today's concoction was inspired by food. a mixture of herbs and food-based oils such as coriander, thyme, tomato, lemongrass, bbq, and vetiver for the base. as i was sitting and reading, someone was eating something with cinnamon, and as i smelled my perfume i was struck by the fact that that was the missing ingredient!
when will you come, walking with feet of silver
bearing the rainbow as a gift
to quench these parching fevers?
i spent time reading the songs of the seven senses by don blanding, who did the illustration to open the chapter on scent (part of the poem is from desert flowers). much of the book referenced hawaii, and it paired nicely with this email i got from a man who attended my mfa show about 6 months ago:
i am not aware of what musk by itself smells like. where can i get some? and also are you aware of the nice odors of maile leis and cherimoya flowers in bloom?
reminds me of some of the line of questioning in job:
Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
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