I wish I could smell words. A book of words to describe smells (called Smell Words) is the next best thing. www.exlibrisodoratis.com/shop/p/smell...

Fun Olfactive art in the Seattle area from the talented and creative Donna Lipowitz. The Scent Lending Library is such a cool idea! No shushing, no late fees, no waiting lists!

Bleeb blop. Data dumping. open.substack.com/pub/cuirderu...

Seasonal Acquisition Disorder/Design. You decide. open.substack.com/pub/cuirderu...

Wow. This list is like a time capsule. This smells like the 2010s. I haven’t smelled anything from the Vero line tho.

Would you like to join me for Sample September? I’m welcoming this fun month by featuring @houseofmammoth.bsky.social, the artisan brand founded by artisan perfumer Ben Esposito. Read my house overview article ⬇️🔗 www.isniffbeforeisleep.com/house-of-mam...

You and I (Will Die), but that won’t stop me from sharing some House of Mammoth Love and a DIY drone and collage based on it. open.substack.com/pub/cuirderu...

Some nostalgic love for Canoe. Also, my feeble attempt to learn how to use Koala sampler. open.substack.com/pub/cuirderu...

Colorado librarians: Have you heard of any programs in Colorado that are available for people who might be losing their access to Medicaid? I’m not entirely sure what keywords to use for a successful search of the topic. #coloradosky #librariansky

Created a companion scent to a beautiful short story my daughter wrote (age 12). A gift to grandmother and uncle for bdays.

New digital scent strip droppped. www.immortalperfumes.com/subscribe-sc... not sure if the print sold out or not. Great read that crosses platforms for me: Damiana @isniffbeforeisleep.bsky.social , Sam Flores from Substack, & @filigreeandshadow.co does his best Hegel impression.

Back just for a minute to semd this into the ether. Hope you all are well and smell wonderful. open.substack.com/pub/cuirderu...

Briefly back to post this piece on blue lotus 🪷 in perfumery. I hope ya’ll are doing well. open.substack.com/pub/cuirderu...

Taking a long break from social media. See you next month. Happy sniffing. Might post a Substack article in the meantime.

Nez Mag haul of my 3 favorite materials/notes over the past year. So cool. Also got samples of Papillon Hera & Epona, Zooologist Bee, & Angelos Tabac Libre.

"From cat urine to gunpowder: Exploring the peculiar smells of outer space" (bbc) www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Garden update. Tuberose have sprouted. Hopefully they can get there.🤞 Yarden bouquet #2 with sage, dogwood, and peachy climbing roses. Also first bolero rose of the year.

Going out. Scent of the night: Areej le Doré - Koh-I-Noor (2018). Easily my personal fav. perfume ever. White waxy floral w/ a beautiful ambery oudish touch.

Book update. 2 new ones to close out the month. One wet, one dry. One reanimationist, one orientalist. One for the bus, on for home.

#sotd Erawan by Dusita. Loving this more and more. Might creep up on my FB list. Petitgrain & elephant hide. #perfumesky

Google translate fun on Friday as a treat open.substack.com/pub/cuirderu...

Concrete plastic water bottle diy vase. Holds one stem Highly unfunctional, but made some kinda sense late at night.

fūm - Winter Crocus (Miss Layla, 202?). A smooth peppery & cardamom top gives way to a sheer, modern, but not vulgar amber. Nothing dominates. The saffron is subtly leather-like. There are no sharp edges, it’s all smooth sailing to crocus town. Lovely. #perfumesky #sotd

Intense fear of spritzing whatever TikTok told you to? Finally diagnosed myself. Prescribed: One spritz of Nosferatu and a black widow bust candle. Read it here⬇️ #fragrancesky #perfumesky thescentatorium.substack.com/p/heretic-hy...

Angeliki dropped in the middle of the night (PST) so I resigned myself to missing this annual 104 bottle release. When I woke up, it was still available, so it’s on its way! I saved my lunch money for months. Hint: This is also the missed connection in the Scent Strip.

Cistus Labdanum blooming in the yard. Reusing Mother’s Day filler to make a yard bouquet.

Doing scent stuff with scent people open.substack.com/pub/cuirderu...

fūm - Kodama (Miss Layla, 202?). This Japanese inspired hinoki & moss combo is terpenic, but still smooth. It has a citrusy (yuzu) sharpness & a touch of spice (shiso) as well. Well balanced, light, calm, & meditative. A less abrasive GdG Hinoki #sotd #perfumesky

fūm - The Space Between (Miss Layla, 202?). This walks the delicate space btw a vanillic western church incense & a peppery “freestyle” one. The white Copal is peppery (like Copaiba Balsam) & the top notes give an almost dusty aldehydic (c-12) feel.

Found coffee table books in the lil free library. The Paul Strand book is great (NYC, Taos, Mex amd Maine). The Lange is mostly text and not a great selection of her work. Haven’t checked out the third.

#sotd Papillon - Dryad. The green here is so fresh and almost minty. It might be the perfect green scent for me. The resinous chypre base is simply icing on the cake. #perfumesky

Off the hip review: DS&Durga - Brown Flowers (S. Moltz, 2025). Less brown than crumpled purple at top. It almost has a floral grape soda feel w/ just a hint of sweetness & green. It dissolves to a flat amber-ish drab brown. Could have used darker materials to invoke the 70s palette #perfumesky

A swipe of Ruh Khus or Green Vetiver (India) from Mellifluence layered w/ my Spring jam Astier de Villatte - Delhi. The green works surprisingly well with the cardamom & patch. #perfumesky #sotd

Ok. See if this one works. open.substack.com/pub/cuirderu...

New review just dropped by your favorite out of touch dingus perfume reviewer open.substack.com/pub/cuirderu...

#sotd Naomi Goodsir - Nuit de Bakélite. I’m getting more galbanum this am. I always travel w/ my seasonal decants: Dryad, Nuit de Bakélite, and Delhi. How do you carry around decants/samples? Altoids tin?

A new flower shop opened in my neighborhood. I got Mother’s Day flowers and added some sword fern fronds from my yard to fill it out. The only flowers I recognized were geums and peonies.

SOTD: the custom mossy green fragrance that @cuir-de-rube.bsky.social kindly made for me! this is perfecttt for a sunny day in the woods and running errands this morning 🌿🪨 #perfumesky

#sotd Avon - Timeless (1974). I initially wrote this cheapie chypre off. Only when tried again did I truly get it. It’s a Miss Dior inspired number! Aldehydes, Muguet, & Gardenia. I really love this combo. It’s less leathery & mossy than MD; it’s just a hair more ambery. #perfumesky

#sotd is a swipe of Assam oud from Oudimentary. This Hindi oud has those characteristic leathery/tobacco facets w/ a nice but restrained fermented funk. #perfumesky

Heard a barred owl last night @ 4am. Odd call. Half owl, half crazy person. “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you now? They are invasive to Seattle. youtu.be/0SwMJ50Dbz4

Review: ELdO - Afternoon of a Faun (R. Schwieger, 2012). Rosey, sharp aromatic mess. Everything is scratchy: the vetiver & immortelle in the base; the hissy floral adds in the mid; & the geranium/aromatics in the top. It’s a texture you can taste. It does have an admittedly nice rose though. 👎

43 years ago 'Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing' is the fantastic and groundbreaking debut studio album by English hardcore punk band Discharge, released in May 1982 #punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #discharge #history #punkrockhistory

#sotd Kiehl’s Original Musk. Rosy, slightly sweet, and yes, musky. It has a touch of the dirty to keep things interesting. Still the best musk out there at a great pricepoint. #perfumesky

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Guess what time it is? CONCLAVE. Here's your perfume primer for the Catholic Super Bowl. And before you come for me...I was confirmed and now I am a witch. This is the way of things. Fumata: The History of Scent and Catholicism open.substack.com/pub/immortal...

#sotd Dusita - Le Pavillon d’Or. a spiced woody in the softest way possible all the while maintaining that jasmine sambac / tonka thread that runs thru her perfumes. #perfumesky

I know it’s late already, but I’m going to give them a shot in hopes of capturing a little bit of Southern France. It’s melon time.

Submissions close June 20. The theme is WANDERLUST and I can't wait to read your articles, stories, reviews and whatever else you dream up. Note: White Lotus adjacent stories about over tourism/consumerism in fragrance also welcome! Details at link in bio #perfumesky