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)
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)