Seven Word Story: Pride

[kscha2017]

The subject of our latest #BPAL7wordstory contest was Pride. The winning entry was submitted by Cam Collins:

The alligator selfie was a bad idea

A swampy blend of Spanish moss, green tea, green oakmoss, celery seed, cucumber, and murky black patchouli.

I really love this. Very green, very black. Simultaneously bright/fresh, dark/dank. Perfectly liminal, it captures the scene that is the story. I can smell the precise moment when that exhuberant, innocent, determination and foolish pride change to surprise, realization of error, fear, and regret.

 

This is a malevolent alligator! What were you thinking?! On me, the bright/fresh greens quickly fade, leaving primarily the mosses and black patch, but ever-so-often a whiff of the brightness bobs to the surface. I am so going to enjoy telling people about this ascent when they ask what I'm wearing!

[zankoku_zen]

Giant hint of cucumber on wet, and then I get aquatic moss, green tea and a touch of patchouli. This is a very dark green aquatic on me. Murky swamp, dark greens, a glittering fathomless eye that just stares at you. Low throw and wear length.

[patina]

I smell the airy/earthy Spanish moss when it's first applied. After that I get the patchouli. It's a sweet-ish patch on me.

 

My main impression is black, glossy polished wood. While the green tea doesn't exactly smell like lemon polish it's close enough to be a less-offensive version of it.

I do get a bit of green vegetable-ness overlaying the dark wood. This scent is weirdly formal to me. I could see it as a painted representation of a swamp, all black waters with a little bright green duckweed and a few sprays of gray moss hanging.