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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogVisit my Etsy shop to view the new poison rings from my collection that are for sale now. There are some true beauties in here, including some that I would rather keep for myself but decided I’ll let others enjoy.Each ring will be filled to order with …
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Elegance, originally uploaded by _wintermute. While evolution often follows c…
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogWell well, dear readers, I lied.There is no draw for any samples of my In A Station of the Metro 1st mod.SORRY!Instead, all the readers who commented (except for Heather, who already got one of course) are the winners of a sample vial. We only have 1 l…
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from Heather @ memory & desireThe poem that we’ve been exploring for the last two weeks, “In a Station of the Metro,” took Ezra Pound almost two years to write. I suppose, then, that it’s not such a great shame that I am at a loss for words in response to the great outpouring of cr…
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogDon’t miss the chance to vote for the best hilarious ad-copy in Now Smell This’ Prix Eau Faux competition. Not only will you laugh your head off reading these ridiculous (yet not far from the truth) imaginary perfume ad-copies, you will also help our d…
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from Heather @ memory & desireIn a Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. - by Ezra Pound - From Poetry, April 1913. Online text via Poetry Foundation. The current spacing of the text is from a later modification of the poem by Pound, published first in June 1913, and later in Pound’s Gaudier-Brzeska: a Memoir, 1916.
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from Heather @ memory & desireIn a Station of the Metro The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. - by Ezra Pound - From Poetry, April 1913. Online text via Poetry Foundation. The current spacing of the text is from a later modification of the poem b…
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from Heather @ memory & desirePleasures - by Denise Levertov - I like to find what’s not found at once, but lies within something of another nature, in repose, distinct. Gull feathers of glass, hidden in white pulp: the bones of squid which I pull out and lay blade by blade on the draining board— tapered as if for swiftness, to pierce the heart, but fragile, substance belying design. Or a fruit, mamey, cased in rough brown peel, the flesh rose-amber, and the seed: the seed a stone of wood, carved and polished, walnut-colored, formed like a brazilnut, but large, large enough to fill the…
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from Heather @ memory & desirePleasures - by Denise Levertov - I like to find what’s not found at once, but lies within something of another nature, in repose, distinct. Gull feathers of glass, hidden in white pulp: the bones of squid which I pull out and lay blade by blade on the …
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from Heather @ memory & desireThe Poet’s Occasional Alternative - by Grace Paley - I was going to write a poem I made a pie instead it took about the same amount of time of course the pie was a final draft a poem would have had some distance to go days and weeks and much crumpled paper the pie already had a talking tumbling audience among small trucks and a fire engine on the kitchen floor everybody will like this pie it will have apples and cranberries dried apricots in it many friends will say why in the world did you make only one…
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from Heather @ memory & desireThe Poet’s Occasional Alternative - by Grace Paley - I was going to write a poem I made a pie instead it took about the same amount of time of course the pie was a final draft a poem would have had some distance to go days and weeks and much crumpled p…
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogAyala Moriel Parfums are now available in BeautyMark!As of today, Ayala Moriel Parfums can be found at Beautymark - the snazziest place in town for beauty advice and a cutting edge beauty experience. This is where fashionistas and movie stars get all t…
Read the rest here: Ayala Moriel now at BeautyMarkBlunda Seasonal Exhibition December 15
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogFor those of you in greater LA - don’t miss this unique event, where art meets perfume. There will be a new perfume to Blunde that night - Palas Atena in an oil form. The goddess of wisdom and war would sure be happy to join Tamya and Espionage for a F…
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogn.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Lady Of Justice, originally uploaded by MacBuckley. The winner for October’s…
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Pumpkins, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel. Happy Thanksgiving to all of …
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } venice - square version, originally uploaded by Pay No Mind. To all SmellyBl…
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Zodiac Perfumes, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel. To celebrate the new web…
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Out of the Arc, originally uploaded by Tirau Dan. Happy New Year to all of u…
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from Heather @ memory & desire…O come, then, quickly come, We are budding, we are blowing, And the wind which we perfume Sings a tune thatâ??s worth thy knowing. Ralph Waldo Emerson “To Ellen at the South” Poetry was my first passion and has outlived…
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from Heather @ memory & desire…O come, then, quickly come, We are budding, we are blowing, And the wind which we perfume Sings a tune that’s worth thy knowing. Ralph Waldo Emerson “To Ellen at the South” Poetry was my first passion and has outlived many other of my obsessions. …
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Moraine Lake, originally uploaded by champy1013.Happy Canada Day to all of Smelly…
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Draw Logo Contest, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel. It’s time to announce…
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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Flora Linden Ingredients Label, originally uploaded by Ayala Moriel. msiagirl …
Read the rest here: Flora Linden Ingredients Contest WinnersHappy Father’s Day!
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } A Father’s Love…., originally uploaded by cowgirlrightup. Happy Father’s Da…
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from Scentzilla! @ Scentzilla!You may have read in the past few days about a little tempest of sorts regarding the existence of perfume blogger payola and swag. (Due to a family emergency which I prefer to keep private, I have been unable to spend much time reading on the computer, and was not aware there was any drama […]
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from Scentzilla! @ Scentzilla!Hi, I’m not dead! Just looks that way, judging by how long it’s been since the last post was made. While I’m dilly-dallying over writing an actual perfume post, I thought I’d share some pictures.
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from Scentzilla! @ Scentzilla!So, uh… yeah… I was flattened by my woeful back injury worse than I thought. D’oh! Moving on, so as to avoid another annoying “poor me” post…
David Pybus, whom I interviewed a wee while back, has some excellent news: He’s recreating many of his archaeological perfume discoveries for the public!
Dorothy Parker once said, “The cure […]