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Fragrance dupes

I love scents, smells, fragrance and have an expensive nose. This Santal 33 dupe is the best I've found and has amazing staying power. Always gets compliments from women 🤔

@b____vo

Sep 19, 2024

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spring/summer scents

I work at Nordstrom so it’s hard to choose considering I‘m trying different stuff all the time but here are a few bottles I always go back to, especially great for spring/summer: Jo Malone - Orange Blossom $72 1oz Honey… this is soooo… this is so beautiful it makes me feel both so mature and darling. Punching, nearly pure clementine flower, softened by honeysuckle and white lilac, slightly woody and powdery. Elegant. Couldn’t name a more perfect spring scent. Simple so effective. ^ Mixes beautifully with Matcha Meditation from Maison Margiela’s Replica line Gier Ness - Laila $68 1.7oz “The essence of Norway” It sure is. Apparently there is a weird Disney affiliation but please don’t let that deter you this is one of the prettiest scents I’ve ever sniffed it smells like crisp, clean spring air. Not in an overly floral way either. Very natural. Effortless. Charming. impressive lasting power. I get SO many compliments on this one. Chanel - Paris - Édimbourg $113 1.7oz No no no trust me. This is nothing like the others. Inspired by the Scottish Highlands, it’s woody, earthy, mossy, fresh with spice. It’s like everything that is currently on trend in fragrance but through a super classy, traditional sort of …old money… lens. Trust. ^Mixes beautifully with You by Glossier Might be worth adding that as curious and adventurous as I am with trying new scents, I also very easily develop migraines and tummy aches from many of them. These are all tried and true safe options for sensitive girls like me.

@prophecytalk

Apr 27, 2024

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Buying perfume on vacation

I love tchotchkes but this fills the need for a slightly practical souvenir. I have a roller ball from a visit home that I put on when I miss my mom, an orangey perfume from a trip to spain that I use when the sun is shining and it's summer. life is too short to have just one signature scent.

@marissab

May 8, 2024

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Telling the Truth

I would never tell a lie.

@sharleen

Jan 18, 2024

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The Sacred Idol by Les Baxter

The Sacred Idol is a gorgeously cinematic soundtrack that was made for a movie that was never released. It’s mysterious and fantastical. It transports you to some other imaginary dimension. I suggest you avoid looking at pictures of Les Baxter as this may ruin the music for you. The genre of exotica is kinda fucked up mashing up disperate cultures of South America, Africa, the Southeast Asia and the Levant without having any knowledge of the cultures. I’m half Peruvian-half Lebanese, so I too am a mashup of disparate cultures. There must be some metaphor within exotica for people like me. Growing up 1st gen American never feeling fully connected to either of my ethnicities and maybe I relate to this pictorial version of “exotic” cultures.

@sharleen

Jan 18, 2024

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Glenn Branca - Symphony 5 (live @ The Kitchen)

I’m in a little Glenn Branca phase right now. Sometimes his pieces are too much. This video is probably my favorite performance of his. I like the way he ‘conducts’ the guitar orchestra like it’s a dance. His convulsions are similar to kids slam dancing to hardcore; the same way his pieces are like elongated punk songs. Also he’s from my hometown of Harrisburg, PA.

@sharleen

Jan 18, 2024