saint paddy wow? wait no he's st Kilda' Daisy says frowning as he tries to think of freo's list #that night Daisy is in bed with his laptop and his wife is like 'are you working?' and Daisy's like #'yes' as he puts the Freo players into a spreadsheet and ranks them all #'what's your rating system?' Natasha asks curiously 'is this a triple m thing?' #'it's the ginniquaygenius champion data ranking system' Daisy explains expertly #'so like robbo's top 50 players but based on...' #'the system invented by premiership players Ginnivan and quaynor' Daisy answers as if that's not alarming at all #oh i just realised it could be the gingeniusIQ ranking system #each player is ranked in accordance with gingenius IQ points #you get points for headbands and wearing perfume #longer hair the better #especially curls that are to die for

[boneless-mika]

The worst thing to see as a disabled person isn’t even people wishing for my death. It’s people shaming others for not showering often enough

#I also don’t shower long enough according to those people #(and they use once a week as a measure of the most disgusting person who exists but like that’s a good month for me) #(and no telling me I need to do x y and z instead does not help it’s exactly the same) #(if you’re in public you’re going to encounter smells you don’t like just like how I have to encounter perfume despite being allergic #so I think you’ll survive the fact I smell bad)

[halain]

I have this little perfume sample that came with some skin stuff my ma got me that smells sooo good its kinda spicy and woody. unfortunately it apparently costs like 200 usd retail which is a decadence I cannot afford

#its ermm. haute montagne from moncler which i guess is a luxury brand #my all time favorite perfume is this jasmine & ylang one i got several christmases ago.. according to irls it makes me smell like a grandma #.txt

[silks-up-my-sleeve]

Dreamt about the ghouls last night and apparently they REALLY like avocados according to my subconscious

#also zephyr is such a good cuddler according to my brain but he smells like charlie blue perfume

[lovebugdotcom]

Friends.

Is this song gay? 🤔🧐

#I feel a little silly asking this because it seems pretty damn gay #but sometimes things are like that. #sometimes things seem gay and then they somehow aren’t. #Jackie is a feminine name and Jackie also wears perfume according to the song #but because there’s no pronouns or gender specific language used to refer to Jackie #I’m suspicious of it ( = _=) #asking google this question did not give me answers 😭. there was even someone in the comments asking this with no response given to them. #bug thoughts

[boneflavoredtea]

i love atmospheric scents, like mm yes a hot humid pool deck fuck yea. empty mall w a spencer, slay. being chased by the baba yaga’s chicken leg house in a bottle bro wut lets go

#perfume #what would running from the baba yaga’s chicken leg house smell like #sweat feathers fuckin grass and stuff #maybe incense too? idfk #haha fear accord

[archaeologicalnews]

Roman-era silver 'toilet spoon' discovered in Wales

A Roman-era silver "toilet spoon" discovered by a metal detectorist in the U.K. has been declared a "treasure" by experts.

Valentinas Avdejevas made the peculiar finding in 2020 while exploring Vale of Glamorgan, a county in Wales. He surrendered the metal artifact to the Portable Antiquities Scheme for Wales, a local authority that works directly with metal detectorists who have unearthed artifacts. The utensil is currently in the possession of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, according to a statement.

The narrow silver spoon (also known as a Roman ligula) contains a shallow, circular bowl attached to a thin, bent handle and would have been used to scoop out cosmetics and perfume from long-necked bottles. Read more.

#archaeology #archeology #wales #silver #toilet spoon #roman ligula #roman-era