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Jasmine Sambac Absolute

Jasmine Sambac Absolute oil is well-known for its sweet scent. The aroma of the floral scent is musky and masculine. The absolute oil cures depression and alleviates muscle pain. It is also used as an anti-depressant and aphrodisiac. Pregnant women are not recommended to use this oil. It will help with contractions in case of labor pains.

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Exploring the Aroma of Jasmine Grandiflorum Absolute

Jasmine Grandiflorum Absolute is renowned for its captivating fragrance and therapeutic properties. Extracted from the delicate blossoms of the Jasmine Grandiflorum plant, this absolute offers a rich and complex scent profile that has captivated perfumers, aromatherapists, and enthusiasts for centuries.

Origins of Jasmine Grandiflorum:

Jasmine Grandiflorum, scientifically known as Jasminum grandiflorum, is native to regions such as India, Nepal, and Pakistan. The plant produces small, white, star-shaped flowers that bloom at night, releasing their intoxicating fragrance. Historically, jasmine has been revered in various cultures for its symbolic significance and therapeutic benefits.

Extraction Process:

Jasmine Grandiflorum Absolute is extracted through a meticulous process to capture its aromatic essence. The flowers are harvested by hand at dawn when their scent is most potent. These delicate blossoms are then subjected to solvent extraction or enfleurage methods to obtain the absolute, ensuring that the fragrance remains intact and true to its natural form.

Aroma Profile:

The aroma of Jasmine Grandiflorum Absolute is often described as intensely floral, sweet, and slightly musky with warm, exotic undertones. It possesses a rich, heady fragrance that is both calming and uplifting. The complexity of its scent profile makes it a prized ingredient in perfumery, where it adds depth and sophistication to countless fragrance compositions.

Therapeutic Benefits:

Beyond its enchanting fragrance, Jasmine Grandiflorum Absolute is revered for its therapeutic properties. In aromatherapy, it is valued for its calming and antidepressant effects, helping to alleviate stress, anxiety, and insomnia. Its aphrodisiac qualities make it a popular choice for enhancing romantic moods and promoting intimacy.

Uses:

Jasmine Grandiflorum Absolute finds versatile applications across various industries:

Perfumery: It is a coveted ingredient in high-end perfumes, imparting a luxurious and long-lasting floral note.

Skincare: Due to its skin-nourishing properties, Jasmine Absolute is incorporated into skincare products such as creams, lotions, and serums, offering hydration and promoting skin elasticity.

Aromatherapy: When diffused or used in massage oils, Jasmine Absolute creates a soothing atmosphere and promotes emotional well-being.

Spiritual Practices: Jasmine's spiritual significance makes it a popular choice for meditation, rituals, and ceremonies, where its aroma is believed to enhance spiritual connection and inner peace.

Conclusion:

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Jasmine Auriculatum Absolute is one of the rare and unique smelling flower of Jasmine family. It has a beautiful, rich, floral aroma that is soothing & calming and can bring about a restful state to those suffering from emotional trauma. The oil is so soothing that it has also found it usage in skin care and cosmetics industry as a silent ingredient yet proprietary ingredient for many of the reputed international brands. 

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Just a collection of headcanons about the Upper Moon Demons' human lives and just in general.

Upper Moon Six

Daki/Ume Shabana

- Born in 1789 on a Monday ("fair of face"). She was 126 at death.

- Her beauty was immense and breathtaking that she would end up stealing the hearts of other girls' fiancées without even trying. (Much to her brother's annoyance)

- She used to have a fear of the dark. Every night, she would cry for Gyutaro to hold her hand before drifting off to sleep. She would obviously later get over this fear after becoming a Demon.

- At the age of ten, Ume would start her period. Long story short... she woke up screaming and kicking to a bloody mess at 1:00 in the morning, crying for Gyutaro who thought she had been stabbed. By that time, their mother passed away who left neither of her children knowledge about menstruals.

- Still, she would do her best to counter the bleeding monthly. She wouldn't be aware of the causes until three years later, when she would become a courtesan.

- Prior to stabbing a samurai in the eye with the hair pin he bought for her, Ume was quite fond of him. He would bring her gifts, shower her with compliments, and treat her like a princess. However, he never truly love for Ume as the samurai only care for her incredible pretty appearance. He was shocked and disgusted to have found out her sibling relations to Gyutaro thus insulting the latter enough to enrage Ume.

- She was truly the epitome of feminine beauty. Her face was oval-shaped and very symmetrical, with high cheekbones, a willows peak, and a gentle pointed chin. Her eyes were otherworldly breathtaking and dazzling: large, angular, (tapered) double-lidded, bright, sparkling, and tilted upwards with primarily lapis blue irises fading into more sapphire and artic blue shades... and completed with gracefully long, voluminous dark lashes. Her nose slim and dainty with a tiny bump on the bridge and a rounded tip. Her lips were plump, luscious, pouty, rosy pink, and had a natural shine to them creating an adorable smile. Her hair was very thick and had high-density; had notes of sweet plum blossoms, soft Mandarin oranges, and earthly sandalwood; zero signs of heat/sun damage, soft like silk, and always neatly trimmed; a pale silver color with a faint lilac hue that she would frequently wear in a mane alongside lively waterfall. Her eyebrows slim and her ears typically oval-shaped though slightly bigger than average with a bit long, softly shaped diamond-like eyelobes made perfect for any type of earring. Her skin was smooth, unblemished, unscratched, and pale like the moonlight with a natural breathtaking glow and a faint blush on her cheeks. Even in her human years, Ume was quite tall for her age.

- Daki lets Gyutaro consume all the blood from her victims while she mostly ate their flesh, hair, organs, eyes, and joysticks (if they got). She doesn't like blood unless it is type AB/marechi blood.

- If you were to interrogate Tanjiro what scent she had, he'd say it reminded him of: Lemony, honeyed amber, and sweet plum blossoms as top notes, then lily-from-the-valley, tuberose, liquorice, and soft Mandarin oranges for the middle notes, lastly vanilla, white musk, earthy sandalwood, and warm cedarwood as the base notes. Along with that, as a Demon, Daki carried a faint smell of human blood, a faint mixture of the skin odors of her victims, and ruthlessness.

Daki also liked to spray on a tiny bit of perfume, "Sakura no kuchizuke" was her favorite. A very sweet-smelling fragrance with top notes of sparkling yuzu, rose petal essence, and soft peach; middle notes of cherry blossom absolute, orange blossom water, and jasmine sambac; base notes of creamy vanilla bean, white musk, and soft woods (a blend of sandalwood and cedarwood).

- While under disguise, Daki had 12 identities in Yoshiwara. Tsukinahime with her raven-black tresses and captivating yet cold silverly pale yellow eyes (like the moon); Sayekahime with her very dark chocolate brown hair and emerald green eyes; Hibarihime with her cruel treatment towards fellow Keisha; Yurahime rumors linking her to the disappearance of certain swordsmen passing by; Shikimehime whose clients disappeared without a trace; Kagerōhime with a temper as large as her beauty; Ochayahime with her striking eyes the color of green tea; Yatamahime who was a beautiful as she was vain; Ginseihime with her dark purple highlights and ominous aura; Akatsuhime with her timeless beauty; Machiyahime with her mysterious ways; and finally Warabihime before her defeat.

- The reason why not a lot of people recognized Daki through her various identities simply had to do with the changing fashion/beauty standards throughout the years. That and she'd kill anyone who figures out her secret.

- Her ideal type is someone like Akaza, Master Muzan, and Aizetsu... and maybe even Tengen if he became a Demon. She likes men who can at least keep up with her on the battlefield, if he's more powerful than her its bonus points, taller than 5'4 (she doesn't mind hooking up with guys shorter than her just as long as they are gorgeous. Either way, shorter guys are fun to dominate), no blemishes or creepy scars (the only reason why she kept calling Tanjiro unattractive was his apparent puberty bumps, big forehead and scar.), clean and tidy, extremely handsome and beautiful, perfect, and has a sexy voice.

- For some annoying reason, Douma would keep addressing Daki as "daughter" for fun. This usually gets on the Obi Demon's nerves, though more so out of embarrassment rather than resentment.

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Gyutaro/Kurunai Shabana

- Born in 1779 on a woeful Wednesday. He was 136 at death.

- In his human years, he was nicknamed "Kurunai" (a play on the word "Kitanai" meaning dirty/filthy) for his raggedy, rather unclean appearance. This name, which started out as a derogatory insult later became a symbol of strength in Gyutaro's eyes.

- The reason he never cleaned himself was due to lack of motivation. He finds very little purpose in taking baths or grooming his hair because of his own lack of interest in most things.

- Even if he were to clean up, the young urchin had little hopes it'd make a difference.

- His parents were never married. His father wanted nothing more than to bang Ms. Shabana and on top of all that, that dude had tons of other chicks. So if Gyutaro tells you that his dad went to get milk, he means literally.

- Kurunai wasn't born 'hideous', but due to life circumstances and hygiene issues ー People from Yoshiwara's Rashomon Riverbank dubbed him the "ugliest". His oval-shaped face was sickly thin and filthy, and not to mention because of his premature birth, his head and brain are slightly bigger than average. His eyes were sunken, bloodshot and bruised, thinnish and slanted downwards a bit asymmetrically, big and double-lidded like his sister's but always worn in a tired/sleepy half-opened expression; his irises used to be the same lapis blue color as Ume's but had gotten shades lighter and foggy overtime. His black hair was like a dirty mop of split ends, knots, coarseness, sweat, and fleas; it had a unpleasant odor of sweat and tangy onions. His nose was flat and crooked, and often bruised and bleeding from getting punched; four different types of scars and many sunspots live on his skin. His ears were the same as Ume's; slightly big with loose-diamond shaped eyelobes. Plenty of his teeth were knocked out. To top it all, Kurunai was always covered in dirt and grim.

- According to Kurunai's mother, in Hell, she believes if her son was born to a better household, Kurunai would've turned out much better. She also thinks with the proper treatment and resources, the lad would've came out above average-looking if he tried.

- When questioned about Gyutaro's scent, Tanjiro confessed it was one of the least distinctive ones he could remember: Top notes of several different types of human blood, bloodwood, and desert ironwood; Middle notes of A+ blood, animal blood, poison ivy, and dried musk; Base notes of O negative blood, B negative blood, sour onions, moldy leather, and century year old gym socks (like a lot of demons). Sun-Breath User would associate the smell of constant deep vengeance with the Mantis guy.

- Though Douma gave the both of them a large amount of his blood, Gyutaro requested him to take it easy on Ume not wanting it to backfire and lose his sister completely. After that, the siblings were reunited and overjoyed. Douma even let them have his leftover Geisha snack.

- He gets drunk on blood very easily. His ideal snack is a glass of human blood and a disembodied hand on the side. This would help enhance his blood demon art.

- He likes weed.

- Douma calls Gyutaro "son" sometimes which the latter seems to tolerate. It was nice having a parental figure in his life that doesn't constantly beat him. For fun, the cult leader tried finding his comrade a girlfriend... It didn't turn out so good and a Hashira actually showed up.

- Not to mention, Upper Moon 2 gives Gyutaro nightmares/daymares. Once when he was just asleep inside his sister's shadow, the usual, the poison demon had a truly horrifying dream of fighting Douma and losing.

Douma's blood cells might have something to do with that.

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This does not spark Joy (Dior, 2018 & 2019)

PREVIOUSLY ON: Jean Patou's Joy (1930) was voted the Scent of the Century, but for some mysterious reason, it's not manufactured anymore.

Dior fucking killed Joy.

I won't bury the lede here at all. It was Dior. And I love a good Dior, don't get me wrong. But in August 2018, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (which owns every damn thing, including Sephora and half the brands in it) bought the Jean Patou company (which had already changed hands twice). More importantly, they bought the name "Joy." And, somehow, their subsidiary Parfums Christian Dior had their own Joy, complete with Jennifer Lawrence ad campaign, ready to release two weeks later.

For a while, Designer Parfums was at least allowed to manufacture and sell Jean Patou's Joy in France. But now, according to the Patou website, the company's fragrances "are no longer in production." When "authorized outlets" run out, they're out. Because apparently, it was that important for Dior to keep anyone else from using the name "Joy."

So what did they replace the Scent of the Century with?

I had heard that Joy by Dior Intense was a huge improvement on the initial Joy by Dior (which infuriated fragrance aficionados itself by existing, clearly), and I'm glad I tried it first, because if I had started with the original ("original") Dior, I would have punched a wall. But let's start with that: I kept trying Dior Joy #1 over and over because I couldn't remember what it smelled like. It is literally, in the literal sense of literally, forgettable. I tried it one more time today in order to write this paragraph, and: it's soapy white musk. Which upset me initially, I remember now, because I'm just really not a fan of soapy/laundry white musk, but that's on me; I've seen user reviews that do really like Joy by Dior. On me, it's just bubblebath froth, eventually a sweet citrus that peeks up from under it, and a drydown that adds some vanilla to that. That's joyous, I guess?

What I will say is, unlike the other perfume that made me think of bubble baths, it didn't give me a panic attack, so it's got one up on Chanel. But it's just... was this necessary? Did we not have enough soapy white citrus-vanilla musks in the world? At the time, I was just asking myself this rhetorically, but then I kept reading up on the Dior Joy(s). As Victoria at Bois de Jasmin points out, the actual fragrance is a copy of yet another perfume:

The result is that Dior Joy is Allure Lite. The rose and jasmine are folded into a sandalwood accord reminiscent of Chanel’s fragrance. From the top notes to the drydown, Joy follows the course of Allure, but in a softer, more transparent interpretation. The mandarin peel dusted with sugar, the rose blended with the lemony jasmine, a touch of apricot and orange blossom that melt into the sandalwood and custard-like vanilla. Even the same contrast between the sweet citrus and creamy woods is maintained.

Mark Behnke at Colognoisseur:

[Dior perfumer François Demachy] chose to create a mash-up of two huge best-sellers. The citrus opening is straight out of Chanel Allure and the floral heart is Dior J'Adore. In other words, it is just a re-tread.

DIOR! WHAT ARE YOU FUCKING DOING!

I won't say that Joy Intense (Dior #2) is more like Jean Patou's, but at least it has less of a soapy musk opening. Let's compare the notes:

Joy by Dior (2018): White musk, Grasse rose, Grasse jasmine, mandarin orange, patchouli, bergamot, cedar, sandalwood.

Joy by Dior Intense (2019): Neroli, bergamot, Grasse jasmine, Grasse rose, vanilla, patchouli, musk, sandalwood.

[Note: Grasse, "the perfume capital of the world," is a region in France famous for its role in the history of French perfume; it is especially known for jasmine and roses. "Grasse rose," "May rose," and "Rose de Mai" all refer to Rosa x centifolia. "Grasse jasmine" is Jasminum grandiflorum, as opposed to, say, the licorice-friendly jasmine sambac.]

Further info from dior.com:

Get the absolute fuck out of here with this BOTTLE and this LOGO, what are you even doing. I did not even know a perfume could eat crackers

Joy by Dior, per the official website:

JOY by Dior Eau de Parfum is a bright smile, and a pure concentration of joy in a bottle. A juicy, vibrant top note gives way to an enveloping white heart of flowers and musks, just like a soft caress.

Again, I hated Dior's first Joy when I first put it on, but that's my own bias. It was just sheer disappointment that they centered this on synthetic white musk—you vaulted the Scent of the Century for this?

The "Intense" version:

Oh well if there’s a star on the bottom I guess I’m not mad anymore??

JOY by Dior Eau de Parfum Intense is a new olfactory burst, a scent of joy wherein flowers celebrate and explode in all their faceted beauty. The dazzling light of the juicy Citrus blends with the colorful shine of Rose and Grasse Jasmine, and is heightened by an enveloping woody echo of Sandalwood tinged with Vanilla. The fragrance results in a floral firework.

Fuck the actual fuck outta here. "Firework" my ass. It's fine, I guess. It smells like vanilla lemonade and some jasmine on me, with a pleasant lingering drydown. Not just the smell of lemonade, but sort of the feeling of happiness you get when drinking a sugary glass of it on a hot summer day. Don't ever say I don't try to be fair. And it's 1000% better without the white musk. I honestly wouldn't mind wearing this under a different name, but it's just so adequate. I put on Jean Patou's Joy, even a diminished Joy, and it was a revelation. I put on the Dior, even the "good" version, and it smells like copying what the popular girls wear in hopes that they’ll like you. Thank God they didn't stuff some Ambroxan in there while they were at it. The only reason Dior didn't dupe some trendy note from Baccarat Rouge 540 is because Francis Kurkdjian didn't work for them yet. What the fuck are you people doing.

Back to Colognoisseur:

[It] is puzzling why Dior would make the decision to produce a new perfume with the same name of a masterpiece. The cynic in me says because they’ve unleashed their market research staff and found out most consumers have no idea there is a previous classic perfume called Joy. [...] Joy by Dior is a good perfume put together via the perfume assembly line of focus groups and market research; as cynical as it gets in other words.

This is absolutely my take as well. I wore Jean Patou on one hand and Dior's Joy Intense on the other and compared how they unfolded in real time, and what struck me most at that point was how gourmand-adjacent the Dior is. Not entirely so, but the vanilla lemonade I get is far more in line with the cupcake and burnt sugar notes (WHICH I LIKE!) that fragrance brands have put in everything since Mugler’s Angel, rather than just let a floral be good—superlative—at being a floral. But the marketing department says that the Costliest Perfume in the World isn’t on trend in the 21st century; we can charge plenty for something simpler, more predictable, more pandering.

My other take is that Dior's Joy perfumes are formulated to inevitably be cheaper than Jean Patou's Joy, even what Joy was at the end of the company's life. I have smelled at least a Platonic shadow of the Costliest Perfume in the World, and (I don't care how much Grasse jasmine Dior claims is in theirs) this ain't it. I don't blame François Demachy; he was given a brief and he did his job. The man made not one but two versions of Hypnotic Poison. He has done more interesting things than this. Dior’s Joy has "cash grab" written all over it and it's not even bad. It's just WHY. Why would you DO THIS. I am going to stay mad and die mad about this. Jesus Christ. You can't even, like, gently reformulate the Jean Patou, put out the Demachy versions as flanker fragrances, and market them all? You have four kinds of Poison RIGHT NOW and you can’t figure this out?

And I wore these three perfumes for three weeks, I want you to know that. I alternated them day by day, sometimes wearing two at a time to compare. I gave them all many, many chances. And besides the fact that I personally don't like white musk very much, the two Dior Joys are not bad. They're not! They're just accessories to a minor act of cultural vandalism, is all. Imagine taking Botticelli's The Birth of Venus and saying, we're going to throw this out so we can have a photographer recreate it with Jennifer Lawrence. Everyone's wearing Dior Spring/Summer 2023 designs (including Venus). It actually looks pretty cool, I guess. Great, so we don't need the Botticelli anymore? When does the trash get picked up, Tuesday?

Even Disney doesn't vault its animated movies anymore after it remakes them as live action. Maybe I can scrape up enough couch change to buy a bottle of Real Actual Joy and some DVDs before anyone else gets some big ideas.

Perfume discussion masterpost

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cult gaia "brinley" cropped bold-sleeved shirt in bright orange

comme des garçons by junya watanabe switching design combination trousers (w/ hip-level belt) in beige/blue plaid

toga virilis brown concealed gussets chelsea boot

bvla mini "kandy" diamond nose stud in black and silver

jean paul gaultier paris cowl design sunglasses in blue

d.s & durga "durga" eau de parfum: "palatial doses of the finest floral absolutes–tuberose, orris butter, orange blossom, sambac jasmine, chrysanthemum, and ylang. unimaginably narcotic."

hilfreich jewellery x on the nature of things "land i" irregular pearl and hand-carved sterling silver charm necklace

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Olfactory Notes

Top: Pineapple, Bergamot Italy, Mandarin Italy, Cherry

Heart notes: Jasmine Sambac Absolute , Gardenia, White Orchid

Base notes: Peach Nectar, Cedarwood Texas, Skin Musks

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FRAGRANCE NOTES –

TOP: CLEMENTINE, GOLDEN HONEY

HEART: ROSE ABSOLUTE, JASMINE SAMBAC

BASE: NAMIBIAN MYRRH, GOLDEN AMBER

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✨ on the dark sea / the road of silver continues to the stars / this is a message brought by the moon.

🌙 s𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬.

1. What does your muse smell like?

virote has a lovely collection of perfume and body mists that he really enjoys. some of them are a little on the typical, high-end of the spectrum like various perfumes from the jasmine + woodsy alien by mugler. then, you have your demeter fragrance oddball scents like petrichor, that smells exactly like the ozone / petrichor of a fallen rain on the dirt. warm, earthy, and ozone. he smells like the weather. whenever you’re close to him, you smell a summer rainstorm. this is usually layered OVER something else! here are a few choice picks he likes to layer with it:

- CHLOE SEVIGNY’S LITTLE FLOWER BY REGIME DES FLEURS / black tea, bleeding heart, blackcurrant bud, peony, palo santo incense, pomelo, honeysuckle, and a precious ottoman rose absolute. described as romantic, dewy, and woody musk.

- AYAMORI’S HINOKI ONSEN / geranium, jasmine sambac, red mandarin, and vetiver. described as described as calming, mood elevating, soothing, and deep.

- MOLTON BROWN’S FIERY PINK PEPPER / pink pepper, ginger, tangerine, nutmeg, osmanthus, lily-of-the-valley, jasmine, labdanum, musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and cedar. very strong spicy fragrance. described as stirring, sultry, and smoldering.

BLACK ALCHEMY LAB’S FAIRY BITE / osmanthus, raw honey with lavender, chamomile, white peppermint, raspberry, honeysuckle, thyme, bergamot, and dracula orchid.

BLACK ALCHEMY LAB’S ICE / eucalyptus blossom, crystalline musk, white ginger, mint, and elemi. oddly described as a ruthless, cold metal, icicle scent.

if you stand too close to him and catch a whiff, you fall in love so uve been warned.

2. What do your muse’s hands feel like?

considering his skincare routine is some of the most hardcore shit in the name of beauty, his hands are just… pillow soft, smooth. he’s always putting on lotion, aloe vera, shea butter. especially shea butter. he finds that shea butter bring out the maximum softness™ in his hands. every friday night he’ll use hand masks for about 20 minutes and those are usually on the lower end of cost since hand masks aren’t super important to his skincare routine. theyre just extra. his favorites are the cheapo epielle hand masks from the dollar store with coconut oil, milk extract, hyaluronic acid. aaaand the tonymoly i’m lovely peach hand masks <: )

3. What does your muse usually eat in a day?

in the morning, he’s usually making a smoothie and having some oatmeal to go with it. throw in a little fruit, maybe even some coffee if he feels like he might not make it through the day. for lunch, he usually opts for something quick, but fresh and satisfying like from a food truck since he’s probably gonna be on the run the moment he’s done. like tacos or kimbap! ESPECIALLY kimbap, he loves that shit. kimbap, some squid chips, and a seltzer water? yeah, babey.

for dinner, it really depends. he might cook something for himself! like curry and laab moo with some roti on the side, tom yum, xiaolongbao with cold noodles, hot pot, maybe some fried tofu with a little sauce over it with some rice maybe a couple of eggs on top of it all. if he orders something it ‘s usually cuban food, ‘cause his ass loves ropa vieja. sometimes indian or greek. japanese. if it’s japanese, he’s goin’ out for okonomiyaki.

as for snacking, he’s usually eating some sort of dried fruit, pistachios, super dark chocolate like 85% dark super bitter and not sweet at all, hummus over super crunchy bread… or some awful shit from taco bell and burger king if he’s having a bad day. he has a lot of bad days so find him at ya local taco bell, ordering a beefy five layer with a baja blast. anyway he loves trying new foods so if a restaurant opens up, he’s there.

4. Does your muse have a good singing voice?

it’s fair! you could even call it pretty. limited range, but pretty. he’s not gonna kill you with it until he tries to karaoke mariah carey. then no one’s surviving those crackly, shrill high notes… awful…….. he will never sing ‘ butterfly ’ without nearly dying…. everyone in the room passes away.

5. Does your muse have any bad habits or nervous ticks?

HIS WHOLE LIFE IS A BAD HABIT.

6. What does your muse usually look like / wear?

oh babey… i can’t even describe… but he dresses better than anyone u’ve ever met… don’t invite him to ur birthday, he’s gonna show up in vintage versace, on a white horse, while 70s underground disco plays. body chains everywhere. he’s so eclectic and fashionable and experimental. runway looks just to go to the store. of course for work he’ll just wear a suit or something casual lol. but outside of work????? u could see him in a $5000 la perla pajama set, eden boots, faux fur coat, and a pearl necklace just to get chips from the gas station. he’s ur glam babygirl…. he’s your goth boyfriend…

7. Is your muse affectionate? How much? How so?

affectionate enough so please don’t touch him a lot. lkjgfdlsgjkl. and idk, he has a hot-cold kind of personality, so sometimes he won’t even look at you. won’t touch you, won’t do anything. if he’s touching a friend, it’s usually when it’s a very intimate moment. like a serious talk or something. he’s not one to grab them up into hugs and shit. he’s not a cuddlebug. but in somber, solemn moments or moments where he wants to make a point, he may touch a hand very briefly. like a little flash of love and absolute trust and vulnerability.

even in his romantic relationships he’ll most likely sit on the waaay opposite end of the couch from his boyfriend if theyre talking. it’s really just best to express in some way that you want to touch him before actually doing it. like you don’t have to outright ask for permission but you need to be really careful about it and indicate something so you don’t weird him the fuck out.

he’s just never been a touchy person. being a domestic abuse survivor didn’t help.

with that said if there’s enough trust gained, he doesn’t mind! but that’s an upward climb that people rarely ever power through. vi’s affection is usually expressed through doing favors and stuff like that anyway.

vi has punched people in the face more than he’s hugged people on his blog and that’s just where he’s at as a person………..

8. What position does your muse sleep in?

vi’s the type to fall asleep wherever he falls so he could be twisted like a pretzel or laid out like a plank. you might even find him face down on his kitchen floor, making friends with the linoleum floors of his kitchen!! on his side, in the bathroom. bent up like a tangled slinky somewhere in his office. it’s like finding a dead body every time you find him sleeping except he’s alive and probably dreaming about kazuki kitamura in a wet t-shirt contest.

9. Could you hear your muse in the hallway from another room?

no and that’s exactly why he’s great at trespassing. u befriend him and ur asking for break-ins. u won’t even know he’s in ur kitchen, eating your french toast like some sort of shitty little moon raccoon. also he can phase thru ur walls? you are not catching him.

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Perfume Prompts (Valentine's Day)

Hello everybody!

For February, I'd try something interesting, and do perfume prompts based on their ingredients and some of the descriptions found online. I'm interested in fragrances and how they influence a person, and there are some of mine as well as a few I'd like to try out.

As always, if you tag me with betweenthetimeandsound, I will find your works and reblog them!

Good luck!

Breathless by Victoria's Secret (neroli, mandarin orange, sandalwood) My first perfume, by the way.

Flowerbomb by Viktor and Rolf (peony, rose, freesia) "The explosion of thousands of flowers gives rise to an ultra-feminine, delicious fragrance. Sublime, delicious and addictive."

Pomegranate Noir by Jo Malone (pomegranate, Casablanca lily, Guaiacwood) "Daring sensuality, encapsulated in scent."

Idole by Lancome (citrus, rose, jasmine, and white musk)

Tainted Love by Tokyomilk Dark (dark vanilla bean, orchid, white tea, sandalwood) "Not for the faint of heart, a fragrance sparked by the complexities of love..."

Lipstick Rose by  Ralf Schwieger (Raspberry, Violet, Rose, Musk, Vanilla) "A star’s moment of privacy at her dressing table with her lipstick, which she spreads carefully onto her lower lip..."

Rose of No Man's Land by Byredo (pink pepper, Turkish rose, amber)

Philosykos by Diptyque (fig) "The memory of a Greek summer at Mount Pelion where, to get to the sea, there was a natural grove of wild sun-soaked fig trees to cross."

Love, don't be shy by Killian (Neroli, Orange Blossom, Marshmallow) "First love’s innocence makes itself known..."

Not A Perfume by Juliette has a Gun (cetalox)

Soleil Brulant by Tom Ford (Orange Flower Absolute, Amber, Black Honey Accord)

DONNA BORN IN ROMA by Valentino (Sambac Jasmine, Cashmeran, Vanilla) "a story of self-expression: a celebration of people living life freely, while embracing their heritage.."

Cherry Punk by Room 1015 (cherry, violet, patchouli) "Did Punk invent fashion or fashion invented Punk? From underground clubs to the national TV, Punk always had its own style, its own press (fanzines), its own movies, its own poetry..."

Heaven by Elorea (green tea, rose, patchouli) "This heavenly floral scent will transport you to a lush flower garden."

[soli-flore]

How to Smell Like: Rhaenyra Targaryan

“From now on, should we understand that the masculine was denied in you? From what to my eyes was officially required: the army, authority, power, order, moralism, yes. I was at war with the Male: Maleficence. It can be expected that from this moment, I invent a woman and bring us up to date, it is the baptism of blood.” - Serge Lutens

L’orpheline by Serge Lutens - 

Notes: Frankincense and Musk

Sacred Wood by Kilian -

Notes: Sandalwood and Milk

Mercy by Spirits of Kings -

Top Notes: Amber Middle Notes: Amber, Hedione and Caramel Base Notes: Moss, Cedar, Ambergris, Musk and Vanilla

Breakwatwer by Wylde Ivy -

Notes: Sun-scorched Basalt, Bergamot, Black Tea Leaves and White Sandalwood

Dryade Wine by Good Dearest Unhappy -

Top Notes: Honeyed Wine, Mulled Fruit and Juniper Leaf Middle Notes: Raspberry , Jasmine Sambac, Rose Absolute and Ritual Smoke Base Notes: Oakmoss, Rosewood and Frankincense

Beast of Blood by Andromeda’s Curse -

Notes: Wormwood, Dragon’s Blood, Agarwood, Oakmoss and Cashmere

[moonglittering]

✨ on the dark sea the road of silver continues to the stars / this is a message brought by the moon.

🌙 s𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬.

1. What does your muse smell like?

virote has a lovely collection of perfume and body mists that he really enjoys. some of them are a little on the typical, high-end of the spectrum like various perfumes from the jasmine + woodsy alien by mugler. then, you have your demeter fragrance oddball scents like petrichor, that smells exactly like the ozone / petrichor of a fallen rain on the dirt. warm, earthy, and ozone. he smells like the weather. whenever you’re close to him, you smell a summer rainstorm. this is usually layered OVER something else! here are a few choice picks he likes to layer with it:

- CHLOE SEVIGNY’S LITTLE FLOWER BY REGIME DES FLEURS / black tea, bleeding heart, blackcurrant bud, peony, palo santo incense, pomelo, honeysuckle, and a precious ottoman rose absolute. described as romantic, dewy, and woody musk.

- AYAMORI’S HINOKI ONSEN / geranium, jasmine sambac, red mandarin, and vetiver. described as described as calming, mood elevating, soothing, and deep.

- MOLTON BROWN’S FIERY PINK PEPPER / pink pepper, ginger, tangerine, nutmeg, osmanthus, lily-of-the-valley, jasmine, labdanum, musk, patchouli, oakmoss, and cedar. very strong spicy fragrance. described as stirring, sultry, and smoldering.

BLACK ALCHEMY LAB’S FAIRY BITE / osmanthus, raw honey with lavender, chamomile, white peppermint, raspberry, honeysuckle, thyme, bergamot, and dracula orchid.

BLACK ALCHEMY LAB’S ICE / eucalyptus blossom, crystalline musk, white ginger, mint, and elemi. oddly described as a ruthless, cold metal, icicle scent.

if you stand too close to him and catch a whiff, you fall in love so uve been warned.

2. What do your muse’s hands feel like?

considering his skincare routine is some of the most hardcore shit in the name of beauty, his hands are just… pillow soft, smooth. he’s always putting on lotion, aloe vera, shea butter. especially shea butter. he finds that shea butter bring out the maximum softness™ in his hands. every friday night he’ll use hand masks for about 20 minutes and those are usually on the lower end of cost since hand masks aren’t super important to his skincare routine. theyre just extra. his favorites are the cheapo epielle hand masks with coconut oil, milk extract, hyaluronic acid. aaaand the tonymoly i’m lovely peach hand masks <: )

3. What does your muse usually eat in a day?

in the morning, he’s usually making a smoothie and having some oatmeal to go with it. throw in a little fruit, maybe even some coffee if he feels like he might not make it through the day. for lunch, he usually opts for something quick, but fresh and satisfying like from a food truck since he’s probably gonna be on the run the moment he’s done. like tacos or kimbap! ESPECIALLY kimbap, he loves that shit. kimbap, some squid chips, and a seltzer water? yeah, babey.

for dinner, it really depends. he might cook something for himself! like curry and laab moo with some roti on the side, tom yum, xiaolongbao with cold noodles, hot pot, maybe some fried tofu with a little sauce over it with some rice maybe a couple of eggs on top of it all. if he orders something it ‘s usually cuban food, ‘cause his ass loves ropa vieja. sometimes indian or greek. japanese. if it’s japanese, he’s goin’ out for okonomiyaki.

as for snacking, he’s usually eating some sort of dried fruit, pistachios, super dark chocolate like 85% dark super bitter and not sweet at all, hummus over super crunchy bread… or some awful shit from taco bell and burger king if he’s having a bad day. he has a lot of bad days so find him at ya local taco bell, ordering a beefy five layer with a baja blast. anyway he loves trying new foods so if a restaurant opens up, he’s there.

4. Does your muse have a good singing voice?

it’s fair! you could even call it pretty. limited range, but pretty. he’s not gonna kill you with it until he tries to karaoke mariah carey. then no one’s surviving those crackly, shrill high notes… awful…….. he will never sing ‘ butterfly ’ without nearly dying…. everyone in the room passes away.

5. Does your muse have any bad habits or nervous ticks?

HIS WHOLE LIFE IS A BAD HABIT.

6. What does your muse usually look like / wear?

oh babey… i can’t even describe… but he dresses better than anyone u’ve ever met… don’t invite him to ur birthday, he’s gonna show up in vintage versace, on a white horse, while 70s underground disco plays. body chains everywhere. he’s so eclectic and fashionable and experimental. runway looks just to go to the store. of course for work he’ll just wear a suit or something casual lol. but outside of work????? u could see him in a $5000 la perla pajama set, eden boots, faux fur coat, and a pearl necklace just to get chips from the gas station. he’s ur glam babygirl…. he’s your goth boyfriend…

7. Is your muse affectionate? How much? How so?

affectionate enough so please don’t touch him a lot. lkjgfdlsgjkl. and idk, he has a hot-cold kind of personality, so sometimes he won’t even look at you. won’t touch you, won’t do anything. if he’s touching a friend, it’s usually when it’s a very intimate moment. like a serious talk or something. he’s not one to grab them up into hugs and shit. he’s not a cuddlebug. but in somber, solemn moments or moments where he wants to make a point, he may touch a hand very briefly. like a little flash of love and absolute trust and vulnerability.

even in his romantic relationships he’ll most likely sit on the waaay opposite end of the couch from his boyfriend if theyre talking. it’s really just best to express in some way that you want to touch him before actually doing it. like you don’t have to outright ask for permission but you need to be really careful about it and indicate something so you don’t weird him the fuck out.

he’s just never been a touchy person. being a domestic abuse survivor didn’t help.

with that said if there’s enough trust gained, he doesn’t mind! but that’s an upward climb that people rarely ever power through. vi’s affection is usually expressed through doing favors and stuff like that anyway.

vi has punched people in the face more than he’s hugged people on his blog and that’s just where he’s at as a person………..

8. What position does your muse sleep in?

vi’s the type to fall asleep wherever he falls so he could be twisted like a pretzel or laid out like a plank. you might even find him face down on his kitchen floor, making friends with the linoleum floors of his kitchen!! on his side, in the bathroom. bent up like a tangled slinky somewhere in his office. it’s like finding a dead body every time you find him sleeping except he’s alive and probably dreaming about kazuki kitamura in a wet t-shirt contest.

9. Could you hear your muse in the hallway from another room?

no and that’s exactly why he’s great at trespassing. u befriend him and ur asking for break-ins. u won’t even know he’s in ur kitchen, eating your french toast like some sort of shitty little moon raccoon. also he can phase thru ur walls? you are not catching him.

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[parfumery-wiki]

Libre Intense (eau de parfum) Libre Yves Saint Laurent

Floral amber

Libre: the new Intense Eau de Parfum by Yves Saint Laurent. The perfume of an intense woman living her roaring freedom and following her instincts.

Libre: the new Intense Eau De Parfum by Yves Saint Laurent. Libre, the French word for ‘free’, pays tribute to YSL’s most defining value: Freedom. The floral perfume of a strong, bold and free woman experiencing her freedom at its most empowered extreme. A statement women’s fragrance for those who lives by her own rules.

The iconic structure of Libre, a tension between French lavender and Moroccan orange blossom, reinterpreted in a suave and sensual way. The intensity of a melting floral core, where orange blossom flower absolute and blazing orchid accord fuse. Libre EDP offers spicy notes with slightly smoky facets.

The iconic Libre it-bottle reflects a tension between masculinity and femininity, like a straight geometric silhouette embedded in the smoking jacket. The couture extravagance of the oversized Cassandre bent & nailed into the glass, breaking all the codes. Libre Intense encapsulates a new fragrance shade, between fire and gold. An audaciously masculine signature twisted in its most feminine way by the desirability of the emblematic Libre bottle. A fragrance like a shout of freedom – the freedom to live everything with excess.

Top notes: Mandarin, Bergamot, Lavender Heart notes: Lavender, Sambac jasmine, Orchid, Orange blossom Base notes: Madagascar vanilla, Vetiver, Ambergris, Tonka

[cleolinda]

Licorice, feat. Hypnotic Poison, Lolita Lempicka, and more

PREVIOUSLY ON:

HYPNOTIC POISON, briefly (Dior, 1998)

Black Opium (YSL, 2014) and Black Opium Extreme (2021) retried

You don't wear Hypnotic Poison perfume, it wears you: that is the credo of this magnetic eau de toilette. The sultry fragrance bathes the skin in a mysterious and irresistible scent, like a bewitching elixir. (dior.com)

I forget how I recently came across this fact, but I found out that Hypnotic Poison, eau de parfum concentration, has licorice in it, which I most certainly had not perceived in the original eau de toilette, nor is it listed as a note. So I got myself a sample of that to compare to my bottle of the EdT. (It's the only Fancy Perfume I have an entire bottle of: a birthday gift.) I've tried them both multiple times now, but last night I actually wore one on each hand, and I wore A FULL SPRAY of the EdT, which is absolute madness compared to a single molecule just about choking me out five months ago. Apparently, I really am starting to tolerate perfume now.

The thing about EdPs and EdTs is that sometimes, it's not just a different concentration; they can actually be formulated with different notes. Curiously, in the case of Hypnotic Poison, the eau de toilette came out in 1998, and the parfum concentration didn't come out until 2014—a pretty wide gap there. Looking at the notes, we have—

Annick Menardo and Christian Dussoulier's original composition: Coconut, plum, apricot, Brazilian rosewood, jasmine, tuberose, rose, lily of the valley, caraway, vanilla, almond, sandalwood, and musk

and

François Demachy's EdP concentration: Licorice, almond, jasmine sambac, orange blossom absolute, vanilla, and tonka bean.

Somewhat hilariously, it's the EdT that smells simpler to me. I actually was not smoked out of the room by the tuberose this time, which is a massive plot twist in my personal development; the perfume had more of a jasmine-angel food cake vibe. Like, specifically the almondy meringue lightness of angel food cake, not a heavier almond-coconut-vanilla pound cake. (My mom bakes a lot, what can I say.) I don't see licorice listed in the notes, but I swear to you, I can smell it now. There's a—licorice connotation? It's there, somehow, so I'm going to guess Dior is using jasmine sambac in both concentrations—as I mentioned last time, jasmine sambac and licorice seem to blend amazingly, and the jasmine (and maybe the caraway?) is managing to imply an anise-type note, if one isn't really there.

As I also mentioned last time, the reason you (I) kind of want to be like, "you know, licorice/anise/whatever fragrances" is because we're actually talking about a compound called anethole; it's in star anise, fennel, and magnolia flowers as well. (As a side note, I have three magnolia trees in my neighborhood, and the scent has been floating through the air this past week. It's not the most anisic smell in the world, but it does remind me of my jasmine sambac/mogra sample, and it's been really nice.) So, "licorice fragrances" may also throw in a little aniseed here and there (and vice versa), because we're really talking about the more general scent of anethole.

(Bonus fact: anethole also causes the "ouzo effect," or "louche effect," which famously makes absinthe cloudy when you add water. My understanding is that absinthe generally gets the anethole from anise and fennel, not licorice root, but a perfumer might make a different judgment call there. I'm almost certain I have an absinthe-themed perfume oil around here somewhere, so we'll see.)

Now, something that's really interesting here is that Annick Menardo also created the eponymous Lolita Lempicka perfume in 1997, and as Bois de Jasmin says, that's the fragrance that "brought licorice notes to the mainstream." Hypnotic Poison arrived only one year later, and even though it doesn't have licorice listed, you can smell something, I swear.

While we're here, let's have a dance break for Lolita Lempicka (the 1997 original, not any of the do-overs called “Premier Parfum” or “Original”), which I bought last year when I first dipped my toe into the world of Fine Fragrance Samples:

If you were reading fashion magazines in the late '90s, you most likely know this one, and you know the bottle. Which I still covet.

When I first got the sample a year ago, I tried it... and just kind of got a watery green (ivy, I guess) with some cherry, maybe a slight licorice, deep in the background. But the notes include star anise and licorice, ivy, cherry, violet, iris and orris root, amaryllis, vanilla, praline (someday I am going to have to write a post about wtf "praline" means in perfume), tonka bean, vetiver, and our old friend white musk. Like. Surely it can't just be "green"?

After what happened with Black Opium Extreme, I tried it again last week. Yeah. !CHERRY PRALINE LICORICE! Anything "green" was incidental on me, although the vetiver probably provides a bit of enchanted forest. Completely different from my first wear. And it's easier to see a family resemblance to Hypnotic Poison when those gourmand notes come out.

Let's jump back to Hypnotic Poison—this time, the newer EdP concentration. Much like Black Opium Extreme, it's not just a higher ratio of perfume to alcohol. It's actually a simpler yet woozier composition: licorice, almond, jasmine sambac (for sure this time), orange blossom absolute, vanilla, and tonka bean.

There's no coconut or fruits or rosewood or extraneous flowers. This is ANETHOLE and WHITE FLORAL and ALMOND VANILLA. It is not fluffy or angel-foody. This one, I actually get why you would call it "poison"; it's almost cloying, not in the sense that it's sugary-sweet, but in the sense that it's very deep and very heady. It feels like you could spray it on a handkerchief and chloroform somebody with it. I actually like it, but it's A Lot, and the fluffy eau de toilette with its smoke-and-mirrors suggestion of licorice feels more wearable to me. Which is a wild thing to say, given that I started writing about perfume on Tumblr by saying that a single whiff of it nearly made me pass out, but here we are.

When you set the Black Opiums next to the Hypnotic Poisons next to the Lolita Lempicka, you start to see why you'd use anethole notes in a fragrance. Even though people talk about how sweet licorice root is—and it is; I made myself eat some very fine Australian licorice candy for this post—the scent is sort of dark and... I don't know how to describe it. Like mint going through a goth phase? Aniseed seems more herbal-spicy to me, more like fennel (goth mints going out to get pizza). (Aniseed was also in the Australian soft licorice, but I had licorice-only jellybeans to compare it to; this is the attention to detail that you can expect from Cleolinda Industries.) I can see how you'd also put anise into Lolita Lempicka to keep the cherry-praline a little wild, a little sylvan, and why you'd only put licorice into the Hypnotic Poison(s) to underline something dizzyingly smooth. And yet, again—it's not that the 2014 Hypnotic Poison is sugary; it's that it's darkly, swooningly overwhelming, with a goth candy jasmine that somehow pulls it back from being saccharine. That's why you'd use licorice, to put a little bit of wicked queen into it—into Hypnotic Poison, into Lolita Lempicka, into Black Opium.

Offhand, I do have two other fragrances with anethole notes, although they deserve further entries of their own: Pink Sugar (Aquolina, 2004) and L'Heure Bleue (Guerlain, 1912), which COULD NOT BE FURTHER APART on the prestige scale. And both of those are stories for another time, but I'll say that Pink Sugar tries real, real hard to tame its ethyl maltol with some grown-up raspberry, licorice, and fig leaf notes, and it fails. Utterly. I was already a grown-ass woman when I chose to buy a full bottle of the stuff 10-15 years ago; I am not a snob. I love sugar perfumes! I defend them! You could actually knock someone out with this. It's Glinda with a glittering pink skirt so big that the Wicked Witch simply gets bowled over in the first act.

Guerlain's L'Heure Bleue (1912), on the other hand, is the pre-WWI sister to their golden post-war Mitsouko (1919). I would rather write more fully about L'Heure Bleue in the context of iris or even citrus, but the hidden darkness of its anise note, I think, contributes a lot to its famous sense of melancholy: "the blue hour," with war on the horizon.

As vastly different as these perfumes are—two femmes fatales, one enchanted princess, a sugar bomb, an elegant rumination—you start to see how anethole notes can add an olfactory "minor key" to fragrances. Whether you use an herbal anise or a more candied licorice (or both), you can add something more serious, wistful, or vampy to your fragrance, depending on what you combine it with.

Meanwhile, I have washed my hands a dozen times and also showered since last night, and I can still smell Hypnotic Poison, both concentrations, on my hands. Let’s hope Santal 33 goes well with licorice.

Perfume discussion masterpost