tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post1427557481626275807..comments2024-03-27T09:09:56.489+00:00Comments on Perfume Shrine: Contest TimePerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-9910399762054513572009-10-06T16:05:41.490+01:002009-10-06T16:05:41.490+01:00Oh, ahaha! I was much too late! I just realized th...Oh, ahaha! I was much too late! I just realized this morning. Well anyhow, thanks for helping me get back to writing! I'd been having trouble.Prosetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551612215299132121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-9233640560917188542009-10-06T07:03:42.986+01:002009-10-06T07:03:42.986+01:00Hm.
There are lots of smells I can place, walking...Hm.<br /><br />There are lots of smells I can place, walking home from work in the fall at 6 am. Car exhaust and thin, blue threads of woodstove smoke, the musty smell of old wool, my sweaters recently pulled out of boxes I'd shoved deep into the back of my closet in the hopeful first-fit of warm spring. <br /><br />Fall is when my husband comes home from class with the cold in his beard, andProsetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551612215299132121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-57559516968021397412009-10-04T18:52:14.667+01:002009-10-04T18:52:14.667+01:00Because I teach at a college, Fall for me is equat...Because I teach at a college, Fall for me is equated with the start of a new school year.....and thusly, the smells of Fall that I am most familiar with have less to do with Nature and more to do with the warm, musky, and sweet, very human smells of young adults mixed incongruously with the aromas of an urban landscape. <br /><br />My lecture classes smell of old berber carpet - both stale and Markohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10856728244305620822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-36835042472168560122009-10-04T14:09:58.046+01:002009-10-04T14:09:58.046+01:00Sometimes autumn feel like it's going to bring...Sometimes autumn feel like it's going to bring sadness with it - summer and warmth have ended and cooler, windy days are coming. But now it's here, I cannot but wonder at the colors and smells, even though I live in the city. I adore the crisp, cool sunny mornings that retain the fresh smell of still living grass and trees, but you can already scent the whispers of winter to come, and I Ineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119611878721554991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-74401568805485421432009-10-04T13:28:14.278+01:002009-10-04T13:28:14.278+01:00Well I almost cried... Rachaelg has written about ...Well I almost cried... Rachaelg has written about the exact same thing I was going to write about: the scent of autumn on my cat's fur when she comes in from the cold! I congratulate her on her beautiful writing and, as a fellow cat lover, I hope she wins the samples. The only addition I can make from my life are the smells of the Fryeburg Fair in Maine, where we go every October. Maine woodsqueen_cupcakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18364405341560661291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-84423915652810145432009-10-03T20:53:37.124+01:002009-10-03T20:53:37.124+01:00Autumn is my favorite season, and to me, the most ...Autumn is my favorite season, and to me, the most closely linked to scent and much that relates to the start of the school year. The rich scent of leather (new shoes), smoky & earthy wood and leaves, the smell of new books and reams of paper. The tickle of chalk and Luden's cherry cough drops. Apples and cinnamon. Roasted squash and sage.<br />My ultimate fall scents have to be SL FumeriePamsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306302386422291052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-50095235847835893452009-10-03T16:50:16.682+01:002009-10-03T16:50:16.682+01:00Autumn to me means smoky bonfire scents,chrysanthe...Autumn to me means smoky bonfire scents,chrysanthemum blooms, the decay of fallen leaves...<br />Please enter me in the draw. Thanks so much for this!thescentmusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374008669517496547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-77952471806653834502009-10-03T03:29:10.608+01:002009-10-03T03:29:10.608+01:00Dear E,
The smell of autumn comes upon me suddenl...Dear E,<br /><br />The smell of autumn comes upon me suddenly one dark evening after a cold and sunny day. I lean in to the window because, after many weeks of living with the windows thrown wide open, it is finally too cold to bear and I must close it; but before I have that chance, the scent rushes in on me, almost like a slap. Although I smell it every year in autumn, I do not know where it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-76272238894697050452009-10-02T13:24:10.669+01:002009-10-02T13:24:10.669+01:00First there are fruits and spices and a nip in the...First there are fruits and spices and a nip in the air: plums, apples, pears, mirabelles, and the incomparably beautiful scent of quinces. The spices that join the fruit in chutneys, jams and quince "mostarda". The first warmer clothes. Youth Dew Amber Nude and Prada (always makes me think of pastel coloured cashmere twinsets and pearls). Chanel Coco. Serge Noire. Tauer's Vetiver dinazadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-11935802299805256612009-10-02T11:45:16.860+01:002009-10-02T11:45:16.860+01:00The temperature is just above zero here in Mid-Sca...The temperature is just above zero here in Mid-Scandinavia now, creating a pre-winter feeling. First half of September was beautiful with the leaves turning colors and falling on the ground, the air still mild. But now the first snow is not far away, it rains insanely, and the most prominent smell is rotting leaves and soil. Sometimes October is cold, crisp, dry, and beautiful, with low sun stella pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-30209756862490115602009-10-02T11:00:02.407+01:002009-10-02T11:00:02.407+01:00Autumn - it is the time of ripe grapes,apples and ...Autumn - it is the time of ripe grapes,apples and pears, smoke, honey, wine, amber and spices. The scent typical for autumn is gourmand - candied fruits in honey with added spices and smoke, maybe pine needles as well. I love this time of year. Thank you for enterig me in the drawing. Alica - alica@cleis.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-10018497626794406002009-10-02T00:22:15.467+01:002009-10-02T00:22:15.467+01:00The smells and aromas that conjure up autumn for m...The smells and aromas that conjure up autumn for me are very much influenced by my childhood. Growing up in the woods of Maine, I have specific and clear memories of the smell of chopped wood, of being buried in the damp earthy smell of fallen leaves, the smell of birch bark stripped from the trunk, and several kinds of smoke. There is the smoke from woodstoves and fireplaces, the smell of Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14004279009097135466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-51465205937177131042009-10-01T23:15:44.591+01:002009-10-01T23:15:44.591+01:00In the warm, dry days of early fall in Northern Ca...In the warm, dry days of early fall in Northern California, we like to hike up Mt. Tamalpais, in whose sensuous curves the Miwok Indians saw the shape of a heart-broken Indian maiden who died there of sorrow. As we walk through the deep, shaded redwood forest, the mysterious, spicy scent of the California Bay Laurel wafts through the air, mingling with the scents of pine and damp moss in the Nina Z.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-19184321549883574192009-10-01T22:41:46.692+01:002009-10-01T22:41:46.692+01:00To me, autumn is the smell of my cat coming in fro...To me, autumn is the smell of my cat coming in from the cold. It only lasts a minute, maybe less, but if I can scoop her up before she runs to the dinner bowl, and inhale deeply, there is a fragrance of incomparable beauty, and nearly impossible to describe: it is cold but alive, her fur, yes, but also wisps of the smoke from our chimney, the fresh cut woodpile she nestles in to watch for mice, rachaelgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-31063847382315485632009-10-01T21:01:35.810+01:002009-10-01T21:01:35.810+01:00To me, autumn is not exactly about smells - I some...To me, autumn is not exactly about smells - I somehow can't bring myself to associate it with burning leaves, crisp air, hot chocolate or any other usual choices. Most of my autumns tend to embody a certain feeling which I find it quite hard to name. It mostly feels like sadness of a very peculiar kind - a brooding, poignant type of sadness, the one that doesn't really feel bad. The one fashionistaaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07636650249082919327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-31719116026922073402009-10-01T19:46:49.258+01:002009-10-01T19:46:49.258+01:00Hot sun on ripe figs. Fog rolling in off the ocean...Hot sun on ripe figs. Fog rolling in off the ocean at dusk.<br />First rain in 6 months on dry ground...Datura5750https://www.blogger.com/profile/13544863490710818197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-48258375285301575282009-10-01T18:27:04.756+01:002009-10-01T18:27:04.756+01:00to me, fall is all about warm smells set against t...to me, fall is all about warm smells set against the crisp air. hay, incense, warm donuts, apples, caramel, cinnamon, tobacco, leather and dirt come to mind. a good fall fragrance should be thick like the sweaters and scarves we begin to throw on when leaving the house. Anything too light will make me miss the summer instead of appreciating this new and fleeting season. <br />now that it is Holli Garnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893215534955464062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-87608895635343217312009-10-01T18:15:26.358+01:002009-10-01T18:15:26.358+01:00I'd love to be entered in the drawing. Autumn ...I'd love to be entered in the drawing. Autumn smells for me? The hay-amber sweetness of fallen, drying leaves. Damp earth and leaf mold on a cool, misty morning. The metallic smell of crisp air on a perfectly clear day. Wood smoke. The cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom and ginger baked in holiday treats. The thyme and sage for Thanksgiving dinner. To me these favorite scents are like a warm blanket Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-478297799606012842009-10-01T17:37:25.023+01:002009-10-01T17:37:25.023+01:00The turning of the season from summer's brazen...The turning of the season from summer's brazen blooms and baked earth, to the subtle crispness of autumn has long been my favorite. I adore the liminal stages between one to the other, and the transition is marked not only by temperature and fashion, but most profoundly (for me, at least) by scent. <br /> Everything grows darker, heavier and we find ourselves turning inward, burrowing down Angeliskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15156896812855005607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-28340343765317040762009-10-01T17:08:32.584+01:002009-10-01T17:08:32.584+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com