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Sweet! Orientals are a rich category. I might wear one of my favorites:
MPG-George Sand I haven't worn
YSL-Opium for a long time, though. I'm sure I'll think of some more.
For newcomers, here's the lowdown on this monthly online event:Every member, any gender, novice or veteran sniffer, is invited to apply a fragrance related to the theme of the month (listed below) and share your thoughts on the first Saturday of the month. This isn't a mandatory assignment; it's just for fun. Because not everyone logs in on weekends, you're encouraged to continue to add comments within this themed thread on subsequent days. If you don't join us for this month's discussion, please look ahead at the tentative lineup and join in at a later date.
JANUARY ~ OrientalLooking for suggestions?
(warmth, flowers, spices, woods & vanilla)
FEBRUARY ~ Animalic
(civet-, castoreum-, leather-, or musk-influenced scents)
MARCH ~ Chypre
(used to be defined by oakmoss presence, but ...?)
APRIL ~ Floral
(single solifore or full bouquet of flowers)
MAY~ Fruity
(single sweet fruits or a bowl of fruity-florals)
JUNE ~ Citrus
(hesperidic: bergamot, lemon, orange, grapefruit, tangerine, etc.)
JULY ~ Green
(fresh leaves & grasses)
AUGUST ~ Fresh or aquatic
(cool, dewy notes and seaside scents)
SEPTEMBER ~ Opposite-Gender Fragrance
OCTOBER ~ Ambery
(dark, light or blond amber as feature note)
NOVEMBER ~ Spicy
(warm notes associated with cooking)
DECEMBER ~ Gourmand
(fragrances with a foody note, but not usually fruity--save for May)
See previous SnS discussions:
Oriental Jan. 2007, Jan. 2008, Jan. 2009
Animalic Feb. 2007, Feb. 2008, Feb. 2009
Chypre March 2007, March 2008, March 2009
Floral April 2007, April 2008, April 2009
Fruity May 2007, May 2008, May 2009
Citrus June 2007, June 2008, June 2009
Green July 2008, July 2009
Fresh Aug. 2008, Aug. 2009
Fougere Sept. 2007
Opposite Gender Sept. 2008, Sept. 2009
Ambery Oct. 2007, Oct. 2008, Oct. 2009
Spicy Nov. 2007, Nov. 2008, Nov. 2009
Gourmand Dec. 2007, Dec. 2008, Dec. 2009
For the months of July and August 2007, regular BN was offline and supporters had access to an abbreviated site. We discussed aquatics and greens, but those posts are no longer accessible.
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Sweet! Orientals are a rich category. I might wear one of my favorites:
MPG-George Sand I haven't worn
YSL-Opium for a long time, though. I'm sure I'll think of some more.
Oh geeze....where to start?
Tabu? Samsara? Mauboussin? (no wonder I couldn't find the sample - I got a BOTTLE) Dragon's Kiss? Repeat last year's trio of : Youth Dew Amber Nude, Coco and Habanita?
Oy vey!
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My favorite category!!! I'll need some inspiration, though... Don't know what to wear!! And we will be celebrating NY Saturday with the whole family instead of Friday... Choices, choices...
Not going to be around a computer Sat, but I'll be wearing Ambre Sultan for sure!
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Orientals are my favorite! I hope my Imari arrives in time. Otherwise maybe I'll try and analyze Bal a Versailles. Or Tabu, which is always a winner, in my book!
I'll be there. I don't know in what, but I'm in.
I have:
1. Guerlain: Two vintage versions of Shalimar and a bottle of Samsara. According to Fragrantica L'Heure Bleue, L'Instant, and Chamade are Oriental Florals so I have them to include in the mix.
2. Also according to Fragrantica, Oscar by Oscar de La Renta are floral orientals. Got them.
3. Got Amourage Epic, but don't think Lyric can be here on time. I also have a really old vintage Emeraude.
How should I go about this? Any ideas?
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Hey Deni, welcome to BN! Just wear whatever oriental you want and write your impressions on it.
Woo Hoo!
I've had a sample of Jovoy Paris Oriental sitting around for ages that I keep meaning to wear. It's got Saturday written all over it!
ps. Welcome Deni! I just checked out your nice blog. If we ever manage to pull together another San Francisco Basenotes Meet-up, you'll have to join us!
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Welcome, DeniDithyrambia! :wave: You have such a nice selection. I love floral-orientals. I think they're my favorite style, the type of fragrance I've been most drawn to consistently over my fragrance-wearing life. I never know what I'm going to wear for Sniff 'n Speak until I reach for it. As long as I have a few to choose from, it's best (for me) to choose at the last minute.
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Sunny and Lily :wave:
I have suspected all along that I am partial to the Floral Orientals as well many other floral variants.
I am also quite fond of leather scents.
I am thinking since I will be wearing Amouage Epic tonight I can just write about that. I am surprised Basenotes doesn't seem to have an entry for Epic.
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I Love Oriental's.....I look forward to this.....Happy new Year to all!!!
I am thinking either Coco or Fendi....I haven't broken out that Fendi in a while, so that may be it!
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Thinking Samsara vintage parfum, or perhaps Promesse de l'Aube...truly finding Orientals are so deliciously PERFECT for January
As I won't be around later today, I'm starting off rather early. This is my very first Sniff 'n' Speak (had planned to be here last month, but couldn't make it).
So today I'm (so far) in Youth Dew
and I'd like to share the story of my first meeting with this gem. I'm afraid it won't be much about different notes and my views on them, so if that's what you want, you can stop reading now :-)
I had just confessed to myself that I was a perfume addict, and I was out and about with a friend who is a fellow addict. She showed me a bottle of Youth Dew Amber Nude, and thought that would be a good introduction to modern orientals. I din't care for it at all, but next to it was the original Youth Dew which I picked up and sprayed on my wrist.
Instantly, I was in my Nan's house. This stuff smelled just like my Nan used to smell when I was a child! My Nan died almost five years ago, but at the time, she'd only been gone a couple of months, so smelling Youth Dew really smacked me in the face. I bought a bottle on the spot but couldn't wear it for a few years since it was Nan's scent to my nose.
I later spoke to my Granddad about it and he went to the bathroom and got out a bottle of the bath oil which was still there from when Nan was alive.
Nowadays, it's all my own scent, and one I wear for comfort. The cinnamon stands out on my skin, and the whole composition makes me feel strangely exclusive and very expensive. Maybe it is that I associate the smell with my Nan's fur coats, I don't know, but I know that this is a staple in my collection.
Orientals are my favorite category. But instead of one of the old familars, Kitty and I are trying one of the Neil Morris sample set we gave each other for Christmas.
Afire is maybe a bordline oriental. There's no "rare oriental spices" like cinnamon, clove or nutmeg. But it's got vanilla and incense in the base and sweet heart notes. The primary experience is, sweetly smokey. We love the balance, especially since yesterday we were overwhelmed by the creosote smoke in Andy Tauer's Lonestar Memories
I've started today's SnS with CdG's White - for what I call a "casual" oriental. This one opens tart and spicy, then drifts into cool white flowers (lily) warmed by cinnamon and pepper, all this enveloping a lovely little rose. Drydown is sandalwood with a nice amber accord. Never loud, almost on the verge of a skin scent. Not warm and spicy, but instead almost cool and spicy. It actually works in hot weather as well as winter. Firmly unisex, but does have a prominent rose note.
I wanted to start with something not too perfumy, as I have to play tennis later this morning. This is one oriental that almost seems "sporty" or casual to me. Maybe I'll bring out the big guns after my tennis
I am a major oriental gal; but I guess I could say that about any scent group, LOL ! ;-)
Today I will be in limbo, with a fragrance that links leathers and orientals, East and West-
Parfums D'Empire 's Cuir Ottoman.
The base boasts burnt storax, burnt cistus, and tolu, benzoin resins; lots of orris butter and jasmine add their delightful presence to this balsamic beauty.
In days gone by, I felt the opening to be a bit harsh...
But these days, after sampling many other attempts, I find CO to be utterly satisfying, a complex veil of beguiling smokiness.
Oh TrickyRicky I ALMOST went for Youth Dew today...it is just SO special...and ooooo.... Afire is my FAVERTEST Morris...and somewhere I got a sample of that divine CO, Chaya....
...but my eye lit on an old lovely, neglected for ages, on the top shelf of my etagere:
"Rumba opens on a rich and tenacious fruity note of mirabelle, peach and plum. The heart unveils orchid, magnolia, gardenia, jasmine, tuberose, Indian carnation and patchouli.The fragrance ends on an equally rich accord of amber, leather, vanilla and oakmoss."
.... from OzMos...and I couldn't have said it better!
Like Tabu this is a relatively inexpensive 'fume that is (on me, for me) elegant and soignee and has more class than a lotta her much more expensive sisters.
Arriba! Arriba!!
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"The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering." Lao Tze
I used to love spicy orientals in the 80s but tired of them, and thought I was done with orientals. Well, I have recently discovered that Floral Orientals are my new love!!
I will wear Guerlain Plus Que Jamais to start the day. It's floral woody warmth is like a fire stoked with flower petals.
Hi everybody!
I took this opportunity to enjoy my vintage Emeraude extrait.
I was familiar with this before meeting Shalimar, so that might have something to do with it, but to me this Emeraude is far superior to any Shalimar formulation I've ever encountered. I get soft incense and woods, a delicate floral note (orange blossom?) and something furry and warm that must be the civet. I don't get much spice or any obvious vanilla. It's smooth, soft and plush, and creamier to my nose than powdery. It makes me feel luxurious and sophisticated.
LOVE this category, so much to choose from too. I may go with my Christmas present from my husband, coco edt. It's the first and only perfume he's ever picked out & purchased for me entirely on his own. That means a lot!
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Nice post on vintage Emeraude, Evangeline. I wore that last nite and I completely forgot about it being an oriental. That's the same bottle I have!
I have George Sand from Maitre Parfumeur & Gantier (not the other; Parfumes Historiques). I'm noticing the patchouli mainly but it dries down to a complex woody/amber combination that is very warm and sensuous.
An edp created by Nicolas de Barry with top notes of bergamot and Sicilian lemon, heart notes of patchouli, Oriental rose, and amber, on base notes of musk and sandalwood.
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Love this thread so far, from trikkirikki's nostalgic post to the Emeraude homage to George Sand, one of my favorites.
I am in Hypnotic Poison which is a new discovery for me this year and have posted a link to a recent commercial on you tube.
Though in truth, HP makes me feel sensual, comforting and approachable, rather than dangerous and "poisonous."
I love the almond note and to me the coconut is pretty evident. It is just a lush, luscious experience to wear it. Very feminine.
"Like a lobster with a pearl in its claw, the beet held the jasmine firmly without crushing or obscuring it. Beet lifted jasmine, the way a bullnecked partner lifts a ballerina, and the pair came on stage on citron's fluty cue. As if jasmine were a collection of beautiful paintings, beet hung it in the galleries of the nose, insured it against fire or theft, threw a party to celebrate it. Citron mailed the invitations." Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins p. 189
What I am loving right now: Shalimar vintage extrait, Chanel Bois des Iles, Chanel no. 22, Le Labo Iris 39, Guerlain Iris Ganache
Bal à Versailles edc. I just read on Amazon that the parfum of this was Michael Jackson's favorite fragrance. Just a little tidbit there. I've tried the parfum, and it's nice, but I really have a fondness for this edc. I get a sweet, spicy, old fashioned powdry-ambery, orangey-orange blossom impression, and then the civet kicks in. Whoa nelleh! It's a bit musty but there's a syrupy sweetness hidden inside. This is pretty potent stuff for an eau de cologne, very old-style, and not what I usually reach for (i.e., clean), but there is something compelling about these old classics. This one and Tabu make me feel like I need to dress up sexy and make martinis - at the very least, wear red nails and a charm bracelet. Nothing modern or "fresh" going on here.
My bottle looks like this...($7 at Marshalls for 1 oz., btw)...
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It's got to be amber, a hard choice because I love all my ambers so much. But it will be Ambre Russe.
Thanks for the ad. I love it. The little bubbles give a better sense of fragrance surrounding the wearer than any other graphic I've ever seen.
I opted to try Shalimar EDP... The initial smoky blast is not exactly my cup of tea, but after a couple of minutes I get heaven... Which concentration has less smokyness to it? I might sure like it...
Woo hoo! How lucky am I that I reached for my tester of Miller Harris Fleur Oriental this morning? Because we were travelling back to Switzerland from our Xmas hols in Wales, I had forgotten bout the SnS (sorry Q). But it turns out I was part of the gang anyway!
I chose Fleur Oriental this morning because I'm on a huge Oakmoss kick at the moment (oh the irony of discovering oakmoss just as the IFRA bans it) and it was in my handbag with a selection of other tester vials.
I like the top to this fragrance - it has a sparkle to it that is slightly citrussy but also has a touch of the spiciness I associate with orientals like Opium. I suppose it's a 'traditional' oriental in both those aspects, but it smells fresh and good to me.
I love the base - it has a lot of oakmoss and has a warm, soft, musky animalic feel to it that smells very human. It feels like being cuddled up in your warm bed in the morning. Sexy, I'd say, but then I like that kind of smell.
It's in the middle that I become unsure. There's a vanillic heart that I don't know, has a touch of some kind of synthetic tonka or something I don't like enormously. It downgraded this from a 'must buy' to 'maybe a decant'. Though I still think it's very good, just not quite excellent. but don't quote me too much on that as I want to test it again.
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I'm streamlining my collection http://community.basenotes.net/showt...29#post1219729
Well I must admit, I have not (as yet) been a frequent wearer of Orientals. They tend to overpower my senses. However, if there's one thing I keep experiencing over and over (THANKFULLY!), it's that like other tastes, what I may find unpleasant (often repugnant) at first, can at another point in time become delicious. [See blue cheese, mince fruits, earthy mushrooms].
So last week when I read about Oriental SNS, I gave it some thought and decided to try a scent which I've never worn, and never wanted to wear. Chanel Coco. Of course I've smelled it on others and from the bottle, and my knee-jerk reaction was always "its way too loud and powdery". I got a sample of Coco (EDP) and decided not to look up the notes. I gave it three, very short-lived 'test wears' over the week, just to build up some exposure.
Today it's a full-fledged wear.
Where to apply: Since I don't really know her yet, the left inner wrist it is.
How much: One medium-strength spray from a distance of about 9 in. [Yes I know, I'm being a sissy, but I have a fear of sillage and want to experience a diffuse Coco.]
Impressions: At first, it's a blast of spicy, sweet, woodsy, creamy notes. Very assertive. Smells like the way the inside of a Lindt truffle feels in my mouth. It's a bit heavier than I'm comfortable with, but not oppressive. Thank God I only sprayed once. I can relax now.
After 20 minutes of the spicy-sweet dance, a glorious orange note comes to the front and beckons me further. Oooh, I like that! Very quickly, the bright orangey note turns into a dark, candied orange, and then a molasses note chimes in. Another 10 minutes in, the chocolate-y sweetness is way in the back now, and the scent has become smoother and much less sweet. Then comes a whiff of coffee, and the candied orange whirls in and out again. Cedar, and then some cardamom – or was that masquerading as the orange all this time? After 1 hour, it seems to have settled into a soft, dry, orangey, woody scent. But time will tell if Coco has more to say to me.
Do I like her? Yes I do. Another friendship yet to explore.
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Pomander, you're talking about one of my all-time favorites there... And I like what you say... It's exactly how I experience Coco...
Amouage Epic
Epic is a sublime accident as I became confused thinking I was buying Lyric. The first time I got the vial I put a tiny droplet on the top of my hand, as I had another fragrance on my wrist from earlier. It was impressive that even though I was wearing Coco, I could from this one droplet detect its character. There is this soft sweetness I remember from that quick sniff of Lyric, it is never cloying because it is perfectly balanced with spices. There is pink pepper and tea in there. That droplet had so much going on I knew this would be the perfect scent for the New Year. The scent makes you want to recline and think of being strewn on silken sheets with incense around you in a palace.
I shopped to find the perfect top and jewelry for the perfume and found a ruffled, gauzy shirt with dark red and pinkish rose poppies with green leaves and a black background. I also found gold jewelry that suggested Central Asia.
I waited until I was fully showered, dressed, and made up to put the full application of Epic. Listening to the New York Philharmonic play Gershwin fit this sublime sweetness beginning -- that beautiful peppery rose opening lasts for a couple of hours where we decide where we want to go, drive, walk on street lit up with glorious holiday lights, and wait for a table and our food with a perfect straight up martini. Then at the start of dinner the fragrance just opens up and gives an "epic" performance of roses, spices...everything it got. It shocks and awes in a lovely way. Having pillowy, garlicy naked clams and in the halo of Epic was just perfect. My only sticking point was I picked an Italian white, which didn't quite work. Maybe I should have gone with a Fume Blanc. Oh well.
Then as we started driving home the fragrance danced one last time to the fusion live jazz on the radio and then it adjusts itself again and centers itself into a low flame of incense with a hint of the sweetness that was there all along. When I say "centered" I mean that this incense was the type for meditation - there was nothing distracting -- just this resinous low flame.
Overall, we all ate well and hubby was able to share in the perfume's various stages. The sillage was 6-12 inches according to hubby. The experience was so touching and wonderful, I was eager to recapture it. I went over to share Epic with a perfumista friend. While it was lovely, Epic should never be worn when just watching Bowl games. It just didn't work. My suspicions about this perfume was correct, it needs to be worn for special events where the tempo is slower and everything glows and is romantic or dear. Epic is not a casual perfume. Lesson learned. Yet, one last little spritz today as I relax at home. Then I promise to put it away til some special occasion.
On Vintage Emeraude, what a charming spicy confection it is to me. I have a similar Emeraude de Coty with a green and gold cap and the label placed closer to the cap. Love the vintage ad.
On to Laura Biagiotti's Roma after a shower. I had sampled this once and thought it was nice, but just didn't want a hugh bottle o it. Then over the holidays, I found a cute little 25 ml bottle and pulled out the wallet. The strange, herbal/minty opening is as I remember, and also the fair amount of pepper keeping it spicy. All I remembered from my sample was the minty opening (I found it strange then) and the creamy orangy body. I wanted to explore this one a bit, so it gets called into duty for Oriental S'n'S
Started out early this morning with Avon's Far Away. impression a nice floral oriental but it didn't wow me. maybe next time...
now trying Coco on one hand and Coco Mademoiselle on the other. both parfum from a wonderful sampler of 5 from a Chanel boutique that was a holiday present to myself. I think I am falling for Coco.
Hi all! I'm on vacation, and didn't pack an oriental fragrance. Or did I? This classification has always been confusing for me. Some of the fragrances that seem to be considered front-and-center orientals (Opium, Tabu, Youth Dew) are among my least favorites. They are just too heavy-hitting and not a good match for my unsophisticated personality. On the other hand, there are the floral orientals, ambers, incenses and vanillas, many of which I really love.
So I did a little research, and just in case I'm not the only one with some confusion, I'm going to share two posts from an old thread on the subject:
So now I see that many of my favorites apparently fall into this group. Mauboussin, Note Ambree, Boucheron, Ambre Precieux, Theorema, Fleur Oriental, Tolu, Shaal Nur, and Ta'if are among them. Are Chamade and Montaigne orientals? If so, those are good for me, too.Oriental fragrances with dominant amber are placed in a separate group thanks to their accentuated warmth and sensuality. Their opulent bouquet includes intoxicating and intensive substances such as musk, vanilla, exotic resins and wood, often accompanied with exotic flowers and spices.
I see that many of you call Chergui an Oriental. Here's a question for you: Would you put Havana Vanille in this group, too? My nose says yes. Those two fragrances do basically the same thing for me, with Havana Vanille being my fave of the two.
Whew! Apologies for the long post (insert the old embarrassed smiley face). This kind of analyzing aloud is how I learn best, and I'm hoping the info is helpful to others.
For this little trip, I packed decants or travel bottles of the following fragrances: Havana Vanille, Hologram, Rose Poivree, Sel de Vetiver, TDC Osmanthus, TDC Bois d'Iris, and Une Rose.
According to my new deeper understanding (or is it confusion, LOL?!), both the Havana Vanille and Hologram fall into the Orientals group. I am going to choose Hologram for today. It's an unusual fragrance by Neil Morris, with listed notes of yuzu, black currant, violet, fig, sea moss, amber, incense, and musk. It has that shimmery, warm, deep quality that fits our SnS category, and besides -- it's really, really beautiful!
Running to put on some Montale Oriental Flowers. Will post impressions later, if I don't forget. I've been absent-minded lately.
Haunani, thanks for the previous posts. I've felt the same way about orientals and some of the same confusion.
This is a category where my knee jerk reaction is, "What will I wear? I don't particularly like this category." This is based on my initial perception that to be an oriental, it had to be big, spicy, and vanillic. Also, I'm not crazy about heavy orange blossoms, so some florientals don't work for me.
But then I start looking at categorizations and my list and realize that I have and enjoy quite a few frags classified as Orientals, even a few "heavy hitters": Bal a Versailles, Chergui, L'Air du Desert Marocain, Black Cashmere, Theorema, Roma, Ta'if. . . . I don't reach for these all the time (with the exception of BaV), but with the right kind of weather or mood, they hit the spot.
Good question about HV. I was wondering the same thing with Spiritueuse Double Vanille. Are they gourmands? But they're not really sweet. Are they orientals because of the smoke? I'd love to hear what others think about categorizing these.
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Today I tried Ava Luxe's Carnet de Bal EdP from a decant I recently received in a swap. It appears to be based on a 1930s Revillon fragrance.
AL classifies it as an oriental and describes the oil version as follows:
"A wonderful musky and spicy oriental scent with very subtle fruit and citrus top notes over a soft woody floral heart of jasmine, ylang-ylang, rose, cyclamen and lily. The drydown is warm and slightly powdery musk and mosses.
Notes:Bergamot, peach, apricot, chamomile, cyclamen, jasmine, lily of the valley, rose, ylang , vanilla, musk, oakmoss, patchouli, ambergris."
I'm having a really hard time picking up the notes in this one. It's extremely well-blended and definitely has a vintage vibe. Got the bergamot and gentle fruit on the top on this one. Definitely getting the florals as well, particularly the jasmine. It also is animalic, which I liked. But I'm not loving some of the spices--they're nose ticklers for me, as is some of the powder.
I'll probably switch to BaV EdC later, thanks to Asha, I believe. I haven't tried that version yet. So far, my fave is the Parfum de Toilette. The parfum is gorgeous once it hits its stride, but I get a fair amount of gasoline out of the first 30 minutes, which is a rough ride for me.
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I'm taking Galimar by Galimard to bed with me now.
It started out with really clean, fresh lemon and orange, but mellows rather quickly into a heart of iris and nutmeg.
I don't get jasmine or cinnamon, which is supposedly there, but they might show themselves later.
The base is patchouli, vanilla and musk, and I'm sure that some of it will still be on my wrist when I wake up in the morning.
It's quite a fun and playful little scent, not an obvious sex kitten, nor sultry and seductive. It's easily worn both day and night and it stays quite close to the skin. Not a favourite, but very wearable, and probably a good choice for someone who is not used to wearing orientals.
Ohh, the vanilla is breaking through now...very nice, almost a bourbon vanilla. Rich as anything.
Anyway, good night for now.
Wow, there are so many thoughtful and eloquent posts today! Thanks for the crash course in orientals, Haunani, it really is a broad group, isn't it. So all that being said, I guess spicy is sort of an oriental sub-category? I've always envisioned oriental to be more Pluran's definition of straight oriental, and spicy to be a non-gourmand foody. For instance Theorema and Ambre Narguile are both reminiscent of dried fruits or warm, baked goods to me, spicy but not gourmand, neither exotic or nuanced enough for me to call them oriental, while Hypnotic Poison is very much gourmand, due to its thick, syrupy yet effervescent sweetness that makes it almost Italian soda-ish, but definitely not spicy and not particularly oriental. I guess it all has to do with what it most dominant on whose skin. Also, though, if incense is also an oriental sub-category, then is Chanel No. 22 a floral oriental? or a soft oriental? I can't bend my mind around that one.
Anyways, I'm wearing Tabu today.
This one is so intriguing to me because sometimes the drydown is really dirty and animalic, but more often than not it is reminiscent of my Tabac Blond edp, with a warmer, sweeter spiciness. TB really shrinks up on me in the cold but is fabulously different and sexy on a swelteringly hot summer day. So I am loving the similarities of Tabu during these fall and winter months.
I got to thinking about how, exactly, those two are related and how another mentioned heavy hitting oriental that I love in edt also shares some similarities (and differences ).
Imagine there are three sisters, Bal a Versailles, Tabac Blond, and Tabu, hanging out in a crowded bar with a live band and a full dance floor. Each is wearing red lipstick and drinking wine, but the similarities end there.
Bal a Versailles is glamorous, elegant and overdressed. She is out of place, wishing she was at a symphony or at the very least a restaurant whose staff know the difference between Gris and Grigio. So she is resignedly sipping a Chablis, disdainful of the fact that all wines here are served in the same shape of glass.
Tabac Blond is moving her stilletoed foot in time to the music. She's festive in black slacks and a sexy top, aware of the eyes on her and flashing a diamond on her left hand, making it quite clear you can look, but not touch. She's on her second Cabernet and is seriously considering hitting the dance floor.
Tabu is already on the dance floor. She's been throwing back White Zins all night and right now her hair is a little mussed. She's clad in high-heeled knee high boots and a low-cut dress that keeps slipping off one shoulder. She's out to have fun, that's why she's here, and if she gets a little carried away, more's the better! The bassist, emboldened by her enthusiastic dancing, steps off the stage to make her his temporary muse. She willingly obliges him.
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I've been wearing Juliette Has a Gun Midnight Oud today. Sadly, I just can seem to get the rose. And those around me smell it, too. I've also got Amouage Epic and was ready for a different take on rose+oud (thought Epic is hard to top) but I still don't "get" the perfume. I'll have to give it several more tries.
Haunani, I think you're right. 22's classification always throws me because the incense is so prominent on my skin.
I switched to Mitsouko edc for tonight. My daughter loves it on me & the vintage edc smells wonderful.
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I'm wearing L'Air du Desert Marocain today. I am crazy for the incense in this ... one of my very favorites.
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I've been wearing Robert Piguet Visa, a luscious gourmet-oriental and a gift from a darling, astonishingly generous friend.
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
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I started out the day, as promised, in Jovoy Paris Oriental.
It was perfectly nice, but missing a certain spark.
From the top, it was mostly cinnamony, citrusy bergamot with little pinches of peach and rose over vanilla. I have issues with citrus + vanilla mixtures, because they can easily cross over into creamsicle territory. Oriental managed to escape that fate, but still came off as a bit of a bergamotsicle (he he - I'm making up words now...).
With time, the bergamot faded and a light musk came in underneath the whole thing, but it really didn't do much.
The whole time, I kept wishing it had gone the next step somehow. Perhaps some bready orris would have taken it a step closer to Mitsouko and a step further from the ice cream truck. More spice could have upped the oriental angle, or some booze or heady woods would have rounded the whole thing out a bit more. Or even if it had just jumped in whole-hog and let itself be the gourmand it wanted to be.
As is, it was perfectly nice, but not very inspiring. I'm sure many people here would enjoy it quite a bit, but it left me wanting more.
2 stars from me.
Hours later, with this morning's perfectly fine but uninspiring Jovoy Paris reduced to a musky memory on my right arm, I decided to try out Ava Luxe Vamp on my left.
Wow - this is really something.
Like wet brown paper towels with a pinch of cinnamon and sparkly cherry over vanilla.
In a way, this is intriguing, but it's also quite gross.
This isn't the time or place for impolite discussion, but suffice it to say that this is bringing to mind some rather unclean manly smells, so I'm quite creeped out - this isn't something I'm comfortable smelling like.
Points to Ava Luxe for recreating a specific kind of sexy funk, but I can't wear this.
1 star - sorry...
Maybe I'll dab a little L'Heure Bleue to finish off the evening on the right track...
For my first Sniff 'n' Speak I wore Dior's Dolce Vita, a lovely woody oriental. I get spice, fruit (love the plum note), floral, woods (sandalwood & cedar) & a hint of vanilla & powder.
I went to bed wearing Field Notes From Paris, by Ineke. It's still wearing well, four hours later.
What great posts this SnS! I love the 3 sisters story. I suppose I'd be Chergui in that one, but I've never tried it. Straight up "Orientals" have always been a bit problematic for me, too. Even though I love many of them (e.g., Coco - a sophisticated, sensual fragrance) they wind up wearing me and that becomes a drag after a while. I'm having more trouble than ever these days figuring out what classification a fragrance falls under...I suppose because the lines of separation are blurrier than ever. Which is a good thing overall, I think. Today, continuing SnS into Sunday, I'm wearing some Fendi edt that I bought last year in a drugstore bargain bin for $8.74. I would call this an Oriental, but maybe it's more of a powerhouse 80's spicy-Chypre.
Late to my own party, but fashionable so, having worn Bal a Versailles parfum yesterday, courtesy of R fave dragon. I find myself scent twin to Lilybelle and agree-er with Pomander and Blackcat: Orientals are a challenge. BaV offers obvious floral and civet notes to make her attractive, despite the "O" category designation.
Trikkirikki — Your story was so special and, I expect, relatable to almost every reader.
Welcome to Deni — I like the definition. Reminds me of that beautiful word: autodidacticism (self-directed learning).
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Sunnyfunny, I loved your "3 sisters" story. Loved it!
I wore Oriental Lounge as planned. What wasn't planned was wearing it into an oriental lounge. Well, kinda. If the bar at Benihana counts as an oriental lounge. Turns out that the projection and sillage were perfect for dining. And it made a wonderful addition to dinner, with one spray on the back of my chopstick hand. For those interested in a full report, more details here.
I've been big into orientals this frigid holiday season in Minnesota. Coco edp, Bal a Versailles edt, Opium (femme) edt, vintage Shalimar edc, Lagerfeld Classic (men), M7, Polo Double Black, Zino, Yatagan... the list goes on and on, but my favorite is a new aquisition, [B]Robert Piguet's Baghari[B], a floriental par excellence imo. I think I love it because it has aspects of other scents I adore. It has a aldehyde sharp/sweet orangey opening that is definitely akin to No. 5 or even more so Arpege (vintage extrait, especially, because it has less soap and more nutty sweetness). Then spices and flowers like Vol de Nuit and that great Guerlainish almond-pastisserie aroma, but also the warm vanilla syrup of Opium and Coco. All that and an ambery-chypre drydown ... simply fantastic and a winter HG I think for me.
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Eastern Alamance had four fumbles, losing two of them, and two interceptions against South Brunswick in its opening round 28-14 victory against South Brunswick on Friday night.
Eastern Alamance coach John Kirby said, especially in light of the offensive success the Eagles had Friday night, that needed to change.
"You can't be hot and cold and you can't play on and off, you've got to be consistent all the time," he said. "We didn't do that, but hey, we're advancing to the next round and we're happy about that."
In practice this week, Kirby said his team has shown a better sense of urgency.
"We've had a really good week. Our football team realizes that if you let down at any time, the season is going to be over," Kirby said.
-- FEELING BETTER: Eastern Alamance senior Aaron Clay missed last week's game with a stomach virus, something that hadn't bothered him until the day of the game.
"Aaron practiced all week, got to school Friday and was hit with a stomach bug," Kirby said. "You don't really factor that in."
Clay returned to practice this week without much of a hint of illness, Kirby said. In addition to serving as the Eagles' primary returner and a diverse offensive threat, Clay recently has filled in at cornerback for injured starter Ryan Woods. Kirby said Clay is the only player with major roles on offense and defense.
-- SNEAKPEAK: Pikeville Aycock coach Randy Pinkowski took an early look at Eastern Alamance, which is his team's second-round opponent in the Class 3-A state playoffs Friday night.
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"It gives me a pretty good idea of what we're facing," Pinkowski said after his team upended Williams last week.
Pinkowski said his team, which is the fifth seed in the Mideast bracket, is often in the background.
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The loss of moral authority
We are poorer for it.
The erosion of trust in the integrity and leadership of Reardon and his staff was given dramatic expression on Wednesday when the County Council passed an emergency ordinance removing the Department of Information Services from Reardon's authority, transferring control to County Auditor Carolyn Weikel. The unprecedented move by the bipartisan Council was in response to last week's investigative series by The Herald's Scott North and Noah Haglund. Evidence of online harassment and surveillance of Reardon's political enemies -- a list that extends to those who cooperated in the Washington State Patrol's investigation of Reardon's use of public money -- has prompted Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe to call for an independent investigation into possible criminal misconduct.
In a press release, the Council declared, "This action preserves the status quo in an effort to ensure the integrity of public records." (Read: We don't trust Reardon and emergency action is required.) Council Chairwoman Stephanie Wright was unequivocal. "Moving DIS under the direction of a separately elected county official will help preserve the public's confidence that county records are being properly maintained."
Reardon, inhabiting a circumscribed world of taxpayer-funded aides, has walled himself off from the media. Last Thursday, he issued a statement saying that his legislative analyst, Kevin Hulten, had apologized for online monkeying and that was that. Hulten's unethical behavior met the work-for-me standard set by the executive. Early Friday, Hulten emailed a patronizing screed to The Herald's publisher and editors, threatening a lawsuit and declaring that he had nothing to do with the ruse. That same day, he issued a statement to KING-TV saying he was responsible. Diagram the lies and ponder a line from "All the President's Men." As Deep Throat said to Woodward, "Despite what you think, these guys aren't very smart."
In the paranoid style of a last-legs politician, Reardon blasted out a statement that impugns the integrity of the County Council (!), saying that the ordinance raised "serious questions about Council's intentions and the content of the records they question the need to release." Enough.
Reardon, in the end, doesn't matter. What matters is restoring the people's faith, serving the public interest and learning from the executive's (unvirtuous) example. The integrity vacuum will be filled. The people of Snohomish County demand it.
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According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in four women in the United States will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. To help escape these dangerous situations, victims often seek court-issued orders of protection (also known as restraining orders) against their abusers.
But domestic violence doesn't always end there. Abusers often threaten and even hurt pets as a way of controlling, intimidating and exacting revenge on their victims. In fact, half of domestic violence survivors report that they delayed leaving an abusive situation because they feared for their pets' safety. For the protection of both pets and the people who love them, the ASPCA advocates that pets be included in orders of protection in domestic violence cases.
In 2006, Maine was the first state to pass a law clarifying the court's ability to include pets in orders of protection for victims of domestic violence. Since then, state legislatures across the country have passed similar legislation recognizing the link between violence towards humans and violence towards animals. Earlier this year, Virginia and Iowa passed pet protective order bills, and on June 9, Governor Haley signed South Carolina's pet protective orders bill into law. If Governor Hassan signs the pet protective orders bill just passed by the New Hampshire Legislature, 27 states as well as D.C. and Puerto Rico will have passed these laws.
Working alongside the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, the ASPCA is spearheading a pet protective orders bill that passed the Ohio Senate earlier this month (Ohioans, take action here).We are also working for passage of California Assembly Bill 1982, which would add targeting a companion animal to the definition of criminal stalking. If you live in either of these states, please call your state legislators in support of this humane legislation—and if your state doesn't yet allow judges to include pets in protective orders (see map below), let your state legislators know that you would like them to work on this issue.
Giving judges the ability to include pets in orders of protection is a common-sense measure that will save lives. All 50 states should enact these laws, and the ASPCA is working hard to ensure that we make it from the halfway mark to the finish line. No one should have to live in such fear.
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How low can human beings go? Pretty darn low! Hurting a victim's pet as just another sick way of control or revenge. Disgusting -- for the human victim and the animals, too. I am grateful that this issue is being addressed.
As a counselor at a Domestic Violence shelter in Texas for the past three years, I have never once seen or heard of a client receiving an order of protection that included their pets. If this happens in Texas, I would believe it is exceptionally rare. More education is needed at the state level in order to fully understand the cycle of abuse concerning domestic violence. Also, involvement from rescue/adoption groups could be particularly helpful for victims in crisis who must stay in shelter temporarily to escape a life threatening situation, as most DV shelters are not equipped to house any pets. I appreciate the attention to this issue and would love to see more statewide acceptance of pets as protected family members.
we need to stop the violence, police are shooting up our dogs and no one is doing anything about it.
I am also glad this important issue is being addressed. Animals should be able to stay with their people who love them and should be protected.
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HAVELOCK — Of the many times since 1987 that Jimmy Sanders has run for mayor of Havelock, he has won and he has lost.
In the last race in 2009, he held back challenger Charles Barnard by just 13 votes.
Now another challenger has stepped up for the Nov. 5 election, and while Sanders wasn't surprised by the challenge, he was surprised by the opponent: current city commissioner Will Lewis.
"I was surprised to hear who it was, yes," Sanders said last week.
Lewis filed to seek the mayor's seat on July 16.
"The first phone call I made when I left the Board of Elections office was I called the mayor and I told him very clearly that I was not running some sort of anti-Jimmy mentality," Lewis said.
Both city natives, Sanders, 66, and Lewis, 36, sit side-by-side at Havelock Board of Commissioners meetings. They are typically cordial without as much as a hint of disagreement. The same was true Monday night when the board met for the first time since Lewis filed to challenge Sanders for mayor.
"I think that he and I are on clear terms that I am not running some sort of witch hunt campaign," Lewis said.
Lewis said it would be business as usual at city meetings.
"I did make it clear to Jimmy when we spoke that I still understood I had a job to do as a commissioner from now until December and that no matter what happens in the mayoral race that I was still intent on doing my job for the next six months," he said. "I'm not going to be running against him and belittling him from the dais every time we have a meeting.
"I think Jimmy and I have proven over the last eight years that he and I can disagree on a lot of things and still be very civil about it, and I'm hoping that there will be no difference as we go through this process of running for mayor."
Sanders said he intends to handle the challenge like any other he's faced.
"I suppose it will be like any other election. I don't see any difference," Sanders said. "I'm going to run the only way that I know how to run and I'm going to tell the truth as I know it and I will promise to do the best that I can do, and what Will does is up to Will. I don't see it having any impact on what I do."
When asked before the election filing period if he would seek a third term as commissioner, Lewis said he was undecided. Less than two weeks later, he filed to run for mayor.
"I think that Jimmy and I have some completely different philosophies of leadership. I think mine fits our challenges better today," Lewis said. "I would never have dreamed of running against him as mayor four years ago because I thought that his leadership and his philosophy was what the city needed, but I think that has changed over the last four years and I think in today's economic climate and with the challenges we're facing as a city that my philosophy fits better than his does.
"I told Jimmy that that was the way I felt and Jimmy said that he understood. He understood what I was saying to him. I wouldn't say that he necessarily agreed, but he certainly said that he understood where I was coming from in deciding to run for the city of Havelock.
"I do have an immense amount of respect for Jimmy Sanders and everything that he's done for this city. He certainly has had a long time he has been working at it."
Sanders' service to the city dates to 1974. After getting out of the Air Force, he joined the fire department, later becoming volunteer fire chief. He was elected commissioner in 1979 and then appointed mayor in 1986 when Tom Mylett resigned.
Sanders ran unopposed for mayor in 1987 but didn't run in 1989. He ran again in 1993, winning over Don Beaver. In 1995 he won again, but in 1997 lost to George Griffin. The city charter changed the mayor's term from two years to four in 2001. Sanders won in 2005 and 2009, and has been leading the city since.
Sanders said he has developed good relationships with several sitting legislators and believes those relationships will be key in the next couple of years.
"If you stay around long enough, you get to meet lots of folks and I think over time people know what you are as a commodity," Sanders said. "Before you create partnerships, you need to create relationships. I think that's very true. You have to have a relationship with somebody. You've got to know them, trust them. Once you do that, it's a whole lot easier to get the partnership done and get things accomplished.
"I do believe that that's a big asset that I have. I've been around a long time. People know who I am and know that I'm going to be honest with them and whatever I say is what I'm going to do."
Lewis, a local contractor, came on as commissioner in 2005 and was re-elected in 2009.
"The bottom line is the mayor and I have two different philosophies about leadership for Havelock right now and I believe that my philosophy of leadership is a better fit for the challenges that we are facing, so I feel like I would be remiss if I did not offer the citizens of Havelock an opportunity to make that decision," Lewis said. "The way Jimmy and I deal with certain challenges we face and the directions that he and I want to go a lot of times diverge. He'll want to go one direction and I think we ought to be going in another direction. I believe that I have some ideas and some ways to do things a little differently that would help the city of Havelock beneficially and I think that I would have a much better opportunity of getting those things done if I was mayor as opposed to a commissioner."
Both candidates said they wanted to enhance support for Cherry Point and Fleet Readiness Center East and bolster economic development in Havelock.
"I don't have any intention of saying anything at all negative about the mayor," Lewis said. "I think I want to be a little more proactive about some of the issues, and a lot of times as a city, I think we're being reactive."
Sanders said a lot has been accomplished in his time at the helm.
"Unfortunately, you're not going to satisfy everybody," he said. "Obviously I wish that I could satisfy everybody, but I found out a long time ago that if you're going to do things, if you're going to make decisions, probably some people are not going to agree with you, so you know if there are things that happen in Havelock that they don't agree with, I guess in some ways that can be a compliment. If you haven't done anything, you can't be held responsible for anything."
Lewis said he had disagreed with Sanders on issues behind the scenes.
"He and I are both very civil and I think a lot of times he and I leave agreeing to disagree," he said.
Sanders said Havelock has come a long way since the 1970s.
"There are just a lot of good things that have happened over the last 40 years, and contrary to what some people might think, those things don't just happen," he said. "A lot of work goes into it by a lot of folks. I'm not trying to say that I've done everything right. Lord knows I haven't, but when I've been wrong, I have been willing to stand up and say I've been wrong, but I think that overall the accomplishments of Havelock over the last 35 or 40 years are spectacular. We've come a long way.
"I'm just a local boy that has had the wonderful opportunity to serve the community and I would appreciate the opportunity to do it again."


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Calla Christopherson was adopted from China to a family in Edina when she was only a year old.
During a procedure to open a clogged tear duct on Aug. 22, 2006, Calla died. Her breating became difficult and her oxygen levels started falling. A doctor injected muscle relxant in the girl but her heart started failing.
The reason for her death is still a mystery but the state investigation did fault the Fairview Southdale Hospital stating that they did not keep Calla's vial signs on record well enough. Calla's mother also said that the reports she received had some gaps and investigation shows that there are some differences from report to report.
The nurse who was recording the information stated that she was in distress while the child was dying and was unable to record the info.
The story was reported by the Pioneer Press which included an interview with the nurse who was in the surgery, Calla's mother, and Fairview's vice president for patient safety.
This was an interesting story because the case has no specific reason of death and has created a position in surgical procedures to have a designated person to always record vital signs.
The StarTribune search did not show any results about the same story.


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|All Children's Hospital Earns 2013 Path to Excellence Award
All Children's Hospital is a winner of the 2013 National Research Corporation Path to Excellence Award as a top performer in the children's hospital category. The award was presented Sunday, Sept. 22 at the NRC's International Patent-Centered Care Symposium in Baltimore. Marie Antonucci, Director of Case Management, and Kristin Maier, Director of Child Life, accepted the award on behalf of ACH.
Two children's hospitals were selected for this year's Path to Excellence award based on their performance on pediatric inpatient patient and family experience data collected from April 2012 through March 2013. At least 84% of respondents gave ACH the highest possible score (9 or 10) for inpatient performance.
All Children's works with NRC to conduct patient and family experience surveys, with a focus on promoting patient- and family-centered care. As a 2013 award recipient, All Children's is among a select group of healthcare innovators leading the way on the path to patient-centered care. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Children's Hospital Boston are among the winners of this award in recent years.
"This award reflects the compassion and commitment that our employees demonstrate across the continuum of care," notes Hella Ewing, RN, MSM, ACH Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer. "Thanks to that dedication, we have continued to implement best practices and innovative multidisciplinary approaches to comprehensive care, earning the trust and appreciation of patients and families. Congratulations and thank you to our staff for the outstanding effort reflected in this award."


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The Slow Fix: Solve Problems, Work Smarter, and Live Better in a World Addicted to Speed
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The "Super Sabre" was the first operational fighter capable of supersonic performance in level flight (although the Soviets claim their MiG-19 was first). A later version set the world's first air speed record above Mach 1. The "A" was the first production version of the Super Sabre and completed its first flight in 1953. Although designed as a daylight air-superiority fighter and a replacement for the F-86 Sabre, subsequent models were used as air superiority fighter-bombers and were active throughout most of the Vietnam war in this role.
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Nobody waved a gun.
Which made Black Friday in Orange County a safer and apparently saner event than what took place in San Antonio, Texas. There, early morning shopping sparked a fistfight that devolved into one man brandishing a weapon and another hiding behind a discounted refrigerator.
Over appliances.
But not here. In Orange County, shoppers and retail workers took in the first full big day of what could be a big shopping season with...
Good cheer?
Here's a rundown of how the first-half of Black Friday played out for one family and, broadly speaking, for workers and others at two malls on opposite ends of Orange County:
6:30 a.m. BREA MALL -- The Anderson family of Anaheim – parents David and Brigid plus sons David, 9, and Christopher, 6 – pull their white, four-door sedan into one of the two parking structures at the Brea Mall. They bring a family friend, Katy Govin, 25, of Lancaster, who is staying with them for the week and who is willing to wrangle the boys when necessary.
The Andersons arrive with a plan. Wearing Christmas shirts (yes, one is ugly), they use sunrise and two more hours to explore the stores that dot the outer ring of the Brea Mall. First up is GameStop, followed by Target, Toys R Us and Old Navy. The grownups ask the boys what they're interested in for Christmas and, once that's established, one adult sneaks away to make purchases.
They've got non-kid purchases to make as well. Brigid, 33, is one of five siblings; David, 38, is one of four. Add in grandparents, great grandparents and friends, and the shopping list grows long and expensive. They spent part of Thanksgiving night looking over holiday shopping ads, clipping coupons and strategizing which stores to visit.
Beyond that, they keep their organizing paper-free.
"You have to keep a list in your head of who you are buying for and what they want," Brigid says.
8 a.m. THE SHOPS AT MISSION VIEJO — The parking lot is starting to fill in. Tiny cars, big cars – a few cars already stuffed with bags. Still, parking isn't yet impossible.
8:15 a.m. A solitary customer slowly browses the Santa figurines at California Christmas store. A few ornaments are hung on plastic trees while some stockings remain a shelf, waiting to be hung.
Though stores inside the mall opened at midnight, Menke says she waited until 7 a.m., not expecting a big crowd so early.


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Some stuff I did entirely on livestream. Both pieces ~4 hours each.
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July 1st, 2012 #32
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Ouuuuuuuu dat Harvey Dent Portrait O__O
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July 3rd, 2012 #34
Ha, thanks!
More enviro stuff. Naked butt was an after thought. Or a perpetual one.
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July 3rd, 2012 #35
naked in the woods... gotta love it. I might go easy on the blurr tool its losing its subtlety in some of these pieces. It will also work better for you if you separate some of your composition elements into layers and then put post blurr on them.. that way your hard and soft edges wont bleed into each other in a seemingly arbitrary way which hurts the illusion of spacial depth.
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July 3rd, 2012 #36
Haha, yea, the blur was definitely just slapped on sloppily for really no reason. I'm not very delicate with my sketches Thanks man!'
EDIT: And..... I just realized I posted this in the wrong friggin thread. Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap. So, this is totally just a sketch. Not gonna get rid of it though, just going to explain it hahaha.
July 8th, 2012 #37
New personal piece. Sea Goddess.
July 9th, 2012 #38
very nice lighting work!
July 9th, 2012 #39
Nice work james, sexy sea bitch.
July 15th, 2012 #40
Beautiful man.
I look at the growth guy and just expect him to start yelling "Kaaannneeedaaa!!!"
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Very cool stuff i really like the sea goddess piece
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I absolutely love the melty skin looking dude 4th to last image. So sick. Inspiring me to do something similar.
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Thank you, everyone, so so much!
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July 25th, 2012 #46
The Irony is Quite Stark
October 28th, 2012 #47
Some stuff I've done recently, some on livestream
October 28th, 2012 #48
He's definitely got a few posts with some stamps of his influences but looking over his thread I can see they have helped him reach a higher level than some of his previous posts. Keep it up James you doing well for yourself.
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November 6th, 2012 #49
Something from livestream. First painting since the hurricane!
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November 9th, 2012 #51It is unfortunate, however, that the community thinks dramatic lighting of a highly detailed closeup shot is patented by Dave Rapoza
Had to get that off my chest. Now I'll offer some crits. I really like your stuff, but I think overall everything feels a bit too smooth. Even the textured surfaces feel like smooth with an overlay. I wanna feel like that texture is truly integrated with the forms, penetrating it, lifting it up and moving with the contours. Also breaking up your specular hits a little would help combat that soft look. Same with your backgrounds, try to a little more visual noise in there, some sharper edges (tone em' down with close values), more value shifts in general.
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