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Gift a Fragrance Perfectly Matched to their Personality
Gift a Fragrance Perfectly Matched to their Personality By Mona Butler Consider your lover, your friends, or your family for a moment. What could you get them that feels intimate and personal, which lets them know you see them and who they are? A unique perfume...
Take a Moment to Visit Where the Mermaids Lay
Take a Moment to Visit Where the Mermaids Lay By Mona Butler Imagine this: you're floating along in a little sailboat. The sea is calm and you are basking in the warm sun. You spot something -or someone- laying on the shore. As you sail closer, you see you have...
Ten Famous Fragrances Standing the Test of Time
When you find the perfect perfume, two conflicting thoughts ensue. You will quickly find yourself torn between, "This is so amazing, I cannot wait to tell all my friends!" and "This is so amazing, I have to keep it a secret, so I'm the only one who has it." Whether it...
CELEBRATING THE SCENTS OF AUTUMN
Even though much of September saw summer-like temperatures, the first of the month had us diving headfirst into fall. Off with your sandals, it is time for boots! This also meant shelving the light, summery fragrances that saw us through June, July and August. The...
Tracing the Root of Perfumery
If perfume were a tree, its roots would spread far and wide from one yard to another. It would be the type of tree that gives passersby cause to pause and think, "oh, if it could talk, what amazing stories would it tell!" Perfumery has origins all over the world,...
The Art of Perfume Production
The art of perfumery is an old one. We can trace the use of scents oils as far back as the ancient Egyptians, the Roman Empire, Mesopotamia and the Persian Empire. The production of perfume as we know it is thanks to thousands of...
A Verdant Androgynous Delight
Fast on the heels of inaugural scents Dripping Nectar Concoction 15, Peculiar Pink Fruit Concoction 26 and A Different Kind of Soft Concoction 51, Lavender Clouds and Poetry has released a fourth! This new perfume is unique from its siblings. Kush Tomboys &...
Softcore thoughts
Carnal pleasure, quivering lips and supple flesh I long to feel the warmth of your breath on my neck on my back and on my thighs Seduce me with your beguiling words and silver tongue, as my mind enters a sensual trance of soft core thoughts
What constitutes a “good” perfume?
Perfume is profoundly personal, making it difficult to announce that one reigns over the others. What causes one person to sniff, grimace, and put a bottle back on the shelf could be what causes someone else to take that bottle home. No matter where personal...
Androgyny
I am intrigued, divulge your obscure and perplexing androgyny. Feminine, masculine, male, female. The lines are blurred beyond ambiguity, my interest is piqued and my rational is nullified. Two-spirits, two souls, a beautiful union that words cannot annotate. I am...