I like sticky, resinous scents like myrrh and Copal, sticky floral scents like orchids and lantana (why has nobody used lantana in a perfume?). I like clean scents like cotton blossom and lemon and clover; I like gourmand smells like chocolate, coffee, vanilla; boozy smells like rum and oak-barrel scented whiskey. I like woodsy smells and green smells and dirt smells. I like aquatic smells like thunderstorms and gardens after rain. I like dark smells like blue yarrow and ravensara, and bright smells like apple and amber. I like so many smells that my brain is tripping over itself trying to talk about the things I love, and the infinite diversity in infinite combinations of those things.

I don’t really like lavender-heavy blends, anything with gardenia, and I only like rose and coconut in tiny amounts.

I should put my recent blends into my smellgoods collection spreadsheet, with the wishlist and scent making stuff. If there’s anything you want a decant of or anything that is marked in red on that list that smells terrible on me, feel free to just ask for it, and next time I send stuff your way, I will put an envelope for you in there.