page-proofs and perfumes
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truepennyMy page-proofs have arrived.
They are gorgeous.
As a material object, this book is going to be beautiful I'm having the inevitable anxiety about whether my words are worthy of the book, but I'm suppressing* it to the best of my ability.
Also, because my reading list has come over all BPAL, I'm just going to go ahead and list the ones that piqued my interest, so that someday, far in the future when I'm not flat stony-broke, I can come back to this entry and pick and choose.
In Bewitching Brews
SHADOW
A subtly menacing blend of lemon verbena, white sandalwood and cedar, dimmed by droplets of the darkest patchouli.
In Sin & Salvation
LAUDANUM
The essence of the most debauched hunger encapsulated into a perfume. Desire beyond love, anguish beyond sanity. Nutmeg, sassafras, black poppy and myrrh.
SIN
Thouroughly corrupted: amber, sandalwood, black patchouli and cinnamon.
In Love Potions
LORALEI
A tragic heroine from German lore. In despair over a faithless lover, she threw herself into the Rhine. In death, she has become a siren that haunts that river to this day, luring sailors to their doom. Neroli, sandalwood, ylang ylang.
In Diabolus
KUMIHO
Nine-tailed fox demon of Korean lore who transforms into the visage of an irresistible beauty in order to seduce men and lead them to their doom. A sharp, biting blend of crisp white tea and ginger.
In Mad Tea Party
CHESHIRE CAT
Grapefruit, red currant, dark musk, Roman chamomile, delphinium, and lavender.
In Illyria
THE APOTHECARY
Tea leaf with three mosses, green grass, a medley of herbal notes, and a drop of ginger and fig.
In Wanderlust
KATHMANDU
The scent of sacred incense swirling up the steep slopes to Swayambhunath Stupa. Saffron, blessed sandalwood, Himalayan cedar and the miraculous lotus of the Buddha with chiuri bark and Nepalese spices.
SHANGHAI
The crisp, clean scent of green tea touched with lemon verbena and honeysuckle.
In Ars Draconis
DRAGON'S BONE
The dry, thin scent of a draconic ossuary. Dragon's blood resin with white sandalwood, dusty orris and crisp blondewood.
In Excolo
QUEEN MAB
Warrior, Trickster and Goddess of Magic and Poets, she is one of the Tuatha De Danaan and the Queen of the Faeries. A very complex scent, both shadowy and fierce: black orchid, sandalwood, night-blooming jasmine, osmanthus, Somalian rose, and Chinese musk.
[Also, because, yes, I am this pedantic, BPAL has got hold of the wrong end of the stick about Iambe: Daughter of Pan and Echo and dear friend to Demeter. When Demeter was mourning the abduction of her daughter, Iambe was the only creature in heaven and earth that was able to lend cheer and laughter to the grieving mother. Her scent is one of comfort, beauty and joy: Sudanese amber, patchouli, rose, gardenia, gladiola and white tea. Iambe made Demeter laugh by flashing her; she was a vulgar and earthy old woman. Deserving of having a perfume named after her, by all means, but not that one.]
And in Springtime in Arkham, even though it's a limited edition and won't be available past June 1st
TULZSCHA
A belching column of sick greenish flame... spouting volcanically from depths profound and inconceivable, casting no shadows as healthy flame should, and coating the nitrous stone with a nasty, venomous verdigris. For in all that seething combustion no warmth lay, but only the clamminess of death and corruption.
A crystalline, cold green fire: six mints with white pepper and cucumber.
---
*(As that is rather a hard word, I will just explain to you how it was done. They had a large canvas bag, which tied up at the mouth with strings: into this they slipped the guinea-pig, head first, and then sat upon it.) --Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
They are gorgeous.
As a material object, this book is going to be beautiful I'm having the inevitable anxiety about whether my words are worthy of the book, but I'm suppressing* it to the best of my ability.
Also, because my reading list has come over all BPAL, I'm just going to go ahead and list the ones that piqued my interest, so that someday, far in the future when I'm not flat stony-broke, I can come back to this entry and pick and choose.
In Bewitching Brews
SHADOW
A subtly menacing blend of lemon verbena, white sandalwood and cedar, dimmed by droplets of the darkest patchouli.
In Sin & Salvation
LAUDANUM
The essence of the most debauched hunger encapsulated into a perfume. Desire beyond love, anguish beyond sanity. Nutmeg, sassafras, black poppy and myrrh.
SIN
Thouroughly corrupted: amber, sandalwood, black patchouli and cinnamon.
In Love Potions
LORALEI
A tragic heroine from German lore. In despair over a faithless lover, she threw herself into the Rhine. In death, she has become a siren that haunts that river to this day, luring sailors to their doom. Neroli, sandalwood, ylang ylang.
In Diabolus
KUMIHO
Nine-tailed fox demon of Korean lore who transforms into the visage of an irresistible beauty in order to seduce men and lead them to their doom. A sharp, biting blend of crisp white tea and ginger.
In Mad Tea Party
CHESHIRE CAT
Grapefruit, red currant, dark musk, Roman chamomile, delphinium, and lavender.
In Illyria
THE APOTHECARY
Tea leaf with three mosses, green grass, a medley of herbal notes, and a drop of ginger and fig.
In Wanderlust
KATHMANDU
The scent of sacred incense swirling up the steep slopes to Swayambhunath Stupa. Saffron, blessed sandalwood, Himalayan cedar and the miraculous lotus of the Buddha with chiuri bark and Nepalese spices.
SHANGHAI
The crisp, clean scent of green tea touched with lemon verbena and honeysuckle.
In Ars Draconis
DRAGON'S BONE
The dry, thin scent of a draconic ossuary. Dragon's blood resin with white sandalwood, dusty orris and crisp blondewood.
In Excolo
QUEEN MAB
Warrior, Trickster and Goddess of Magic and Poets, she is one of the Tuatha De Danaan and the Queen of the Faeries. A very complex scent, both shadowy and fierce: black orchid, sandalwood, night-blooming jasmine, osmanthus, Somalian rose, and Chinese musk.
[Also, because, yes, I am this pedantic, BPAL has got hold of the wrong end of the stick about Iambe: Daughter of Pan and Echo and dear friend to Demeter. When Demeter was mourning the abduction of her daughter, Iambe was the only creature in heaven and earth that was able to lend cheer and laughter to the grieving mother. Her scent is one of comfort, beauty and joy: Sudanese amber, patchouli, rose, gardenia, gladiola and white tea. Iambe made Demeter laugh by flashing her; she was a vulgar and earthy old woman. Deserving of having a perfume named after her, by all means, but not that one.]
And in Springtime in Arkham, even though it's a limited edition and won't be available past June 1st
TULZSCHA
A belching column of sick greenish flame... spouting volcanically from depths profound and inconceivable, casting no shadows as healthy flame should, and coating the nitrous stone with a nasty, venomous verdigris. For in all that seething combustion no warmth lay, but only the clamminess of death and corruption.
A crystalline, cold green fire: six mints with white pepper and cucumber.
---
*(As that is rather a hard word, I will just explain to you how it was done. They had a large canvas bag, which tied up at the mouth with strings: into this they slipped the guinea-pig, head first, and then sat upon it.) --Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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Date: 2005-04-28 08:20 pm (UTC)And how interesting, we don't share a single blend on our BPAL lists. Though I admit I almost got The Apothecary, and Tulzscha sounds intriguing (and looks like a really bad attempt to spell Tulsa).
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Date: 2005-04-29 01:38 am (UTC)I think that's my very favorite quote from Alice in WOnderland, and if it wasn't before, it is now.