The original Femme debuted in 1944, was from the legendary Edmond Roudnitska, & had civet, not cumin. The tiny, costly extraits had lace-covered packaging. Here's a late 1970s PdT that is to DIE FOR! Note the gold cap difference. eBay, circa 2019, $52 for 100 ml. HUGE sillage. #VforVivid #Fragrance

Vintage Femme, the post-1989 Olivier Cresp cumin version w/ a black cap: A gloriously skanky *unisex* chypre (& hybrid leather oriental) that was the inspiration for modern cult hits, Amouage Jubilation XXV/25 & Papillon's Salomé. Superb creamy sandalwood base w/ real Mysore! #VforVivid #Fragrance

More #VforVivid #fragrance jewels, this time w Balmain's underappreciated vintage Jolie Madame. Created by the legendary Germaine Cellier, it's an exquisite, tender chypre, then animalic floral leather, then suede floral. Chopin, not Wagner. #Perfume Full details: kafkaesqueblog.com/2022/07/17/b...

How the Grateful Dead’s “Wall of Sound”–a Monster, 600-Speaker Sound System–Changed Rock Concerts & Live Music Forever

May as well read some #CurrentEvents.

Bob Weir gave us songs to sing and shows to remember. Relive decades of Grateful Dead live recordings in the Live Music Archive. 🌹💀 archive.org/details/Grat...

“Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that’s all I need to know about you.” -Brad Meltzer

"Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that's all I need to know about you." - Brad Meltzer

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Well, I’ve run out of body parts for my experiments, so I guess I’ll call it a night. #perfumery

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Kids are not Possessed to Skate anymore and it’s not radical. #JoinTheArmyST

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I've reviewed & described what each of them smells like, if you're interested. However, it's a pretty lengthy scent comparison of each #fragrance formula & each concentration per decade. Shalimar Parfums: kafkaesqueblog.com/2016/10/09/g... EDT, PdT, & EDP: kafkaesqueblog.com/2016/10/14/g...

#VforVivid: a few of my vintage Shalimars, each in different concentrations & diff. #Guerlain formulas, spanning across diff. decades from a late 1930s/40s extrait I still wear to a late '80s EdP & awful 90s one. ('90s/post-90s = olfactory garbage, imo.) #Fragrance #Perfume #Photography #scent

It was the best of times (at some point I assume, but certainly not any more), it was the worst of times

When the Grateful Dead Played at the Egyptian Pyramids, in the Shadow of the Sphinx (1978) One of the many great moments in Bob Weir's rich life. www.openculture.com/2024/07/when...

Bob Weir 🫶 & the Grateful Dead Some folks trust to reason Others trust to might I don't trust to nothing But I know it come out right Say it once again now Oh I hope u understand When it's done and over Lord, a man is just a man Playing in the Band (Live) song.link/PlayingBand72 ✌️ ❤️ 🎵 #musicsky

I got four new Tarot decks. I really needed them. lol.

𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫. 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭! grandiloquent-word-of-the-day-2026-calendars.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

"I will never regret loving you with all my heart. For such great love was worth every single painful goodbye. If I feared falling in love for the tenth time, I would have never met you; the sweetest love of my life."

"I wish I could be normal about affection but my love language is merging souls."

“She had been a water nymph in her previous life,” I'm almost positive that I was.

"Books are everywhere; and always the same sense of adventure fills us. Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack."

Bob Weir, the singer, songwriter and guitarist who co-founded the Grateful Dead and helped define the sound of San Francisco psychedelic rock movement, died Saturday, Jan. 10, after a prolonged battle with cancer.

OLD TIME HOCKEY!!!

My first show was at JFK in Philadelphia on July 7th, 1989. 50+ later, I saw my last at Giants Stadium, just weeks before Jerry’s passing in 1995. I treasure the memories, friendships, and stories from that time more than I can possibly express in 300 characters. Rest in peace Bobby, and thank you.

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You don’t need to be a fan of The Dead to understand and respect the unbelievable talent and enduring influence of Bob Weir. A terrible loss to start a year. RIP

Rest in peace, Bobby.

Always a hoot⚡️☠️🌹 #NFA

Ok everyone here’s the Elaine Pagels/Grateful Dead origin story. My boss did the wedding for Elaine and Alan (former manager for the Grateful Dead).

How was this kid 78? #RIP 😢

Shit. This one HURTS. A moment of silence for Bob Weir, please...

No. Oh, no. Nonononono. Shit.

It does, you know.

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Margaret Atwood is a cultural treasure

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