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Old Green / New Green
It’s quite nice to see Basenotes (that would be https://basenotes.net) finally getting the makeover Grant has wanted to do for so many years. I’ve helped alpha and beta test the new site (that would be https://basenotes.com), and it is quite … Continue reading
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
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Chanel No. 0.5 Eau Final
If there is anything which proves that I have finally reached the status of true fragrance fanatic, it is the fact that I am about to take a five-dollar fragrance seriously. Very. Seriously. BUT WAIT! It’s not like this is just … Continue reading
Cultural Capitalism: Fear and Loathing in the Perfume Aisle at Macy’s
….an abstract symphonic post, in which, by a Kansas tornado of antideconstuctive disestablishmentarianism, we consider the fragrant origins of Donald Trump’s cultural counter-insurgency, mostly by way of stream-of-subconsciousness, non-snob reviews of Trump’s two modern scents, Success and Empire. prelude When Donald Trump announced that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Entertainment, Fashion, Fragance, Fragrance Reviews, News and politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Anima Dulcis, Arquiste, basenotes, Basenotes.net, Ca Fleure Bon, Carlos Huber, coat of arms, Cultural Capitalism, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Empire, Donald Trump Success, Empire by Trump, fragrance, fragrance reviews, heraldry, Ivanka Trump, Kate Walsh Boyfriend, L'Etrog, Macy's, Mary-Pierre Julien, Michelyn Camen, Perfumania, Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Success by Trump, Yann Vasnier
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Exile on Mainstream Street
Although this isn’t the post I want to make, it’s the one that I owe my fragrance friends, before I make the post that I actually do want to make. To say I’ve been away for a while would be … Continue reading
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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
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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
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We Interrupt This Blog
…for this important message. We regret to inform our few readers, that we are unable to continue our series of reviews, Letters to Primrose. We may resume reviews of these scents at some time in the future, but due to … Continue reading
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Goldilocks and the Three Leathers
“Once he hears to his heart’s content, sails on, a wiser man. We know all the pains that the Greeks and Trojans once endured on the spreading plain of Troy when the gods willed it so— all that comes to … Continue reading
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.
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