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kaffeeklatsch!
I view the health of public discourse by an interesting metric. Can I make a good-natured joke about Donald Trump in the fragrance world – one with deep knowing humor on many levels to all sides – and only minimally … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, Fashion, Fragance, Fragrance Reviews, History, Internet, News and politics, Science, Science Fiction, Travel
Tagged Basenotes.net, Donald Trump, Empire by Trump, Success by Trump
Exoalchemy
UGHLLO. This is Grumpy Cat. Technically, it’s DOCTOR Grumpy Cat. However, MISTER Grumpy Cat will be fine. I’m so pissed off at my latest alma mater for encouraging Marxist faculty in their coercion of useful idiot students into “safe space” insanity, that … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, News and politics, Science, Science Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Beyond Earth, energy, exoalchemy, exobiology, Grumpy Cat, nuclear energy, oxygen, space colonization, space travel, thorium, Titan
Going Postal: Addressing the Perfume Mailability Problem at USPS with Technology
I will admit that I’ve been a merciless critic of the USPS in regard to fragrance mailability. When it was pointed out to me on Basenotes that it is far easier to mail fragrances in China – as in RED … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Computers, Fragrance, Internet, News and politics, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged computers, fragrance, hazardous materials, mail, mailability, ORM-D, post office, regulations, USPS
The Adventures of Hinoki Oh
This post was inspired by the amazing and unique Comme des Garçons fragrance Monocle Scent One: Hinoki. Everything you are about to read is true. As determined by a secret court that you cannot question, using secret law that you … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Computers, Entertainment, Fashion, Fragrance, Internet, Music, News and politics, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged Comme des Garçons, Hinoki, Hinoki Oh, iPhone, J-pop, K-pop, NSA, Pinocchio, Tailored Access Operations, TAO, When you wish upon a star
Heterodoria iridum
Good irises come in pairs. At least, it sure seems that way. Two of my favorites are the matched Prada pair, Infusion d’Iris and Infusion d’Homme. They’re even better in French – as member JaimeB taught us on Basenotes. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Entertainment, Fashion, Fragrance, Music, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged Alberto Morillas, ballet, Bulgari Man, Dior Homme, Dior Homme Intense, Dior Homme Sport, Givenchy Gentleman, Givenchy Pour Homme, heterochromia iridum, heterodoria iridum, iris, Iris Prima, Kate Bosworth, L'Occitane Iris, Le Labo Iris 39, Letters to Primrose, Olivier Polge, Penhaligon's, Prada Infusion d'Homme, Prada Infusion d'Iris, Robert Downey Jr.
Dear Primrose (in the Steampunk Universe)
Dear Primrose, Please forgive the tardy nature of this correspondence. It approaches Christmas in the Electrical Universe, and I am therefore quite busy. Compounding the busy season, there is a curious tradition here, in which all presents for Christmas must … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, Fashion, Fragrance, Internet, Science, Science Fiction, Travel
Tagged alpha-santalol, Christmas, fragrance, Hermes, Hermes Santal Massoia, Indian sandalwood, Internet, Letters to Primrose, massoia, massoialactone, sandalwood, steampunk
Who Put LSD In My SdV?
Ah, the beauty of the amide group – that little bit of organic chemical functionality that turns Element 6 with Valence 4 into beautiful things like Carl Sagans, who say BILLIONS AND BILLIONS until we sigh about the beauty of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fragrance, Internet, Music, News and politics, Science, Science Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Beethoven, Chandler Burr, fragrance, LSD, NPR, Romantic music, S01E09, S01E10, SdV, Sel de Vetiver, The Different Company, Untitled Series
Malaga à l’Aube
I had fully intended to use my once-in-a-lifetime trip to Andalusia to do some extreme perfume reviewing. In the end, I suppose I did. It just didn’t turn out as expected. And that, I suppose, is the fundamental beauty of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, Books, Fashion, Fragrance, Internet, News and politics, Science, Travel
Tagged Acqua di Gio Essenza, Air France, Alhambra, Andalusia, Armani Onde Mystere, Bertrand Duchaufour, Bleu de Chanel, Creed Virgin Island Water, Denyse Beaulieu, fragrance, Generalife Gardens, Guerlain Habit Rouge L'Eau, Hermes Eau de Mandarine Ambree, Hermes Eau de Narcisse Bleu, Italica, Malaga, Paco Rabanne Invictus, Sevilla, Seville a l'Aube, Solo Loewe Absoluto, Spain, Spanish Inquisition, The Perfume Lover, Thierry Mugler Alien Essense Absolue, Tom Ford Sahara Noir
Lunaquatic Fringe
I think that my little hiatus from fragrance has been doing me good. Sometimes, it seems like the only way to really understand something you love, is to stop caring about it. I suppose that’s just another one of the … Continue reading
Time to Ride
There was a time, back somewhere between the 1930’s and the 1850’s, when a cowboy named Red showed up in Perfume City. He was part Injun, through his mama’s side, and she never let him forget it. He figured that … Continue reading
