The Great White Shark in Plain Sight

The sleek contours of Clinique's Aromatics in White had just been the stepping stone; the trigger that pushed the thought bullet into motion spinning through my brain. White shone everywhere. White shone blindingly.
I was sitting on something that was staring me -unlike the big white shark- straight in the eye.

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White code is now a specific meaning in contemporary perfumes of the last couple of years or so. Without breaking with the "white floral" world of feminine and pretty fragrances it touches on a smooth unisex abstractedness at once eerily close to polishedness and to blandness.

My article which came out of this train of thought aided by observation appears on Fragrantica as "The Great White Code". You can reach it on the link for more info touching on white tobacco and cuir blanc (white leather) as well as white musk and the impossibility of opaqueness in white perfumery.
You're welcome to comment here or there of course!

Acne "Rita" motorcycle jacket in white leather

You might also want to check out my previous Perfume Shrine article The Truth about Patchouli Chypres or Floral Patchoulis which discusses some of the perfumes which appear in the "white code".

An Award on Perfume Shrine's Lap

Christmas came early in the form of winning the Bronze Award in the Fragrantica Best Perfume Blogs Awards.

The aim was to provide a database of perfume blogs in multiple languages and is quite noble in itself. I urge you to check them all out!
We are among excellent company (Congratulations to all the other winners!*) and I thank everyone who voted for Perfume Shrine: Your loyal support and enthusiastic feedback is the very best part of running the Perfume Shrine project!

There will be a scheduled post tomorrow (uploaded from a distance...) with a little surprise tale for you!

*The other winners were Now Smell This(Gold), 1000 Fragrances and Bois de Jasmin(Silver) Perfume Smellin' Things, Perfume Posse & Perfume Critic (Bronze)
Pic via centurynovelty.com

Fragrantica Perfume Blog Awards

It came to my attention purely by chance that Perfume Shrine has been nominated for the Fragrantica Best Fragrance Blogs Awards! (thanks to Maryel, who is obviously a satisfied lurker, for submitting us). Fragrantica is a big database for fragrances, houses and shopping info related to perfume and the goal of this exercise is "to collect all valuable blogs as our collective bookmarks[...]and also a good chance to get to know less popular but valuable blogs and promote them". (quote via Fragrantica site)

You can vote for Perfume Shrine till Monday, December 22nd, if you wish, following the Fragrantica Awards link. You have to register first (it's free!)