Feeling sunshine-y.

[saffronhare]

I'd say I'm feeling chipper, but "Chipper" is a nickname for my brother (Chip) and putting it that way just weirds me out.

In other news, the BPAL scent of Nuit is very rich. Too complicated and...er, I think "deep" is the word...for daily wear, but it would go splendidly in one's cleavage for a candlelight dinner. Or, you know, whenever one wants to invite cleavage-sniffing. It's the kind of scent that would linger in a lover's bed, inspiring fond reminiscences.

It had a bit more of something-something than I tend to prefer, so I'm guessing there would be scents I'd like more than this one, but points to featherynscale for figuring I'd like it. I'd thought "nuit" referred to the French word for night, but no. The title references the Egyptian goddess with a different spelling than I'm used to. Excerpt from BPAL's description:

Her perfume is starry and crystalline, a jewel-clad and glittering paean to night: dazzling white musks, white rose and night-blooming jasmine with the soft moss of moonlit meadows, a waft of Egyptian incense, and a gentle breath of moonflower.

I'm still not sure what it is about Shango that triggers sensory horror in me. I mean, I don't even want to touch the imp to dispose of it, my reaction is that severe. Jeebus.

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[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

On me, the Shango smells almost exactly like Hawaiian Punch. Not vomit-inducing, but not compelling, either.

I'm glad there were some of them that you liked, though. The other three I gave you were all too 'white' for me. (Go, go gadget synaethesia. I like my perfumes in the brown range, generally.)

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

That makes perfect sense, actually (the synaesthesia thing). There's somebody at work for whom it might work well. I'll let you know.

Even if you're not wearing scent, you smell mostly of amber to me, with something caramelly thrown in -- with just a hint of white but night-blooming (gardenia, maybe?).

I love-love-love Rosalind and Urania. Light flowery stuff. I do like the kick of rosemary and grapefruit in a scent sometimes. I like the imp idea, because I think I might encounter a wider variety of scents I like. Thank you again.

[zylch.livejournal.com]

putting it that way just weirds me out

Heh. I have a general policy that what happens in England stays in England, but I think you may find this particular story amusing.

So there was this guy in my department, quite nice and a bit of a goofball, with whom I had been flirting and so on. After I finally gave in to joining Facebook, he sent me a friend request. Since our email addresses were based on initials and we were a first-name department, this was the first time I realized that his full name was...
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Nich Turner.

There were some other very good reasons that things never really took off between the two of us, but the fact that after that realization there was always a little bit of my brain cracking up at the mild surreality of it all sure didn't help :-)

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

If they smell white, have I tried them? (trying to remember if that was saff's synaesthesia for me that one day)

[featherynscale.livejournal.com]

I don't remember. I think the "white" ones I gave her were Nuit, Urania, and Rosalind. They all seem like they would be too light for you, though. You might try the one "white" one that I still have, which is White Rabbit.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

White Rabbit. Heh.

For what it's worth, D, your scent (in my head) is sort of a light/sharp green with a bit of something yellowish (deep yellow, but not brown at all). There's another note in there with a bit of bite to it -- like rustling leaves. Dunno how to describe it.

I carry the imps around with me (except for Shango), so if I see you anytime soon, I should be able to give you a whiff.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

I can totally see why that would have been a bit of a mythological reality stumbling block (on top of being a magnificently sharp joke). HA!

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

Okay, white must have been somebody else, then...

Anyway, regarding paperwork, what's your schedule for tonight and tomorrow? I might be able to swing by and pick up the stuff for WH, and get it back to you by Sunday, completed.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

I'm at work until about 5:30 p.m., then swinging by the house to change clothes and heading to the park to hit some things. I should be home before 9 p.m., because that's when princessboredom will be getting back from Wichita.

Tomorrow, I'm around until about 10 a.m. and then out until almost 1 p.m. The afternoon has a bunch of errand running and haircuts and a sock-a-palooza for the girls.

Do you have my cell phone number?

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

White had its place in K's scent; I think there was more of what I called "white" in Carey's scent. ::shrug, sniff, grin::

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

Well now I want to know what color I smell like, darn it.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Remind me to sniff you next time you're around, then. :)