I Lost Myself

A luminous yellow wax candle lit with a single wick flame.

Beloved reader,I've rewritten this post dozens of times. I hate every version of it, and yet I can't move on [...]

L’Air de Rien Eau de Parfum by Miller Harris Review

Collage of L'Air de Rien by Miller Harris and its notes, including neroli, patchouli, oakmoss, vanilla, amber, and musk.

I don't understand Miller Harris' L'Air de Rien.This isn't spitty. I was led to expect spitty. I almost wanted [...]

Ink Eau de Parfum by Akro Review

Collage of Ink Eau de parfum by Akro and its notes, including birch tar, ink, vetiver, sandalwood, rubber, and jasmine.

This is ink with kink. Ink that winks. Ink that makes you think. Rich metallic ink with zinc.But is it ink [...]

Nomade Absolu de Parfum by Chloé Review

Collage of Nomade Absolu by Chloe and its notes, including oakmoss, davana, mirabelle plums, and cinnamon fruit pie.

"But I miss you most of all, my darling... when autumn leaves start to fall." "Autumn Leaves," a jazz standard [...]

Every Barbie from the Barbie Movie as a Perfume

Collage of a red stiletto high heel shoe and a number of foods and flowers, like almonds, chocolate, honey, tea, and jasmine.

As perpetually late to the party and awful with kairos as I am, I have only just watched Greta Gerwig's Barbie [...]

cyBorg Queen Extrait de Parfum by Aether Arts Perfume Review

Collage of CyBorg Queen Extrait de Parfum by Aether Arts and its notes, including almond, jasmine, plastic, metal, and musk.

My boyfriend thinks this smells like the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. I haven't been to the Smithsonian Air [...]

Orchidee Vanille Eau de Parfum by Van Cleef & Arpels Review

Collage of Orchidee Vanille by Van Cleef & Arpels and its notes, including vanilla, chocolate, almond, violet, and tonka.

Vanilla cake, chocolate, orchid, lychee, and musk. Orchidee Vanille is Britney Spears' Fantasy all grown [...]

Yesterday Haze Eau de Parfum by Imaginary Authors Review

Collage of Imaginary Authors' Yesterday Haze and its notes, including figs, fruit, wood, tonka bean, iris, and walnuts.

Yesterday Haze is pink. Pale, dusty rose pink. It's formed around a nondescript fruity note, pale pink, marketed [...]

What Does Acetyl Pyrazine Smell Like?

Collage of a variety of nuts and seeds, like chestnuts and walnuts, as well as bread, coffee, popcorn, chocolate, and cacao.

Finally, I'm writing one of these about an aromachemical rather than a natural material!Acetyl pyrazine (or [...]

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