#sample sets

[lichdolly]

Hiromi Saruya x BABY - Ribbon Summer Dress Set

This one-of-a-kind dress and full bonnet-cap by Hiromi Saruya collaborating with BABY, the Stars Shine Bright was never released for commercial sale. It was designed as a stage-costume for the 2002 movie, Kamikaze Girls.

The set is likely lost in circulation, either in the possession of a second-hand vintage shop, prop and costume storage, or private owner.

[hugintheraven]

This is a bad idea but:

[cyani07]

Do you have any videos of the shakers shaking? Curious how well they shake cuz I’ve had mixed results from different shops

i do actually!!

[anghraine]

Oh, btw, if you feel like you absolutely must blame entire demographics for the election results, I'd advise at least checking the exit poll breakdowns before jumping to a hot take.

PS. Fellow white progressives, feel free to shut up about Black Trump voters forever.

[Image ID: a screenshot of CNN's exit poll breakdown, showing Trump winning white men 60-37 and white women 45-53, while losing Black men 21-77 and Black women 7-91. /end ID]

[metashard]

I made a bit of music :]

This is an atmospheric dark ambient track made from a folder of samples I'd forgotten on my hard drive sometime in 2022, apparently. I invite you to think of the wonderful canoptek bugs surrounding you and chittering to each other while you drink your tea or create your art. I'm sure they're friendly.

Music made in Reaper, visuals made in Blender

[adobe-outdesign]

Paradox Rift dropped a few days ago, which means its time again to showcase some of my favorite art from it

[saph-yells-into-the-void]

hold on i wanna see smth real quick

[cchanticleer]

Back in the first few days of 2019, i happened to draw a thing based on the song Rabid Child, just for fun. But what i drew didn't match the picture i had in my head, so i kept trying at it. It became a thing i did not-quite-every year, trying to get it right, and something i did to gauge how my skills had improved over the previous year (or two).

The 2023 one is pretty close to the original idea i had. Since i didn't figure it'd be very interesting to essentially just do the same thing again, i decided to make it in paper this time around; i really love how it turned out! This is probably the last year i'll iterate on this specific idea; starting next year, i'll have to find something new to replace it.

[laurelwen]

The Writing on the Wall, Part 2

The Writing on the Wall, Part 1 [Like Minds Masterpost - Aesthetic]

[mankillercalledbunny]

One of the problems with being both a nerd and someone with a minor special interest in fragrance and perfume is that I put in a casual throwaway mention of someone's cologne and immediately went "wait what could that be" and proceeded to compile a list of options from MY OWN SAMPLE COLLECTION (bar Eau de Audacity which I've smelled but they didn't have a sample of when I went)

Anyway if anyone wants "warm amber" fragrance recs to imagine your character wearing to a gala, here you go, I've added descriptions but they're usually a vanilla, resin, and/or incense base with some kind of spice, tonka, leather or wood note as the focus (though there are a few surprises), and I've linked their Fragrantica pages for more detail! Several of these are cross-recommended for each other, so if you like one on the list it's worth checking out a couple of the others.

Penhaligon

The World According to Arthur (my all time favourite, wore this to my wedding reception)

Terrible Teddy (another favourite, amber incense and leather)

Eau de Audacity (bold, orange blossom, frankincense and pepper over vanilla and leather)

Le Labo

Vetiver 46 (woody with strong vetiver and spice notes, the vanilla and amber take a back seat)

Kuumba Made

Amber Paste [now discontinued] (Musc Rav's sneaky cheaper alternative; opens pine resiny but quickly settles into a gorgeous vanilla tonka blend that lasts AGES)

Amber & Sandalwood (similar to above with more wood and resin rather than sweet)

Frederic Malle

Musc Ravageur (complex head turner that opens with with lavender, bergamot, then shifts to clove and sandalwood on a vanilla tonka base)

Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Gentle Fluidity Silver (beautifully blended juniper and nutmeg over bergamot, cedar and vanilla, a clean, woody amber)

Grand Soir (hits like vanilla bourbon, softens out as it goes; not for people who have sensitive noses or an aversion to boozy scents)

Diptyque

La Duelle (vanilla-forward with woody and spicy/smoky notes)

[vhvrs]

hands u a litter of purrcinos*

[disabled-battlekukku]

[xbuster]

After seeing that guy complain that his favorite route in Fate isn’t the most popular and act like everyone is against him for liking other routes more, I wanted to see how big that discrepancy even is. So…

[pipiteer]

cleaning... and my bed sheets looked so nice and white i decided to do a flat lay photo of my main fragrance collection on top of them djsjdjfjt