From How To Be Perfect By Ron Padgett

From How to Be Perfect by Ron Padgett

Oh my God crow friend falls asleep all the time on call but this time the phone must be very close to their face because I can hear his little snores and it's so endearing 🥹

Anja Schneider

Arcane + TV Tropes Act 2 episode 5 "Everybody Wants to Be My Enemy" (insp.)

a perfume for every herb/green plant note + spices + woods/trees

previous: fruit/berry & flowers

challenge for me to pick an iconic perfume for each note. the perfume may not necessarily smell strongly like that note but it is an important part of the composition. (for example - pineward's hayrid has real hay made into the scent but it also has lots of other notes mixed in) for the other lists i tried my best not to repeat a brand within a list, but i might not be as strict this time!!

agave: The Strange South - Marfa

aloe vera: Régime des Fleurs - Cacti

angelica: Frederic Malle - French Lover

artemisia: Ineke - Idyllwild

basil: Hermes - Concentre d'Orange Verte

barley/wheat: Jo Malone - Poppy & Barley

bay leaf: Serge Lutens - Fille en Aiguilles

black currant cassis: Diptyque - L'Ombre Dans L'Eau

cannabis: 19-69 - Chronic

cardamom: Aesop - Marrakech Intense

cilantro: The Nue Co. - Functional Fragrance

cinnamon: Kilian - Angels' Share

clary sage: Guy Fox - Nelson

clove: Maison Martin Margiela - By the Fireplace

coffee: Kerosene - Follower

coriander: Thin Wild Mercury - Zuma, 1975

cumin: Le Labo - Rose 31

creosote: La Curie - Larrea

fallen leaves: CB I Hate Perfume - Burning Leaves

fennel: Zoologist - Seahorse

fern: Olympic Orchids - Olympic Rainforest

fig leaf: Profumuma Roma - Ichnusa

galbanum: Frederic Malle - Synthetic Jungle

ginger: Firebird - Ginger Ale

grass: Mondo Mondo - Cowboy (Runner up: Lush - Grass)

green/bell pepper: Boy Smells - Tantrum

hay: Pineward - Hayride

ivy: Diptyque - Eau de Lierre

juniper: Lake & Skye - Echo Lake

lemongrass: Louis Vuitton - Cactus Garden

lemon verbena: Creed - Green Irish Tweed

mint: Etat Libre d'Orange - You Or Someone Like You

palm leaf: Comme des Garcons - Amazingreen

patchouli: Jovoy - Psychedelique

papyrus: Cremo - Palo Santo

petitgrain: Byredo - Palermo

rice: Poesie - Full Moon (at the Temple)

rosemary: Acqua di Parma - Colonia

sage: Goldfield & Banks - Pacific Rock Moss

sagebrush: Solstice Scent - High Desert

seaweed: James Heeley - Sel Marin

shiso: Di Ser - Keman

star anise: L'Artisan Parfumeur - Fou d'Absinthe

sweetgrass: Providence Perfume - Sedona Sweet Grass

tansy: Stereoplasm - Sick of Love

tarragon: Lush - Dirty

thyme: DS&Durga - Cowboy Grass

tea (matcha:) Le Labo - The Matcha 26

tea (black:) Armani Prive - The Yulong

tea (oolong:) Chasing Scents - Tea Service

tomato leaf: Fantôme - Lycanthrope

vetiver: Guerlain - Vetiver

birch: Bel Rebel - Air

cypress: Rag & Bone - Cypress

coast redwood: Laromatica - Big Sur

eucalyptus: DSH Perfumes - Eucalyptus Leaves

fir: Pineward - Fanghorn

spruce: Dasein - Winter

hinoki: Comme des Garcons - Hinoki

oak: Lvnea - Holy Oak

sandalwood: Diptyque - Tam Dao

btw you cant save people. the most you can do is try to understand them. the most you can do is let them be themselves. all you can do is empathize, be there