Monday, June 22, 2009
Scents
I've been reading Neil Gaiman's blog for awhile now, and found Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab through him. The site, which sells scents and smells, is amazingly evocative. It's gothic, and romantic, and not a little magical. I was browsing through its inventory, reading the descriptions, and suddenly had a strange lust for a perfume that could combine the headiness of flowers growing at the banks of the River Styx, the delicate tincture of early evening stars, the dewy-damp whiff of hot summer sleep, all gently rounded off with the top notes of the enigmatic, effervescent, ephemeral musk of angels.
I promised myself that I would indulge in a bottle or two once I get myself back to New York (since they don't ship outside the US). I don't really wear much perfume, but I think I could wear one of these, from various collections:
1. If I could smell like a dream:
DREAM FORMULA I: ONEIROI from SOMNIUM
"Created to invoke the ancient Greek deities of dreams. On the shores of the ocean, somewhere in the West, they dwell behind their gates of horn and ivory. Soporific, dark, and unfathomable."
2. If I could smell like a place:
CROSSROADS from WANDERLUST
"The forks of the road: an in-between place, sacred and tangibly magickal in innumerable cultures and faiths. This scent is dark with mystery, taut with power. A chill twilit garden of blooms over dry earth and mosses, heavily laden with incense and offertory herbs."
3. If I could smell like a deadly sin:
WRATH from SIN AND SALVATION
"A scent aflame with rage, swirling in the red haze of hatred: dragon's blood spiked with black pepper, clove, and cinnamon."
4. If I could smell like someone from Shakespeare's imaginings:
DESDEMONA from ILLYRIA
"Innocent, soft and pure: sweet pea, carnation and water lily."
I promised myself that I would indulge in a bottle or two once I get myself back to New York (since they don't ship outside the US). I don't really wear much perfume, but I think I could wear one of these, from various collections:
1. If I could smell like a dream:
DREAM FORMULA I: ONEIROI from SOMNIUM
"Created to invoke the ancient Greek deities of dreams. On the shores of the ocean, somewhere in the West, they dwell behind their gates of horn and ivory. Soporific, dark, and unfathomable."
2. If I could smell like a place:
CROSSROADS from WANDERLUST
"The forks of the road: an in-between place, sacred and tangibly magickal in innumerable cultures and faiths. This scent is dark with mystery, taut with power. A chill twilit garden of blooms over dry earth and mosses, heavily laden with incense and offertory herbs."
3. If I could smell like a deadly sin:
WRATH from SIN AND SALVATION
"A scent aflame with rage, swirling in the red haze of hatred: dragon's blood spiked with black pepper, clove, and cinnamon."
4. If I could smell like someone from Shakespeare's imaginings:
DESDEMONA from ILLYRIA
"Innocent, soft and pure: sweet pea, carnation and water lily."
Labels: neil gaiman, perfume, scents
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