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Perfume is kind of stupid.
Jun. 27th, 2014 05:07 pm1) Everyone probably already knows this, but I've come to the conclusion while researching this stuff that there's no fucking way Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is using nothing but straight essential oils in their scents. Real oakmoss is not cheap, and there is no combination of plain plant oils that smells like ambergris. They've got to be using ambroxan or some other synthetic for the latter; I have not yet decided which is in Cathode, my favorite perfume, but hope to resolve this shortly.
2) My Perfumer's Apprentice order keeps getting bigger and less thematically-focused. I must be stopped. I was supposed to be figuring out the formula for Cathode, but roughly half of the crap I'm getting is unrelated. I'm just ordering the Iso E Super and vetiveryl acetate because some company's been selling them diluted for about $140 (1, 2), and this has irrationally made me curious. They are $3 on this website. I already have some ambroxan, which is the third thing the hella total con artists are selling at a huge markup; it was $6.50.
The crap I'm ordering is under the cut, as I am very sure that you care about this.
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3) I was wearing straight synthetic oakmoss and ambergris yesterday, and have had a headache ever since. Probably should have diluted that stuff! I smelled excellent, though. And I think I've convinced myself that Grisalva is not the ambergris that's in Cathode.
2) My Perfumer's Apprentice order keeps getting bigger and less thematically-focused. I must be stopped. I was supposed to be figuring out the formula for Cathode, but roughly half of the crap I'm getting is unrelated. I'm just ordering the Iso E Super and vetiveryl acetate because some company's been selling them diluted for about $140 (1, 2), and this has irrationally made me curious. They are $3 on this website. I already have some ambroxan, which is the third thing the hella total con artists are selling at a huge markup; it was $6.50.
The crap I'm ordering is under the cut, as I am very sure that you care about this.
( Read more... )
3) I was wearing straight synthetic oakmoss and ambergris yesterday, and have had a headache ever since. Probably should have diluted that stuff! I smelled excellent, though. And I think I've convinced myself that Grisalva is not the ambergris that's in Cathode.
