That’s a proper soup strainer!

This is going to be a long comment… 😀

All time favourite note is probably Jasmine, but not a nice fresh Jasmine, something a bit more indolic and sultry. Also I like Vanilla, but again not sweet, a proper vanilla pod scent with something mixed in to make it interesting (Mona di Orio has a beautiful Vanilla fragrance that also has boozy notes of Rum, Orange and Wood- she envisioned a trade ship carrying them as goods when creating it)

Also I love Labdanum, it helps to form the back bone of ‘Oriental’ perfumes. It lasts for ever and is deep and rich. Plus Mimosa, but so far only in Frederic Malles Une Fleur de Cassie- it is glorious with a underlying something. In a review someone said it was like a beautiful garden, full of flowers with a dead body buried in it! I think you can probably sense a theme that I don’t like pretty fragrance, I like something a bit dark and skanky…

I also love the smell of soil, CBIhatePerfume has a great one called Wild Hunt, it smells exactly like a resinous pine forest, complete with damp soil and mushrooms. He doesn’t create ‘normal’ perfumes, they’re more like entire sensory experiences that transport you elsewhere. Patchouli is another favourite, it’s grassy and slightly chocolatey too. Musks are another some can be gloriously filthy!

Favourite perfumes…? There are so many to choose from! I have probably around 100 different one by now, some are decants and large sample sizes (which makes it more affordable) others are full bottles purchased when the £ was stronger than the Euro, and before Brexit…

I have favourite perfume houses, including Frederic Malle (his perfumes are amazing and use quality ingredients and lots of natural oils), Serge Lutens (his fragrances tend to be dark and opulent- checkout his website for some French Gothic fun), Guerlain is a really old perfume house their La Art et La Matiere line is wonderful. Also Parfums d’Empire, Mona di Orio, Sonoma Scent Studio, Papillon Perumes… Chanel Exclusifs and some Dior

Me and the bf are intending to visit Paris soon, I can guarantee we will be our respects to Serge Lutens Boutique and Maison Guerlain!

edit…I forgot Rose, Ylang, Incense, Sandalwood, some Ouds…the list is endless

Also changed ‘les exclusifs’ to ‘La Art et La Matiere’

I think it’s probably time I did some stickied posts explaining the different processes etc… Stay tuned for some more Mega Posts! 👍

There are several active and very passionate communities online including Fragrantica and Basenotes…things can get incredibly nerdy when discussing perfume, believe it or not 😀

There’s also a fragrance community here on lemmy but I think it’s all but dead now…

As a perfume nerd I’d love to know what this smells like, and when it’ll be used to create a new niche fragrance

…and a beautiful sea slug too

I could spend ages looking at all the detail and trying to interpret any hidden meaning/messages/symbolism in his work…They have an ancient (alien) civilisation feel

I also can’t get over the scale of the prints ‘Precession’ at 96x336 inches and still classed as an ongoing work!

It’s like being immersed in a temple or shrine with all the ceramic ‘artifacts’ in the installations, plus the monolith having echoes of standing stones/kabba/2001 Space Odyssey. It feels like he’s creating his own mythology… I can see why you’re drawn to his work, thanks for sharing 👍

Created my account 3 years ago so I could still access one of the piracy subs in case they were banned from reddit, they used to have an alt community on lemmy.ml…

I came over properly during the reddit blackout, set up the communities I most wanted to see over here (that didn’t exist already), and have stayed ever since

I like the fact that the posts have (generally) sensible comments, without 1000 replies of inane drivel to sift through, overall it feels like a nice quiet corner of the internet where I can recognise usernames and have a brief chat, then be on my way

Nice to see you posting here in person! 😀

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I really like these modern ukiyo-e/modern ‘horror’ mash up prints, the older wood blocks are also great fun…

Above, Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre, Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1798 – 1861)

If you like this they’ve have Iron Maiden’s mascot, Eddie in the same series, plus another Kiss print… the site is not the easiest to navigate tho

Cheers, I had fun selecting them 😀

The accompanying tags are ‘car’ and ‘old car’ so I’m guessing it’s either the door handle or possibly bonnet/hood icon…I did think it was an insect when I first saw it, love the green!

I’ve not found any photos of the woodblock, however I did find a video, unfortunately it’s via instagram and I can’t verify it (don’t have an account, and don’t want one)

I did find a photo of one of his other prints (I’ll be doing a mega post in the future of this series)

edit also a link to his mural street art which is really interesting (but not printmaking)

Unfortunately they haven’t posted one on the website, I’ll have a look around and see if I can find one

I honestly thought it was David Tennant, sporting his David Ten-inch

Ha! It was completely coincidental, but I do love the Aztec influence and art too…there’s another Mexican printmaker I want to post, but was struggling to remember his name, hopefully I’ll remember before the end of the week- his work is seriously impressive

Also I’m planning a ‘Halloween Special’ for both printmaking and collage so there should be a few skeletons for you to checkout

Glad you liked the post 👍

Hi, I took onboard your comment and checked out my local adult learning college. I’ve signed up to do a maths course, I’m going to see how it goes and try not to freak out or drop out!

I just think if I can make sense of day to day maths, I’ll consider it time well spent. I would absolutely love to understand science and its mathy language, the mini test I had to had graphs to interpret (which I couldn’t) so who knows…?

Anyway, thanks for the kind words, your encouragement and the friendly kick up the arse 👍 😍