Do you have any reading recs about perfumes?
I haven’t read most of these yet— but here’s my current perfume reading list. Enjoy! I might update this with more as I move along.
ARTICLES
‘Smell, Memory’ by Rachel Syme
‘The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Perfume’ by Katy Kelleher
‘In 1902, Audiences Turned Up Their Noses at the First Perfume Concert’ by Allison Meier
‘Kazimir Malevich’s Little-Known Perfume Bottle’ by Jillian Steinhauer
‘Getting a Whiff of Perfume’s Illusions’ by Sonya Vatomsky
‘LAYERS: Pushing Through the Arts to Perfume’ by Dannielle Sergent
‘Scenting Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroines: Cleopatra and Lady Macbeth’ by Lauryn Beer
‘Some Thoughts on Scent Criticism’ by Miguel Matos
‘Scent and Healing: The Transformative Power of Perfume’ by Ida Meister
‘Here’s Why Perfume Description Are Never About Smell’ by Elyse Hauser
‘Heaven Scent’ by Danielle del Sol
‘Ann Haviland, Forgotten Mastermind of the Signature Scent’ by Jessica Murphy
‘Perfume, Power, and God’ by Arabelle Sicardi
‘How to Pick a Perfume When You Can’t Smell’ by Alaina Leary
‘People Are Buying This Perfume Because They Think It’s From Killing Eve’ by Rebecca Jennings
‘Meet Chandler Burr, the World’s Foremost Fragrance Expert’ by Chavie Lieber
‘Making Perfume From the Rain’ by Cynthia Barnett
‘Can Perfume Sabotage a Budding Romance?’ by Jesse Frost
‘The Scent of True Love’ by Cari Romm
‘Perfume: An Ethereal Corset Trapping Everyone in the Same Unnatural Shape’ by Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg
The New York Times archives on Perfume
FICTION
The Song of Solomon from The Bible
Das Parfaum by Patrick Süskind
NONFICTION
Essence and Alchemy: A Natural History of Perfume by Mandy Aftel
Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent by Mandy Aftel
Throughsmoke by Jehanne Dubrow
The Emperor of Scent: A True Story of Perfume and Obsession by Chandler Burr
The Perfect Scent: A Year Inside the Perfume Industry in Paris and New York by Chandler Burr
Dior: The Perfumes by Chandler Burr
Folio Columns 2003-2014 by Luca Turin
Perfumes: The Guide by Luca Turin
The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell by Luca Turin
The Perfume Lover: A Personal History of Scent by Denyse Beaulieu
The Diary of a Nose: A Year in the Life of a Parfumeur by Jean-Claude Ellena
A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette’s Perfumer by Elisabeth de Feydeau
Coming to My Senses: A Story of Perfume, Pleasure, and an Unlikely Bride by Alyssa Harad
Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent by Jean-Claude Ellena
Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris by Christopher Kemp
The Foul and the Fragrant: Odor and the French Social Imagination by Alain Corbin
A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
Fragrance: The Story of Perfume from Cleopatra to Chanel by Edwin T. Morris
Cult Perfumes: The World’s Most Exclusive Perfumeries by Tessa Williams
The Ephemeral History of Perfume: Scent and Sense in Early Modern England by Holly Dugan
Perfume: Joy, Scandal, Sin: A Cultural History of Fragrance from 1750 to the Present by Richard Stamelman
The Aroma of Righteousness: Scent and Seduction in Rabbinic Life and Literature by Deborah Green
Scenting Salvation: Ancient Christianity and the Olfactory Imagination by Susan Ashbrook Harvey
Scent: The Mysterious and Essential Powers of Smell by Annick Le Guérer
Encyclopedia of the Exquisite: An Anecdotal History of Elegant Delights by Jessica Kerwin Jenkins
Aroma by by Constance Classen
Flowers and Fruit by Colette
me every three seconds when i'm not in the mood for studying:
What’s the purpose of worrying when God always works things out for me
The actuality of things is that you have to let go of your old self to get the what you desire. The old self has to go as it cannot exist in tandem as the new version. It is either or. There is nothing for you in the past, the past does not exist. What exists is what you remember, nothing more. To heal you have to stop going back. You have to get rid of the old self to allow welcome the newness. The comfort of the old self is a fallacy.
you have got to learn how to style your hair and wigs.
I’ve been styling and making wigs, doing hair, and enjoying playing cosmetologist since I was young and I’ve found that it’s saved me so much money and gotten me so much clout within my friend groups. I’m known as the one who can do hair and I take a lot of pride in it, it’s important to know how to do something and know how to do it well and it’s important to take a lot of pride in your work. I have specialised hair, I’m not always able to find a stylist who I trust and I don’t mess around when it comes to my hair and making sure that it looks good, it can be incredibly annoying to have a mishap and have to figure out what to do last minute and it can be a nightmare to take care of wigs and buy them, below are videos on how to make your own wigs, style your wigs, dye your wigs, install your wigs, and care for your wigs so that you have hairstyles that last.
here’s the list.
beginner braid pattern for a wig install.
beginner middle part braid down tutorial.
arrogant tae swoop tutorial part one.
arrogant tae swoop tutorial part two.
full frontal install with detailed plucking.
lace frontal and closure plucking masterclass.
how to bleach, pluck, and customise a closure.
how to install an HD lace frontal for beginners.
how to tint your lace to the correct colour.
how to cut and style a blunt cut bob.
how to do a bald cap installation.
how to install a lace frontal perfectly.
how to make a closure look like a frontal.
how to create wispy bangs.
how to use a hot comb correctly.
how to dye your wig blonde.
how to pluck da fuck out of a hairline.
how to tweeze a perfect middle part.
how to do a 360 lace install with waterproof glue.
how to highlight your wig easily.
how to highlight like a pro.
beginner friendly detailed highlighting.
how to highlight with a highlighting cap.
how to dye a wig jet black.
how to dye a wig red/burgundy.
how to dye a 360 lace wig bronze.
how to dye a wig honey blonde.
how to dye a wig ash blonde.
how to dye a wig half and half.
how to dye a wig chestnut brown.
how to do bombshell curls on a wig.
how to cut layers in a wig.
how to install a frontal wig and cut layers.
how to do a wolf cut on a wig.
how to do curtain bangs with layers on a wig.
how to do voluminous layers on a wig.
how to do a roller set on a wig.
how to do a flexirod set on a wig.
how to do a middle part flexirod set on a wig.
what you need in a wig kit.
the best wig glue.
how to make a synthetic wig look natural.
how to straighten a part.
how to straighten a wig with no frizz.
how to fix a hole in your wig lace.
how to straighten a blunt cut bob.
how to make a closure wig.
how to make a flat closure wig.
how to make a closure wig using a sewing machine.
how to make a u-part wig.
how to install a u-part wig.
how to make a u-part wig for beginners.
how to make a natural part u-part wig.
how to do a flawless u-part wig install.
how to install a versatile u-part wig.
how to turn a closure wig into a u-part wig.
how to make a synthetic wig look natural.
how to customise a synthetic wig.
how to install clip-ins like a pro.
how to flawlessly blend clip-ins.
how to install clip-ins on relaxed hair.
how to install clip-ins on pressed hair.
how to install tape-in extensions.
how to blend clip-ins with relaxed hair.
how to do a frontal ponytail.
how to do a frontal high ponytail.
how to do a frontal low ponytail.
how to install a 90’s style wig. 
how to install a half up, half down swoop wig.
how to do a simple quick weave.
how to do a diy versatile quick weave.
how to do a detailed middle part quick weave.
how to do a natural quick weave with leave out.
how to do a versatile sew in with no closure.
how to do a sew in with a closure.
how to do a flawless 5x5 closure sew in.
how to do a beginner friendly closure sew in.
how to do a sew in with minimal leave out.
how to do your own natural looking sew in.
how to clean and wash your lace front wigs.
how to wash your hair underneath your wigs/sew ins.
I’ve also thought of this a lot and I can finally say that I truly believe that while the quality of the hair and the products you use are definitely extremely important, so is the technique you use. You could spend a full $1k on a wig but it wouldn’t look good unless you knew how to pluck and install it, there are plenty of really hot affordable synthetic wigs and synthetic/human hair blend wigs currently on the market, there are ways to install wigs that are simple but still end up making you look like you’re on fire, and there are wigs that are on the more expensive end that just won’t look good if you don’t know how to install them. Knowing how to do your own hair is truly an S-Tier skill, some salons and stylists are so expensive these days that it’s just not feasible to go in every week to have your hair done and it’s great to be able to do your hair whenever you want to and make it look good, you’ll end up saving so much money and exchanging only time, you can learn how to do your own styles, and you can even take all the skills you’ve learned and make a profit from them.
Ligeia.
There is a difference between being with someone because you want to get married and have kids & being with someone you want to marry & give children to
One is driven by a desire to fulfill personal goals, while the other is rooted in a deep connection & a desire to build a life together
If you’re ready to get married, date someone who wants to be a husband/wife and a father/mother, not a someone that just wants a spouse and a baby
what my finance mentor, who manages a billion-dollar portfolio sent me this morning
I’m going to start sharing the resources he’s been sharing with me. You can find everything on my pinned index post, under “Mentor recommendations.”
I want to be bread 😭😭😭😭😭😭
It's not fair