And I don't want any coffee homeground

[sovay]

Damn you, shirei_shibolim. In the same three days, you have managed to addict me to two new webcomics. Now it's Sh'koyach, which chronicles the perennial halakhic misadventures of the orthodox Jewish Dave and his obnoxious roommate Shrimp. I think this is my current favorite:



I'm now forced to wonder whether, based on their mutual love for sweaters and semi-inadvertent capacities for destruction, Shrimp from Sh'koyach and Cat from Cat and Girl ever hang out together. I suspect not; but Dave and Girl might commiserate.

Myself, I'm feeling a little similarly toward BPAL at the moment . . .

(Cut for The Unicorn, because I thought it was a good idea at the time.)

Description
A misty, almost luminous perfume: wispy linden blossoms, white flowers, and a touch of sweet herbs.

Vial
At least this one is supposed to smell floral, if paler and fruit-sweeter than the previous two scents, and almost recognizable—lilies of the valley? I wouldn't know linden blossoms if I were standing underneath the tree. Am Brunnen vor dem Tore da steht ein Lindenbaum . . .

Wet
Er. Not only has the scent almost entirely disappeared on contact with my skin, what's left smells a little like fruit and more like suntan oil. This is not useful.

Drydown
The flowers are tentatively beginning to re-emerge, and a slight pungent sweetness that might be the herbs, but there remains an insistent flavor of sun-lotion. I don't believe it's coconut; is there some musk that might produce this effect?

Later
Well, it was an intense battle, but the flowers finally threw in the towel. There are some faint sweet odors floating around my wrist, but mostly I smell like suntan oil—after its unfortunate abandonment for an entire summer in the backseat of the car. Worse, if I breathe in deeply, I get that same stinging bitter-as-ash that occasionally underlaid Yggdrasil, only more so. What gives? The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown, not surfing U.S.A. I think I'll chalk this one up to skin chemistry and see if I can fob it off on . . . er, swap it with someone else.

Not That Much Later
Goodbye, the last ghostly traces of white flowers. Hello, nose-choking bitterness. Gah. Where's the yellow soap?

Comments

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

Sweet-almond or apricot kernel oil, dear. The suntan lotion smell.

You could mail it to me. I have never even SEEN a BPAL thinger, and I am most curious.

[sovay]

You could mail it to me. I have never even SEEN a BPAL thinger, and I am most curious.

I'd rather send you a scent I actually liked, although there's always the chance that on your skin it won't transmute to Eau de Beach Bum . . .

[strange-selkie.livejournal.com]

There is that chance, yes. Mostly I'd just love to see what all the buzz is about.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Sh'koyach is kinf of neat, and I am eternally grateful for the captions below, explaining what is going on (most of which flies right over my bandanaed goy head). I'm guessing it would be a lot funnier if I understood, but for now, I'm liking the chance to learn without having to pester anyone with questions.

[sovay]

I've been particularly impressed with the hypoallergenic nature of the perfumes so far: even The Unicorn only made my nose crinkle, not my throat close. But I think the primary attraction is the sheer existence of a set of perfume-makers literate and geeky enough to make whole catalogues of scent based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe or Lewis Caroll, or the gods of various panthea. The copy is also remarkably entertaining, and I'm under the impression most of the scents live up to it . . . Just not today's. : P

[sovay]

I'm guessing it would be a lot funnier if I understood, but for now, I'm liking the chance to learn without having to pester anyone with questions.

Frankly, I think some of the random dialogue is just hilarious on its own:

"What's more convenient than warm socks that pop out when they're done?"

"Not putting out fires on the ceiling, for one . . ."

This is one of my other favorites.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

I did like that one. I rather feel like sleeping about that much today. I think between the rain, a politcally induced malaise and being cruelly forced to work at work I've gotten a whole 3 dozen words of Blue Vervain done. Not one of my better showings. *slump*

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Well, I do like the art they're using.

[sovay]

Their tastes in poetry aren't too bad either.

[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

[catvalente.livejournal.com]

I didn't know what you'd like so I just threw things in in the hope they wouldn't make you die, with an emphasis on myth-derived names. I personally perfer the warm and spicy and foody varieties. Skadi is my favorite, but sadly unavailable at the moment.

[sovay]

I haven't died from anything so far, and I've made out all right with Hecate and Yggdrasil. Is all good.