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July 05, 2005
BPAL - Miskatonic University
"A venerable New England university, whose vast library holds many rare, diabolical and obscure arcane works, including one of the few surviving legitimate copies of the Necronomicon. Home to innumerable scholars of the esoteric and the occult, and the notorious Dr. Herbert West."
"The scent of Irish coffee, dusty tomes and polished oakwood halls."
I'm no Lovecraft scholar, and many of the Springtime in Arkham references were lost on me. But I loved Lovecraft films when I was a teenager and I knew just what Miskatonic meant when I saw the name of this scent. After I read the description, I was eager to smell this one for myself.
Three scents came in a package today-- this one, Dana O'Shee, and a 5ml bottle of Pink Moon. I quickly dabbed Miskatonic on the outside of my arm between feeding the cat and heading out to take my powerbook to the Apple store.
The entire time I was standing at the Genius Bar, I kept getting wafts of something like a decadently rich, sweet, creamy dessert. So delicious-- and fairly powerful.
Back in the car, i sniffed my arm more carefully. Behind the fading sweetness, I could get a whiff of something dusty-musty, maybe a little pipe tobacco, or the remnants of pipe smoke.
Certainly not a spring or summer scent, but come autumn this will be a fantabulous room scent for the Library, and I can see myself wearing it from time to time as well. Though I may have to fend off those with a sweet tooth.
Posted by lisa at July 05, 2005 09:06 PM | TrackBack
Comments
hey, I got Dana O'Shee today as a freebie with my order!
Posted by: Sarah on July 5, 2005 10:23 PM
ooh, did you get an order from the Lab???
i tried to smell it in the bottle, but the scent of Miskatonic U was overpowering it.
Posted by: lisa on July 5, 2005 10:27 PM
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.