Case of the Sniffles
May. 5th, 2014 10:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feldmanI've had an old silver cigarette case for years, and now it holds tiny vials of perfume samples. Today I wore Knize Ten
*Holy Hell, what is going on in my nose? I discard a ton of adjectives without pinning down the sensation. It's not spiky, sharp, medicinal or fuel. Is it rosemary? The bug-killing juice of geranium stems? A chemical spill in a barbershop?
*It's out there like The Tick is out there. Waaaaaay out there.
*My grandmother used to brew Earl Grey tea in a coffee percolator, reheating the pot during the day; that's the bergamot here, severe without explanation or apology.
*This is a very dangerous dandy. This is Sydney Greenstreet as Gutman. Or possibly Howard Stark.
*Something in this smells like if you removed all the sweet 'root beer' notes from sassafras root. There's an occasional soapy note, but it's a mug of shaving soap.
*Oh, wow, leather. New car leather, suede and solvents, with whiffs of savory cold vanilla.
*And the tail end is sandalwood.
*Holy Hell, what is going on in my nose? I discard a ton of adjectives without pinning down the sensation. It's not spiky, sharp, medicinal or fuel. Is it rosemary? The bug-killing juice of geranium stems? A chemical spill in a barbershop?
*It's out there like The Tick is out there. Waaaaaay out there.
*My grandmother used to brew Earl Grey tea in a coffee percolator, reheating the pot during the day; that's the bergamot here, severe without explanation or apology.
*This is a very dangerous dandy. This is Sydney Greenstreet as Gutman. Or possibly Howard Stark.
*Something in this smells like if you removed all the sweet 'root beer' notes from sassafras root. There's an occasional soapy note, but it's a mug of shaving soap.
*Oh, wow, leather. New car leather, suede and solvents, with whiffs of savory cold vanilla.
*And the tail end is sandalwood.
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Date: 2014-05-08 01:14 am (UTC)/blushes
(Because of this, I went and put some Knize 10 on my inside right elbow after a disappointing experience with Serge Lutens Boxeuses on my wrists. EXCELLENT life choice.)