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June 25, 2005
BPAL - Black Annis
"Vast talons, foul with human flesh, there grew
In place of hands, and features livid blue
Glar'd in her visage; while the obscene waist
Warm skins of human victims close embraced.
The blue faced hag of the British Hills. She lives in the Dane Hills, Leicestershire, in a cave called Black Annis' Bower Close, which she dug out of rock with her own iron-strong claws. Dozens of huge cats prowl the Bower with her, and it is guarded by a great pollarded oak in which she hides so that she may catch lambs and small children to eat. She carries her victims back to her cave, where she flays them alive before devouring them. She drapes their skins on her guardian oak to dry. Her skirt is fashioned from the skins of her prey, and her bed is a high-piled bed of their bones. Black Annis' perfume is a mixture of damp cave lichen and oak leaf with a hint of vetiver, civet and anise."
ok, i didn't really try this one today, because i'm a little afraid of it. but a tiny bit got on my finger when i opened the imp for a sniff, and later moses was very interested in that finger.
civet, for those not in the know, is normally excreted from a gland of the civet cat, but BPAL uses a vegan imitation of it. many people find it reacts badly with their body chemistry-- or they just plain don't like it.
more on this one later. when i'm feeling brave.
Posted by lisa at June 25, 2005 11:41 PM | TrackBack
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I'm so glad you're braver than I am & willing to try something with civet, aka cat butt. Then again, I think Chanel No. 5 contains civet, and no one ever described that as smelling like a cat's ass.
Is vetiver also a simulated animal product?
Posted by: Sarah on June 26, 2005 12:24 AM
well, i live with a cat butt and clean out a litterbox regularly and nothing in a perfume is going to smell as bad as some of the stuff i've cleaned over the years. so civet doesn't scare me that much.
anise, actually, scares me a little more, since it's a dominant note.
vetvier is a type of grass, actually. i know a lot of people don't like it or don't react well with it, but i have no idea what it smells like.
the tiny bit that got on my hand was strong, but not bad. when i do try it, i'll go easy and maybe put it behind my knee so it's not wafting in my face for hours and hours if it winds up being bad.
Posted by: lisa on June 26, 2005 12:49 AM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.