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June 20, 2005
mmmmm
so i went over to sarah & georg's today to study up on my lawn watering techniques, and sarah let me take embalming fluid for a test drive. at first i thought my nose was broken because i couldn't smell it on me, while sarah was saying, "wow, i can really smell it!" (i only used one small dab-- promise!) then later i could smell it. it's very appealing. it does smell like perfume (to me), albeit fairly unconventional perfume.
there was something in it that seemed hauntingly familiar to me; we decided it was probably the white musk.
i don't think this scent is quite me, but i like it and i could certainly see wanting to wear it sometimes, so i am glad a have an imp coming my way in a couple of months. in the meantime, i eagerly look forward to the other scents which should hopefully start arriving later this week!
now today i am tempted to add one more imp to the ever-growing pile... someone is selling some "graveyard dirt", and the description sounds just fascinating... apparently, it smells like dirt.
told you i had odd ideas about scents :)
Posted by lisa at June 20, 2005 08:49 PM | TrackBack
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I was briefly tempted by Graveyard Dirt, but then I decided that if I want to smell like dirt there's plenty of yardwork that needs doing :) Though Graveyard Dirt probably smells better than the clay in that big hole which plagues me.
Embalming Fluid is so me. When you put it on, I had this weird feeling of "hey, she smells like me!"
When late summer rolls around I'll be really interested in your research/suggestions as it seems like you're into warm, woodsy blends that I would describe as autumnal.
Posted by: Sarah on June 20, 2005 11:05 PM
Scents are so cool!
But I'm not so sure about embalming fluid. Long ago I did some management consulting work with for a family of funeral homes, and I would regularly hang out down in the embalming room while the guys did their work. Saw a lot of nasty things. Smelled a lot of embalming fluid. And I am really really really hoping that the BPAL EF smells nothing like the real thing.
Posted by: Phil on June 20, 2005 11:20 PM
i am pretty sure that "embalming fluid" is not a scent that smells remarkably like the thing it's named after :) i found it quite pleasing! and i suspect most other people would, too.
Posted by: lisa on June 21, 2005 09:01 AM
does real embalming fluid smell like lemon, tea and white musk? that's what the perfume smells like.
Posted by: Sarah on June 21, 2005 12:12 PM
More like lemon, tea, and ammonia. (Such a picky little difference.)
Posted by: Phil on June 21, 2005 09:59 PM
no formaldehyde? i would have thought formaldehyde.
Posted by: lisa on June 21, 2005 10:02 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.