BPAL Reviews - Yules
Feb. 4th, 2017 11:41 amI don't just write lengthy opinions of books; I write lengthy opinions of perfume oils too, often when I really should be writing something else.
Yet there's something so pleasurably difficult about trying to summarize your sense impressions of something as elusive and under-reported-upon as scent.
I often think I'd like to write short stories in the form of reviews (or other formats I find myself using often), but these are just reviews.
( Pognophobia (Fear of Beards) )
( Salted Caramel Shortbread )
( Socerophobia (Fear of Parents-in-Law) )
A new BPAL perfume oil is like a new poem to read, one in a language I only partly understand. Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab was something I heard about on LiveJournal and coveted for years before I took an active role in smelling things with clever names. I keep promising myself I'll retire from buying any more -- save for old age and such instead -- but then the Halloween and Yule releases almost always ensnare me anew.
(Also posted at bpal.org)
Crossposted from Dreamwidth (http://radiantfracture.dreamwidth.org/1883.html), where there are
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Yet there's something so pleasurably difficult about trying to summarize your sense impressions of something as elusive and under-reported-upon as scent.
I often think I'd like to write short stories in the form of reviews (or other formats I find myself using often), but these are just reviews.
( Pognophobia (Fear of Beards) )
( Salted Caramel Shortbread )
( Socerophobia (Fear of Parents-in-Law) )
A new BPAL perfume oil is like a new poem to read, one in a language I only partly understand. Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab was something I heard about on LiveJournal and coveted for years before I took an active role in smelling things with clever names. I keep promising myself I'll retire from buying any more -- save for old age and such instead -- but then the Halloween and Yule releases almost always ensnare me anew.
(Also posted at bpal.org)
Crossposted from Dreamwidth (http://radiantfracture.dreamwidth.org/1883.html), where there are