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  • Birthday November 3

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    Seattle
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    United States

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    Athens
  • Favorite Scents
    Athens, Baghdad, Bastet, Bathsheba, Calliope, Cathedral, Clio, Darkling Thrush, Delphi, Defututa, Eden, Endymion, Erato, Erebos, Euphrosyne, Florence, Glasgow, Golden Priapus, Grief, Hades, Hamadryad, Hanerot Halalu, Hecate, Helena, Hermia, Hetairae, Hymn to Proserpine, I Died for Beauty, Jacob's Ladder, La Vita Nuova, London, Lucy's Kiss, Lyonesse, Midnight, Morocco, Namaste, Nocturne, Ode on Melancholy, Old Athens, On Darkness, Paris, Persephone, Phantom Queen, Polyhymnia, Pride, Psyche, Queen Mab, Regina Erebi, Rome, Sea of Glass, Sophia, Strength, Tamora, Terpsichore, Thalia, The Fruit of Paradise, The Hanging Gardens, The Hesperides, The Last Rose of Summer, The Lion, The Passionate Shepherd To His Love, The Peacock Queen, The Red Queen, The Witch Queen, Titania, TKO, To Autumn, Ultraviolet, Venice, Water of Notre Dame, Yggdrasil, Zorya Favourite notes: apple, beeswax, bergamot, berries, cedarwood, frankincense, grape, honey, honeysuckle, incense, jasmine, LAVENDER, lilac, lotus, myrrh, olive leaf, plum, pomegranate, poppy, rose, sandalwood, tea, vanilla, wisteria Cannot deal with: alcohol (wine OK), ash, blood, carnation, cinnamon, cocoanut, chrysanthemum, clove, dirt, dragon's blood, grass, green notes in general, herbs, lily, metal (except gold), heavy musks, patchouli, smoke, vetiver I amp the hell out of honey, any green note (including "leaves" or "dried grasses"), and most citrus notes, so I'm cautious about blends heavy on those. Dislike foodie and "green" scents in general. Faint high white sharp florals set off migraines, so do most aquatics, snow, and ozone notes. Not a big fan of the comics/Gaiman/Lovecraft lines. Total sucker for anything with Classical or literary references (Hetairae, Titania, Delphi, Rosalind, Defututa, Polyhymnia, Lucy Westenra, I Died for Beauty, The Golden Apples of the Sun, the Poe/Dickens/Frankenstein series, Illyria, the Mad Tea Party, &c &c). Wanderlust is my favourite GC line.

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  • Gender
    Female
  • Mood
    curious

Astrology

  • Chinese Zodiac Sign
    Dog
  • Western Zodiac Sign
    Scorpio

About Me

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The frighted Goddess to her mother cries,
But all in vain, for now far off she flies;
Far she behind her leaves her virgin train;
To them too cries, and cries to them in vain,
And, while with passion she repeats her call,
The vi'lets from her lap, and lillies fall:
She misses 'em, poor heart! and makes new moan;
Her lillies, ah! are lost, her vi'lets gone.

- Ovid, Metamorphoses (tr. Dryden)

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"It's like trading cards for Goth girls, basically." -- me trying to explain BPAL to a friend, c. 2005

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One filled baskets plaited of supple withes, another loaded her lap, another the loose folds of her robe; one gathered marigolds, another paid heed to beds of violets; another nipped off the heads of poppies with her nails; some are attracted by the hyacinth, others lingered over amaranth; some love thyme, others corn poppies and melilot; full many a rose was culled, and flowers without a name. Persephone herself plucked dainty crocuses and white lilies. Intent on gathering, she, little by little, strayed far, and it chanced that none of her companions followed their mistress.

- Ovid, Fasti (tr. Frazer)

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