random perfume thoughts (& i don't even wear it)

[archersangel]

synecdochic's posts on black phoenix alchemy lab (BPAL) has got me thinking: "this is interesting." even though i'm allergic to most perfume/cologne. (although it could just be artificial stuff, but 1. i can't take that chance & 2. the people i spend a lot of time with don't like perfume/cologne)

anyway; i've been thinking about what kind of scents i'd come up with. (further proof, if you need it, of my weird brain)

note: i don't know if the notes (or whatever they are called) will work together, i'm just playing around.

i was thinking there could scents named after well-known roman emperors.
caligula (what does madness smell like anyway?) might be dragon's blood, wine & incense.
nero might be smoke, (a good part of rome burned during his reign), parchment (he considered himself an actor & poet), & cypress.
julius caesar might be leather, steel & grass (he spent a great deal of time out on campaigns).

then (for some reason) i was thinking about the main characters from the amelia peabody series by elizabeth peters;
emerson might be tobacco-pipe (he often smoked one), dusty (or dirty) & musk
amelia might be whiskey (her drink was whiskey & soda), books-old & ivy-english
their son ramses might be beer (or possibly rum), sandalwood & myrrh
their ward nefret might be rose-english, tea & linen

ETA: just found out they did a nero & also an unreleased caligula. both were different than what i came up with.

Comments

[delphia2000]

I wish it was easier to understand their descriptions of the scents. I've been searching for a perfume that smells like clover for years.

I usually only wear either my perfume or my DH's cologne and only on rare occasions. I don't wear it to work because there are so many people who are allergic and we don't want to make our patrons feel uncomfortable. I do love my perfume which is Irish and I have to pay a lot to import it (Frond by the Burren Perfumery. Sometimes I put it on when I'm home alone just make myself feel pretty. The DH's scent is Aramis and I love it too.

Hate musk...it just smells like sweat to me. :oP