#what is a perfumer

[thesomethingguy]

The Art and Science of Perfume Making Explained

At first whiff, perfume seems like pure indulgence—a spritz of luxury, a sensory flourish before dashing out the door. But behind every bottle is a blend of chemistry, artistry, and centuries of alchemical experimentation. Perfume making, or ‘fragrance creation’ if you’re feeling posh, is where the worlds of science and sensory experience collide in a cloud of jasmine and sandalwood. It’s part…

[brunettegoldie]

[egophiliac]

looking at next month's schedule and between the end of 7-12 and the wishing lantern event it's like

February is officially RIDDLE MONTH, brace yourselves to be absolutely blasted into ashes everybody

[wasabi-gumdrop]

Kabru has a secret admirer in the castle!

[monstrousproductions]

So, I responded to a post over on my personal blog about people behaving "weird" in public and mentioned that being a bit smelly is not, in fact, a moral failure. And I just looked at the comments and feel deeply moved to reiterate:

Smelling bad in public is not a moral failure.

In fact, I'll go one step further:

There is no moral dimension to cleanliness.

There are all sorts of reasons a person might be dirty in public. They might not have access to the facilities or products they need to stay clean, they might be coming home from a dirty activity, they might have mental or physical conditions that make it hard for them to maintain their personal hygiene, they might be dependent on other people for their hygiene needs and those needs aren't being met.

Also, with smells in particular, "bad" is subjective. I'm personally extremely sensitive to perfumes and aftershaves, and while I can sit quite peacefully in a crowded bus that smells of BO, I often have to leave shops or get off buses because someone's perfume, which they no doubt think makes them smell lovely, is actually making me gag.

You don't have to go and huff great, gusting lungfuls of air around the next smelly person you bump into in the corner shop. By all means, breathe through your mouth, change your seat, open the window, wish the situation were different.

But you do need to let go of this idea that a smelly or dirty person is also a bad person. They're literally just a person - just another human animal living in their animal body, trying to get from one day to the next. Sometimes, people are dirty. Sometimes, they smell bad. If that's not something you can encounter without taking personal offence, you need to seriously reassess your own expectations of being in public.

[fragranticareviewers]

do you have any recs on where to GET perfumes?

luckyscent and scentsplit are your best bet for samples IMO. always always always get a little sample before you break out the big guns! the samples are also usually pretty cheap, you get a tiny vial for usually around $4-7 USD.

once you have a scent you know you like, there's all sorts of places you can get full bottles. manufacturers often have their own online shops to purchase from.

if you want to go in-person, beauty shops like sephora and ulta beauty have both perfumes and testers. discount stores like marshall's and tj maxx often sell perfume at a discounted price, but i've never seen testers there, so tread carefully if you haven't smelled it before! more locally, there may be smaller boutiques and perfumeries in your area.

my final word of advice: don't buy from amazon, as amazon has a notoriously bad problem with counterfeit cosmetics. even if you're buying directly from the manufacturer's amazon shop, the real bottles usually end up being mixed in with the counterfeits.

[eroticlamb]

lana del rey , lollapalooza paris backstage , july 23, 2017 ₊ ˚ ⊹ ♡

[libra-doll]

pretty pink perfume bottles 🧁🎀🍰🍫⊹ ‧₊˚

[d-emeter]

Secret Santa on base (but the entire 141 is desperate to pull you) — plus-size!fem!reader x task force 141

CW: christmas (?), the boys being a little bit creepy but they're just in love leave them be, allusions to sexual activity

So this somehow ended up from Laswell's pov for the most part lol but it switches to reader for the end! Also happy holidays to everyone that celebrates! <3

When Laswell had brought up the idea of doing a secret santa on base — well, it had been her wife who said they needed some more holiday cheer, and who was she to deny that? — she had not expected it to become something akin to a battlefield. Maybe she should have known better, the soldiers surrounding her were competitive by nature. Winning was always the main goal.

But this time, there was no enemy to defeat, no intel to gain, no hostage to save. No, this time, you were the objective. Laswell was not stupid, in fact, it was her job to be observant, to figure out that which others could not. And to her, Task Force 141 was an open fucking book.

It was in the way Price would leave his hand on your shoulder after offering you an encouraging pat, and how that hand would move lower down your arm or back while he talked to you. It was in the way Ghost would always prepare an extra cup of tea to bring to early morning briefings, trying to subtly push it your way while you were rubbing at your eyes. It was in the way Gaz would lean over you when you asked him to come look at something on your laptop, arms on either side of you and practically caging you in. It was in the way Soap would always find a way to touch you, without fail, calling you 'bonnie' or 'love' in that obnoxious Scottish accent as he threw an arm over your shoulders. It was especially in the way the other three would scowl at whoever had your attention for the moment. It was clear as fucking day — they all wanted you.

Laswell knew this and, in hindsight, should have taken that into account when organizing the gift exchange. This realization came when Price knocked on her door just after the announcement had made the rounds. He had inquired if she was going to be the one to select the secret santa's, and if he could maybe take a look with her — just to make sure they weren't pairing up people that disliked eachother and causing issues, he explained. When she told him no, some random online generator would do just fine, Kate got her confirmation that he was lying about his motives — she'd never seen the captain look that disappointed.

After the secret santa's had been given out, she realized that maybe it was time to do some damage control. She had walked into the rec room to find Gaz grilling everyone in there on who they pulled, seeming more agitated each time they did not answer with what he wanted to hear. A few hours later, he had apparently found the one he was looking for, as Laswell overheard someone talking about how Sergeant Mactavish had offered the person in question nearly 100 bucks to switch. Then the report came in about Lieutenant Riley threatening that very same person, and Laswell had had enough.

REMINDER: SECRET SANTAS ARE FINAL AND CANNOT BE EXCHANGED.

She pretended not to hear the huffing from Price as he read the email she had sent around.

Kate had hoped the situation had been subdued with that, yet still couldn't shake the weird feeling in her underbelly when the base christmas party came around. Everything seemed fine, at first; there stood a sadly decorated plastic tree in the corner, lights were strung up around the room and the secret santa table was overflowing with badly wrapped gifts. Everything would be fine, right?

—

Wrong.

You had been excited about the gift exchange. It was a fun way to interact with some of your coworkers that you hadn't done so with yet, and you had always liked giving out presents. You tried not to beam too bright when Kate unwrapped the gift you had got her, and got up excitedly when your name was called. It was nothing special, really; a cute mug with a bar of chocolate inside, courtesy of some random private you had never really had the chance to talk to. You were grateful nonetheless.

But then your name was called again. And again. And again. The flush of embarrassment grew with each one. By the end of the night, you had five gifts in total, somehow. The second gift was a bottle of perfume, and you had to stifle a gasp as you saw the brand — it had to have been close to three figures in price. You tentatively spray some on your wrist, and- Hadn't you smelled something similar on Gaz when he greeted you earlier?

The third gift was a basket filled with goodies; all your favourite sweets and snacks, a pair of fuzzy socks, a book you had had on your wishlist for a while, and, wait, was that..? You're so preoccupied with using the socks to hide the box of XXL condoms that you don't notice how Ghost's fingers move to adjust himself in his pants.

You start to feel really flustered when your fourth gift is handed to you, trying not to flounder under all the stares you're getting. The box looks expensive, and reveals a gorgeous pearl necklace when you open it — God, that must've been at least triple the given budget. You have to hide the added note from view when you read it: 'Just a placeholder until I can give you a pearl necklace of my own -J'.

You don't even open the fifth gift, choosing instead to quickly accept it and ushering the announcer into calling the next name. You feel a little faint when you actually open it once you're in the privacy of your room — it's a fucking vibrator. The little instruction manual says something about it being remote controlled — so where is the controller?

[goryhorroor]

horror sub-genres: giallo

[msterpicasso]

@tashteshtish

[sweetestgirlblogger]

i ♡ mini skirts

[egophiliac]

I DID IT I GOT MY PINK HAYATE now I am never doing that again!

(at least until they give me, like, a frilly unicorn Kamui or something)

[lilithrebellion]

Hauled ass immediately after work to get this asap✌️✌️✌️

Plus the merch!!☺️☺️☺️

SHE'S SO CUTE I LOVE THIS DESIGN SO MUCH!!!😭😭😭😭

And MORE!! YUI!!!! MESSSAGES!!!!😍😍😍 The paper is also so sparkly though that doesn't super show up on camera.

Right: "Even if we're apart, I'll always love you. I want to be with you, no matter how much time goes by."

(😭 😭 😭 😭 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕 Really hits the kokoro because I think I'm hitting 10 years of being in love with Yui soon haha)

Left: "Ugh, you should know that better than anyone, but you're still making me say it? ...Meanie."

(TSUN TSUN YUI????😳 💘 )

And last but not least, allow me to make a (bad) attempt at describing what it smells like. Carefully crafted after sniffing my wrist for a good 15-20 minutes 😅

It's got like a rosy champagne smell. Classy but not in a bougie way. It's not overpowering at all, more on the subtle side and feels smooth somehow? Also it smelled oddly familiar... I used to keep perfume sample papers from magazines as a kid, and I actually think it's similar to one I really liked from back then. Cozy flower garden cafe tea party girl vibes.

Anyway. I will now proceed to spritz this on anything and everything in my room so I can fully immerse myself in the Yui juice. Good night.❤️

[hibbiejeebies]

Why'd you have to be so cute it's impossible to not love you why must you make me smile so much 🩵🫧 How I wanna give him litte kisses all over his face and butterfly kisses on his nose 💭🤍

[fragranticareviewers]