The pleasure principle — that we are entirely motivated by the attraction to pleasure and the avoidance of pain, has come to the cultural/political/economic news cycle foreground lately, in so many ways. What an ironic coincidence, for one, that the…
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September 16th, 2008 — , Leather, amber, annick goutal, incense from Lucy @ indieperfumes
Incense may cause cancer
August 26th, 2008 — , Safety/Toxicity, incense from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
Reuters (and a lot of others) report on a study that suggests that “regularly inhaling the smoke could put people at risk of cancers of the respiratory tract.” The findings are published in the medical journal Cancer for October 1,…
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July 22nd, 2008 — , Review, Serge Lutens, chris sheldrake, flow my tears, incense, serge noire from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Upon smelling frankincense tears slowly being burnt on charcoals in an old bronzy censer, aromatizing the air with their otherworldy smell, I never fail to be transported in a mirage, similar to the one that Serge Noire by Lutens is evoking: Smoke is r…
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June 11th, 2008 — , ByRedo, Chembur, Fragrance, Fruity, Perfume, Pulp, Review, fig, incense, resinous, smoky from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
Word on the street is that Ben Gorham is one of us. Yes, the ex-professional basketball player is really a perfume junkie, a fragrance nut, just like us. Mr. Gorham founded his own company, ByRedo (By Redolence) in 2006, and started testing the scented waters first with high quality candles, room sprays, soaps and body products. Earlier this year, he launched his first personal fragrance line, a
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YSL and the Seventies and Opium
June 5th, 2008 — , Patchouli, Sandalwood, incense, obsession, opium, sillage from Lucy @ indieperfumes
All the tributes and postings on Yves Saint Laurent this week have brought forth nostalgia in me for the seventies. Personally handsome, he had an aware, melancholic, elegant and slender beauty. He was a fragile yet bold introvert who seemed constantl…
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June 4th, 2008 — , Essential Oils/Plant Extractions, Research, aromatherapy, incense from Rob @ the aromaconnection blog
A new study published in the The FASEB Journal, a journal of experimental biology “found that incensole acetate, a Boswellia resin constituent, when tested in mice lowers anxiety and causes antidepressive-like behavior.” The press release goes on to cite this…
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Travel Memoirs: Singapore part 2
May 19th, 2008 — , Travel Memoirs, fruit, incense, john varvatos, magical moon, mango, singapore, timbuktu, un jardin sur le nil from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Walking under a lightly tinted oriental umbrella fit for the hot sun, but also the sudden shower of the tropics, I find myself savoring the sights and smells of exotic Singapore again as I reminiscence. Besides the lush vegetation, olfactory stimuli ex…
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April 21st, 2008 — , Kyphi, david mark, dirt fragrance, incense, natural perfumers guild, perfume class from Anya @ Anya's Garden
David Mark of Renaissance Aromas (website TBA shortly) and an Associate Member of the Natural Perfumers Guild will be a Guest Expert in my online Natural Perfumery class. David’s topic will be Kyphi incense, the ancient Egyptian blend whose mystique an…
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April 5th, 2008 — , Clearing Space Ritual, Purification, Spring Cleaning, incense, spring from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
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In Praise of Ambergris
March 2nd, 2008 — , amber, ambergris, animal, incense, musings, poems, smoke from Heather @ memory & desire
Ambergris - by Stanley Kunitz - This body, tapped of every drop of breath, In vast corruption of its swollen pride, Proclaims itself the very whale of death; Yet, I believe, the hand that plumbs its side Will gather dissolution’s sweet increase. Exquisite fern of death–in nature, ambergris. Meanwhile, thinking of love, I have been dressed For such destruction. Though it surely break, Come pluck the deep wild kernel of my breast, That wafer of devotion, and partake Of its compacted sweetness, till it bring The soul to rise upon its fleshly wing. If gentle heart be scorned, in scorn…
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March 2nd, 2008 — , Perfume, Poetry, amber, ambergris, animal, incense, musings, poems, smoke from Heather @ memory & desire
“For Praise is like ambergrize; a little unexpected Whiff of it… is the most agreeable thing in the world; but when a whole lump of it is thrust to your nose, it is a Stink, and strikes you down.” (Alexander Pope, 1725)
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January 27th, 2008 — Jaguar's Breath, Nathaniel Musselman, handmade, incense, natural room perfume, white witch from Zita @ White Witch Perfumers Journal
Everybody here at White Witch was so impressed by the standard of Nathaniel Musselman’s Kyphi that we wanted him to make something new especially for us. Kyphi is used to relax and help sleep so we asked for something that was going to stimulate and ex…
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December 21st, 2007 — Candles, Chai, Winter Solstice, Yuzu, bath, incense from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
Today/tomorrow is winter solstice - the shortest day and the longest night in the year. From now. Marking the darkest and the most difficult time of the year, where light and warmth is sparse, this is when human being around the world have created othe…
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December 21st, 2007 — Guest Posters, Holidays, Marla, incense from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
By Marla
The gifts of the three wise men have a long and hallowed history in perfumery. Few ingredients are more romantic and mysterious. Myrrh is a notoriously difficult resin to work with- it is bitter and medicinal, a wonderful antiseptic, in fact. Yet used correctly it adds a grounding balance. Peppery, sweet, and pungent, frankincense absolute is easier to work with, but can easily
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Perfume Review: Bond No 9 Andy Warhol Silver Factory
December 20th, 2007 — Aurelien Guichard, Bond No 9, New Releases 2007, andy warhol, incense from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
By Marina
I am not going to talk about the inspiration behind Silver Factory and will not analyze the ways in which particular notes make the scent fit the name. Because if you are in a mood to do so and if you look at things at a certain angle, you can convince yourself of anything at all. If you were previously unfamiliar with Pink Sugar and were told that it was called Silver Factory, would
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unto whom i burn
December 17th, 2007 — frankincense, incense, musings, poems from Heather @ memory & desire
So why frankincense, why now? Aside from the “We Three Kings of Orient Are” playing in every store and the red velvet boxes of frankincense in Christian gift shops “to celebrate the reason for the season,” (a season which, in the words of Stephen Colbert, is so deeply Christian that it predates Christianity) I had not intended to write about the same stuff that I expect most perfume writers and critics to focus on at this time of the year.
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December 17th, 2007 — , Perfume, Poetry, frankincense, incense, musings, poems from Heather @ memory & desire
unto thee i - by e. e. cummings - unto thee i burn incense the bowl crackles upon the gloom arise purple pencils fluent spires of fragrance the bowl seethes a flutter of stars a turbulence of forms delightful with indefinable flowering, the air is deep…
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November 1st, 2007 — Durbano, incense from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
The first thought that materialized in my mind the moment I smelled Black Tourmanline was, strangely, “Home”. Nudging my subconsciousness to elaborate a little, I figured out that “Home”, of course, meant “Russia” and, specifically, “Orthodox churches”. Wooden churches, to be precises, the walls of which are still redolent of the freshly cut pine, practically oozing pine resin… somewhere in
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Back to the Basics: Burning Incense
August 16th, 2007 — Journal, Kyphi, incense from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
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July 25th, 2007 — Bible, Exodus, Holy Anointing Oil, Holy Incense, Tabernacle, incense from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
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July 21st, 2007 — Ava Luxe, Incense Musk, Miyako, Palisander, Passage d’Enfer, Woody, amber, incense, smoky from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
Ina, over at Aromascope made a post some time ago which sparked a discussion on straightforward perfumes. As I stated at the time, I believe that straightforward, linear perfumes can sometimes be a blessing, because you do not have to think too much. Too, sometimes what you are looking for can only be satisfied by a simpler creation, without too much fuss around it. I know I personally have a
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July 18th, 2007 — Ambery, Annayake, Matsuri, Miyako, Patchouli, comforting, incense from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
Back in May, I decided to write a week long feature here on Fragrance Bouquet, reviewing the female fragrances of the Annayake line. Those of you that followed it, might remember that I was at the time unable to get my hands on either Miyako, or Matsuri. I hate to leave things incomplete, so I set out to try and find both, so that I would have a complete picture of the fragrance line. Matsuri, I
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May 24th, 2007 — Perfume, incense, jasmine, line, nasomatto, new, orange blossom, week from helg @ Perfume Shrine
I have been lagging a bit about my posts lately, but it has to do with an augmented workload. The following posts will tackle a series on Jasmine (comparable to Incense 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and Orange Blossom week 1, 2, 3, 4) and a presentation and re…
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January 17th, 2007 — Sandalwood, boswellia, frankincense, incense, roses from Lucy @ indieperfumes
I was fascinated as a child by the Catholic stories of saints who were so holy that they exuded a strong fragrance. Sometimes the fragrance intensified upon their deaths and this was taken as a special incontrovertible sign of sainthood. In the Middle…
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