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Oooh, check out one of the limited-edition scents from BPAL... I'm going to buy the hell out of some of that.
THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN
Perhaps he would never have dared to raise his eyes, but that, though the piping was now hushed, the call and the summons seemed still dominant and imperious. He might not refuse, were Death himself waiting to strike him instantly, once he had looked with mortal eye on things rightly kept hidden. Trembling he obeyed, and raised his humble head; and then, in that utter clearness of the imminent dawn, while Nature, flushed with fullness of incredible colour, seemed to hold her breath for the event, he looked in the very eyes of the Friend and Helper; saw the backward sweep of the curved horns, gleaming in the growing daylight; saw the stern, hooked nose between the kindly eyes that were looking down on them humourously, while the bearded mouth broke into a half-smile at the corners; saw the rippling muscles on the arm that lay across the broad chest, the long supple hand still holding the pan-pipes only just fallen away from the parted lips; saw the splendid curves of the shaggy limbs disposed in majestic ease on the sward; saw, last of all, nestling between his very hooves, sleeping soundly in entire peace and contentment, the little, round, podgy, childish form of the baby otter. All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.
Sublime peace, ecstatic joy, and thunderstruck awe: terebinth pine, patchouli, brown musk, linden blossom, honey, mallow, blood orange, heliotrope, and golden amber.
THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN
Perhaps he would never have dared to raise his eyes, but that, though the piping was now hushed, the call and the summons seemed still dominant and imperious. He might not refuse, were Death himself waiting to strike him instantly, once he had looked with mortal eye on things rightly kept hidden. Trembling he obeyed, and raised his humble head; and then, in that utter clearness of the imminent dawn, while Nature, flushed with fullness of incredible colour, seemed to hold her breath for the event, he looked in the very eyes of the Friend and Helper; saw the backward sweep of the curved horns, gleaming in the growing daylight; saw the stern, hooked nose between the kindly eyes that were looking down on them humourously, while the bearded mouth broke into a half-smile at the corners; saw the rippling muscles on the arm that lay across the broad chest, the long supple hand still holding the pan-pipes only just fallen away from the parted lips; saw the splendid curves of the shaggy limbs disposed in majestic ease on the sward; saw, last of all, nestling between his very hooves, sleeping soundly in entire peace and contentment, the little, round, podgy, childish form of the baby otter. All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.
Sublime peace, ecstatic joy, and thunderstruck awe: terebinth pine, patchouli, brown musk, linden blossom, honey, mallow, blood orange, heliotrope, and golden amber.
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Date: Oct. 13th, 2008 07:11 pm (UTC)From:and what's with a pink floyd album have to do with scents? @_@
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Date: Oct. 13th, 2008 07:18 pm (UTC)From:You're read 'Wind in the Willows' right?
Anyway, all cosmetics companies are creative to the point of absurdity when they come up with names for stuff. Next time you're at the store check out the lipstick color names and see how many silly ways they've come up with for describing 'red'.
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Date: Oct. 13th, 2008 07:34 pm (UTC)From:i've seen some pretty weird names for colors (mom's a interior decorator), but i've never seen a whole paragraph to describe a scent, rofl... that's awesome
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Date: Oct. 13th, 2008 07:43 pm (UTC)From:http://writewords.org.uk/library/9030.asp
It's inspired other work, including the aforementioned Pink Floyd album.
If you look at BPAL's site, all of their stuff has amazingly long descriptions that often only relate to the smelly stuff in the most tenuous ways. That's part of their charm for some people. Me, I like their stuff with patchouli in it (stinky hippies FTW!), and tying it to Pan is a good way to sell me anything (me=sucker).
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Date: Oct. 14th, 2008 05:22 pm (UTC)From: