Pick a perfume, any perfume, write a haiku about it. Use the simplified English form — your haiku should have three lines, the first line with five syllables, the second line with seven syllables and the third line with five syllables. You can put the perfume name in the title if that makes it easier, and at any rate, don’t stress over the rules of traditional haiku — this is just for fun.
Your host today is miss kitty v:
And if anyone else is interested in getting on the list to host a poll, see here. And no, you don’t have to answer all the comments!
Note: top image is Mount Fuji in Clear Weather (aka Red Fuji) by Katsushika Hokusai, via Wikimedia Commons.
Posted for Valkyrie, who included these in last weekend’s poll because she was to be out of town this weekend:
Dana Tabu
Cougar goes for kill
She likes to make you pancakes
After making love
Blvgarli Black
Faster Pussycat
She’d rather cuddle than kill
Still likes to drive fast
Tom Ford Velvet Gardenia
Cries feed me Seymour
Washes down people with brie
Plots world takeover
Love that Tabu haiku!!!!!!
~D
Chaos
Cashmere nuzzles me
Woodsmoke perfumes the crisp air
Unexpected peace
LOVE IT!!!
I decided to do one positive and one not-so-very positive haiku:
L’Heure Bleue
Praline paste made air
Flowers, pastries in blue light
Making me hungry!
Bandit
Tough, chic green leather
Then coworker said to me,
“What smells like lab rats?”
The last one is a true story, sadly.
So which one’s the not-so-positive?
The Bandit. I could never wear it again after that comment!
It was my lame attempt at a joke. 🙂 Well, that’s really sad that anything would drive a person to stop wearing Bandit. Although the specificity of the comment is intriguing. Lab rats? Not just rats, not even dead rats…. LAB rats. Huh.
Yeah, lab rats says something different. It conjures up urine on cedar shaving, animalic but in a sterile way? I can’t believe somebody said that. Did she know she was commenting on your perfume? A former co-worker criticize my perfume but was never quite so pointed about it. Sheesh.
LOL!!! naughty Mz Kitty….
Hey, where’s YOUR haiku, Lady Daisy??
Loved your bandit haiku!
Ditto!
Oh no, that is funny, but not if you love Bandit! (I do.)
Here’s mine for Caron Yatagan:
Salt-cured lemon peel
aged in a sarcophagus,
infinitely dry.
Don’t know the fragrance but love the haiku!
Me too! I think I might order a bottle based on the haiku alone…
Same here! The salt-cured lemon peel snagged me.
Thanks! Yatagan is one sharp and pointy perfume. If you ever encounter it, it’s worth a sniff (though you may find yourself running for the hills afterward). 🙂
Oh good one. I struggle with Yatagan…bought it blind and yikes. Every now and then I pull it out, but still struggle with it. Love the sarcophagus!
Love the image this conjures! Well done! You definitely make me want to sample this one.
Thanks, folks. If any of you who are new to Yatagan end up trying it, I’d be curious to see what you think. I found it terribly startling at first, but it’s really grown on me.
@Jared– I’ve struggled with it too! It’s such a difficult & challenging scent– definitely first in my “What the HELL?” perfume category. 🙂
@Olenska: Yatagan has been on my radar for a while as a Caron masculine worth exploring (And Kevin wrote an extensive review of it a while back…) But your haiku clinched it and I ordered a bottle for a song today! Don’t worry, I won’t hold you personally responsible for my wreckless behavior LOL 😉 But I will report back! And Rapple, I’ve got you down for a sample…Anyone else?
Hee! Kevin’s review is one of the opinions that actually sold ME on it!… actually, when I got my decant of it, I recognized it as the signature fragrance of an old acquaintance– I had always wondered what he wore, but never asked. It was like a reunion for me. 🙂
Oh, I adore Yatagan, great haiku for it!
Ormonde Woman
Out in the garden
Leaves and roots, earth and blossoms
Mingled together
Shiseido Zen (original)
Flickering firelight
Cozy fleece, sipping cider
Shelter from the cold
Yum! These are both so perfect, and so lovely.
Thanks to your haiku, now I really want to try the Ormonde Woman! 🙂
Oh, you really should. It is a wonderful fragrance, quite unlike anything else I have tried. The haiku was based on the mental impression I got the first time I smelled it.
Jammy, berried rose
Haunting spices lend their warmth
Lovely sandalwood.
(You probaby guessed, but it’s Bois de Paradis.)
There’s an idea– it would be interesting to have to guess which perfume it is, wouldn’t it? 🙂
This made me want to try BdP again.
Hi miss kitty – I do love BdP and I love it in the Body Creme the most. It’s just a bit smoother and less… in your face. I even wear it happily in warmer weather.
I can see that one being perfect for a summer night.
A summer night in the Sierras, maybe, where the nights still get cold. . .
Well, I live in the northwest, so a warm day is unusual, much less a warm night.
True! A summer night on the Northwest coast could use the warmth of BdP.
I knew it right away!!!! I love BdP as well, and you captured it perfectly!
Same here!
Golden Elixir
Perfection In A Bottle
Timeless Shalimar
I almost used “perfection in a bottle” for my second Shalimar haiku! So glad to see my love represented already.
Guerlain ought to pay you for this for their advertising!
Lemon Ital’ ice
extra syrup and a wink
Little Italy
Next time I wear Little Italy, if anyone asks what I’m wearing I’m going to respond with your haiku. 😉 I’ll give credit where credit is due, of course.
See, I’m liking how you are winking already… 🙂
rather, 😉
😀
Ha! Didn’t even catch that I did that!
on Savanna
“You smell terrific”
Flowers rise around me still
memory is sweet
I’m not familiar with Savanna, but now I want to be!
Is this the Isabell Savanna? I wore it through most of the late ’90s, so beautiful and airy!
Snow dances past the windows
The samovar boils
Enjoy your tea and vodka
Ambre Russe
That’s really great imagery!
I definitely agree! Love it.
I really enjoyed this! I did 4 haikus for recent favorites. Two of them have six lines, 2 back to back haikus.
TA’IF
A thousand roses
Swaying on a dusty cliff
In the morning sun.
INCENSE PURE
In the shaded forest
Fallen pine needles are cool
Beneath our bare feet.
The warm smell of incense
Drifts by us, ancient and pure,
And we are at peace.
DZING!
A horse’s bottom
Unexpectedly transforms
Into soft cashmere.
SONGES
Tropical nightfall.
The humid breeze caresses
creamy white petals;
the moonlit garden
fills with the hypnotic scent
of lush flowers.
That ode to Dzing! is poetry for the ages. Delightful, and spot-on.
And that’s exactly how I feel about horses! Well, maybe not the rear end specifically.
I love all of these K-Scott. Good job.
I love your Dzing! haiku. I meant to get some stuff done this weekend but instead I keep wandering back to my computer to read these and then get inspired to write another one. This has been so much fun! Thanks Robin and Miss Kitty for hosting.
Shalimar my Love
They call you an Old Lady
You’re my Jazz Baby
the love of a king
white marble eternity
a scent without time
Excellent, Julia!
Only you could have wound up on Shalimar Street. I still can’t get over that.
That post above is for you, Julia:)
It’s like some sort of Cosmic Justice, don’t you think? 😀
Yea? then I wonder what that means about the name of my street! LOL!
You’re street name means SEXY!
Or, using grammar, YOUR street name means sexy. Sigh….
Shalimar is my all-time favourite! Love this haiku, perfect. In fact, both are. I would love to live on Shalimar Street, imagine if was fragranced!
Whoops..meant to post under julia!
Wonderful!
Terrific Julia!!!
Guerlain Pamplelune
Grapefruit smells so good
Wait, it’s not grapefruit at all
But cat pee instead
😀
I put on Miss Dior this morning and mere moments later thought, “Did one of the cats pee in here??” I’m glad that for whatever reason I don’t get cat pee from grapefruit (or honey, for that matter), but I do have to wonder if it’s what other people are smelling on me sometimes.
Ha!Ha!-I about fell out my chair!!!
Oh these are wonderful! I’ll let you guess this one…
I’m in Brittany
Salt caresses earth-born blooms
Chypre of my heart
I don’t know what it is, but I’m certain that I want a bottle.
Lovely!
Thanks! It’s Fleurs de Sel (Miller Harris).
Who’d have thought that my “to sample” list would have grown so much from a Haiku weekend?!?
Want to try some Fleurs de Sel? E-mail me at kolea(at)att(dot)net
Thanks for hosting, Miss Kitty – and what a great idea for a poll! The first two lines are found haiku on a 1970s Via Lanvin box.
Via Lanvin
a new way to feel,
a new way to send your message
when did new grow old?
That is awesome it was on the packaging! Good one!
Wish I had a picture of that vintage promo box – big malachite dots and cut-outs on an ivory background – it’s so mod! 🙂
I wish I could take credit for this, but it was Robin’s idea. I’m so impressed with how good everyone is at this. We are a witty bunch, us perfumistas.
never miss Now Smell This
laughter, the best medicine,
perfume for the heart
😉
🙂
Awesome. 🙂
The above are so much fun to read! I would be hopeless at guessing which ones they are if the fragrance wasn’t in the title though!
Cristalle edp
Ctirus green warm heart
Summer is crisp elegant
glad I found you now
SSS Velvet Rose
Roses are dreamy
My real garden is too small
No space but on my skin
AG Heure Exquise
Galbanum my friend
intoxicating sweet rose
you are so lovely
4711
Wake me up right now
After lunch so hot dreary
Zesty cool like pool
ack – mistake – it is supposed to say “no space but on skin” 😉
I love the image of space on skin. Great line.
These are all lovely, and I am especially enchanted by the idea in the SSS Vintage Rose haiku!
In honour of Ormonde Jayne’s shimmeringly beautiful Frangipani, and the ludicrously hot weather here in London right now:
Luminous petals
Flutter shyly in sunlight,
Distract from boob sweat.
LOL! Excellent.
Gorgeous fragrance and “Distract from boob sweat” is probably the best haiku line ever.
I have a feeling we’ll all be talking about the boob sweat for many months to come. 🙂 I think that made quite an impression.
I am so very sorry about the boob sweat memories. I’m worried that I’ve spoiled Frangipani for everyone now. Instead of thinking about lovely plumeria blossoms, you’re going to be thinking about tropical bosoms in dire need of some Gold Bond powder.
Still, if you’re so hot you’re dripping, I can personally vouch for the fact that Frangipani is a wonderful friend to have on hand.
No don’t apologize – that line is a classic! A very humid 90 degrees here yesterday, so I can relate!
No, you really don’t have to apologize! I thought that was great!
Ohhh, I am ready to order this just based on your haiku. 🙂
Dooooo! OJ’s whole line is incredible, but Frangipani tops the lot of them. It doesn’t smell like anything else out there, and is as likeable as all get-out. I may come across someone who doesn’t love it one day, but personally, I wouldn’t care to know them. The kind of people who don’t like Frangipani are the kind of people who kick puppies. Or pinch babies. Or eat your last triangle of Toblerone. Terrible people, in short. Don’t trust ’em for a second. 😉
Love your mean descriptions:) I personally love Tolu.
I adore Tolu too. It doesn’t seem to get as much love as some of OJ’s florals, but it’s probably my favourite of all Linda Pilkington’s scents. A pity it doesn’t do so well in warm weather, but it’s marvellous when it starts to get chilly out. If Tolu is the universe’s compensation for cold winter weather, I consider that a very fair exchange. 😉
is that a barnyard
leather spice toffee musk wood
dzing! to the circus
My ‘almost’ favorite–Dzing!
A mini tribute to another one of my favorites, Hologram by Neil Morris…
Burst of yuzu gold
Juicy core of purple pulp
Warm amber lingers
Noticing that the haiku form works well with fragrance pyramids! 🙂
Wow – never thought of that: perfume is haiku!
sanguine lead crystal
a rose with thorns on pale skin
Lyric she whispered
Gorgeous!
I agree! Gorgeous, Julia!
Citrussey goodness
precedes chypre base. Chanel,
“Pour Monsier”?? 🙁 Pour Moi!!
LOVE IT. More haikus ought to have outraged emoticons in ’em. Actually, emoticons are, in their own visual way, little emotional haikus themselves, aren’t they?
Thank you, Chanterais. But nothing tops boob sweat, it just can’t be done. 🙂
L’Heure Exquise
Sky was grey and blue
Tell me what color are You?
Colors of silence
I meant Heure Exquise!!! hahaha I have taken two names of two different perfumes and mixed them up:))
Which is funny, because I feel like either one could work!
Exactly! That easily could have been L’Heure Bleue.
O Amaranthine!
Flower born of corruption
Our thighs sing your praise
🙂
I’m glad I wasn’t drinking anything when I read this, because it would have come out my nose! 🙂
You naughty lady! I love it!!
LOL … wonderful!
NICE! snort. 😉
Lol!!! I’d love my thighs to sing! Especially since bikini days are approaching. I’ll try lovely Amaranthine for a miracle. I need one!
Ha! Me too! 🙂
Perfect! 🙂
😀
Although my thighs are more warbling than singing….
I think mine are cackling. 🙂
what a WONDERUL post!!! i love the concept! and many of these haikus are pure poetry, so beautiful and evocative. i admire you all!
Goes to show you what kind of art will arise out of the love of our muse, Perfume. 🙂 There’s so much talent here. Notice I haven’t posted anything.
wonderFul 🙂
i wasn’t going to, but here’s one dedicated to my shiseido zen (white):
a yesterday rose
the incense of future dreams
fleeting yet lasting
Glad you gave in the temptation of haiku writing. 😉
thank you, miss kitty v 😀 i’d never written a haiku in my life (and i don’t know if i dare classify what i wrote as one), but i couldn’t not participate in this amazing proposal 😉 cheers!
Great job! Isn’t it fun? I love the structure and simplicity of haiku. It helps you focus on what you really want to say and is apparently a great medium for perfumistas to express their love. These are all so great!
yes! there is something about the simplicity and minimalism of haikus that is so effective…it can evoke images and feelings and sensations and sometimes impact with few words more than a hundred paragraphs! “less is more” seems to apply (though not always to perfume itself ;))
what a wonderful way to spend this sunday morning!
desert night winds blow
Moroccan moon smiling down
sweet sultry sultan
L’ air de desert marocain
Love your take on L’Air… so beautiful!
Oooh – now I have to go put some on!
Aimez-Moi
warm pipe tobacco
anise on my collarbone
I need to be kissed!
Aw, that’s so pretty!
Aimez-Moi makes me feel romantic. 🙂
Love this! I need to re-try that fragrance.
Just lovely!
Apres L’Ondee
(from Perfumes Guide A-z)
First class funeral
a pinch of thyme, rosemary, sage
discreet hint of eathly pleasures
makes him smile through its tears.
L’Heure Bleue
sweet melting pralines, bulks of caramels
wet flower aromas after a thunderstorm captivating the air
slices of a ripe pineapple served with aged wine
After reading that, if you put a bottle of L’Heure Bleue in front of me I would drink it.
This makes me sad that I don’t get pralines from L’HB! It is so moody and serious on me.
My three favorite fragrances…
title: Une fleur de Cassie entre les doigts
Womanly, feline
Her ruby lips are laughing
Her nails are scratching
—
Where Carnal Flowers bloom
lush foliage stirs
humid nights are warm and long
lazy is the breeze
—-
Beyond love? Sex!
My wool coat itches!
Silk gowns tickle! Leave me bare!
Just a drop here, dear…
P.S. please excuse me if I didn’t count syllables right!
Wonderful, especially Beyond Love – whoever wrote the Kilian L’oeuvre noire PR should be green with envy!
I think the person who writes the Killian copy is constitutionally incapable of something so simple and beautiful. Here is my attempt at a Killian-style haiku:
Jay-z in the light
Daytona 500 dreams
Humanity weeps 😉
LOL!
Wow, Zazie! You have a talent for this. Great job!
Like for Serge Lutens, I beleive the Guerlains calling my name are hidden inside Paris boutiques… However, Guerlains are fragrances that make me dream. And two of them simply love my skin. So I love them back. Nahéma was one of my biggest scrubbers, but at least it was one worth respect.
jicky!
When the moon is black
Siamese fur, wings of bat
Ready for the SABBATH!!!
—–
Shalimar!
bad, bad girl you are
smoking, loving, all night long…
May I follow you?
—–
Nahéma hits the streets
rose flavored gadgets
pink lipstick and silicone
10 bucks for a drive
I love all the Guerlains as well;
I’m curious see Chanel no. 5…anyone?
HA! Especially loving that Nahema haiku!
~D
Me too!
I’m in love with all of these, but especially the Jicky one!
Same here. I wish I got that effect wearing Jicky.
I love your Shalimar haiku! She does smoke and love all night….
Last but not least, a fragrance that marvels me. And clears my synuses, which is useful, especially as it also smells soooo good..
*L’air du désert marocain…*
Dizzy stars, soft sand,
we sink into the cold night
whispering love words
Talent shining through here. I love your haiku. I’m trying to post but it’s storming here in the mountains and erasing my comments.
10 bucks a drive!
Goodby Nahema:)
Oh god, I absolutely love this one. Wonderful, wonderful.
Everybody is doing a fabulous job with these — this is so fun!
Ambre Narguile
torn cashmere sweater
cat in the nook of my arm
winter feels so sweet
Love this–so evocative.
I just received my first sample of AN and you have described it so perfectly. I can’t wait to wear it this fall.
Oh! This is so endearing!
OK ajuarez…
Chanel Number 5
Special occasions only?
No! Every day!
Not my best work, but i’ve been cleaning out the garage all day…
This one could be the perfumista pledge of allegiance! 🙂
It’s certainly my pledge.
Aimez Moi
Pretty violets
Dancing in an amber field
Singing happy songs
Feminite du Bois
Mystic cedar forest
Warm and deep, beckons softly
Enraptures my heart
50 Roses, maybe I should send my Aimez-Moi and Feminite de Bois to come stay with you for a while. You seem to be a better influence on them. You could start 50 Roses Finishing School for Wayward Perfumes.
The Aimez Moi is a new purchase, but I am liking it very much. It makes me smile. Feminite du Bois is one of the very few scents that have been love at first sniff. I absolutely could not leave the store without buying a bottle.
I need to give both of them another try, given your descriptions of them.
That was beautiful! Doesn’t happen on my skin though. 🙁
Après La Mousson
Soaked to the bone now
Blazing steam rising from streets
Littered with melons
I am not familiar with this scent, but the mental picture you created with that haiku is terrific!
I love this one, too!
Gorgeous!
Azzaro pour homme
Traversing fougère to peat
Lemon arms embrace
Gasp! Your trickery…
Oops, two lines got switched. This should read:
Lemon arms embrace
Traversing fougère to peat
Gasp! Your trickery…
Atelier Trefle Pur
Green grass slaps my face
Wake up now! Come out and play!
Brightness. Freshness. Smile.
Very good. 🙂
Excellent verses, but then I’d expect no less of you my dear! 🙂
Aww, thanks! This poll is inspiring, isn’t it? 🙂
Derby
Golden aura of
leather autumn. The souls of
leaves are departing.
Oh, Jared, my sample of Derby is on its way! This makes it all the more alluring…leaves departing. Wonderful.
The fragrance really is a playground of shades of brown and gold. Even the juice itself is a fantastic dark brown, which probably inspired me! A Guerlain leather…fantastic.
I now must sniff Derby on my next outing to the Guerlain boutique.
I can’t believe I call myself a Guerlie Girl and I’ve never even sniffed Derby! You make this sound divine, Jared.
That is surprising! But I do feel it’s one of the more masculine Guerlains, so maybe it is to be expected. But do try it- I’d like to hear your opinion as a knowledgeable Guerlain girl!
Oh, that’s beautiful! Wow!
Here are mine:
Alabaster rose
Disdained by perfumistas
Lonely Teint de Neige
Behind her green mask
Bandit appraises the crowd
Who will she choose next?
The girl holds her nose
As Madame Rochas passes
Silliness of youth
I can actually see images in my head of each of these. You could do a series of paintings just based on your haikus.
Love them all, especially the one for Madame Rochas, which really has that classic haiku twist and reminds me to wear MR again! 😉
Poor lonely Teint de Neige 🙁
But I love it! It was love at first sniff.
I love it too! I adore my bottle and don’t ever want to be without it.
Une Fleur de Cassie
Rising from puddled
earth her female wetness lies
ready to receive.
Note to self: need to try Une Fleur de Cassie.
I love your take on UFdC.
I worship my bottle as if it were a true work of art rather than just a perfume.
Totally agree. Stunning.
Need to try that one, methinks.
Can’t wait to read all these. The few I’ve looked at are great. Here are a few more…
ELdO Tilda Swinton Like This
—————-
Citrine pulp aloft.
Ginger buzz everlasting.
Smell like this? Gladly.
* * *
Amouage Jubilation XXV
—————-
Night in Araby.
Resinous sweet smoke mirage.
A tear. Sultans weep.
* * *
L’Heure Bleue
—————-
A garden party.
A flapper’s pearls swing. Bright spats.
Now, an epitaph.
Good work, Joe. I especially like the l’Heure Bleue.
Joe… I am digging all 3 of those. 🙂
~D
Fantastic! Love the word choices for Like This.
Inventive, Joe. Bright spats at the garden party!
L’Air du Desert Marocain
The world has a soul.
Some Wise Men know how to find
it and hear it speak.
Perfect!
Jared, I think this may be my personal favorite. 🙂
As I love your haikus, that’s high praise! 🙂
Love this one – so true.
I aim to be a Wise Man 🙂
I’m aiming for a Wise Wo-Man (in this life at least!) 😉
Dark and spicy dreams
A Cossack rides through snowfields
A warm fire awaits
PdE Ambre Russe
Sorry, not too good at this! And it is Sunday morning for me!
This is beautiful, you are very good at this!
Yeah, really! Seriously, if you want to see someone who’s not good at this, let me loose. That was fantastic.
Ooo I love yours. I felt compelled to write about AR, too.
CK One
Leather seats
Violet air freshener
Your citrus skin.
Banana Republic (classic for men)
Miami tanned
I nuzzle your neck
oh! New money!
I love it! New money!
Muscs Kublaï Khan
—————-
Conjure sex on legs.
I love you! I love you not!
Sex?! Perhaps ripe cheese instead…
Messed up that last line…
Muscs Kublaï Khan
—————-
Conjure sex on legs.
I love you! I love you not!
Sex?! Perhaps ripe cheese!
LMAO!
I really want to print this out and tape it to the MKK bottle at my local perfume shop. 🙂 But I don’t want to get 86ed.
Oddly, I was eating some spiced olives earlier, and thought, “What do these remind me of…? Muscs Kublai Khan!!!!” How do you continue eating something after that?
I think castoreum smells like olives.
Oddly, these olives weren’t anything like olives. They tasted a little more like peppers, and must have had a heavy dose of cumin in them, maybe some other curry spices. They were good, but… had a definite armpit thing going on.
Osmanthe Yunnan
*********************
Darkness disappears
My heart is turning cartwheels
Overcome with joy
Nice one. That is SUCH a happy fragrance!
Thank you. 🙂
It really is joyfulness in a bottle. It’s my go to happy scent.
~D
Miel de Bois
**************
Soaking wet diaper
Scent of urine fills my nose
On this hot moist day
Oh, but it’s true!
thierry muglers,
damn rubber bottle cover,
three sprays stuns wildlife
I might have to use “three sprays stuns wildlife” as my reminder to not overdo. I love it.
And in the case of A*Men (and its pesky rubber bottle cover!), it’s absolutely true!
Fracas
Amazing things can
happen in the space between
erotic bodies.
Jared, hopefully your Fracas doesn’t hook up with Rapple’s bottle of Femme. 🙂 (See her post below.) They both sound like trouble.
Ha, yeah! I’m starting to notice a theme here….
Heheheheheheeee……
It’s getting hot in here…..
Makes me wish I liked Fracas!!
[Dior Addict]
Addict is my name
Unholy complexity
I have slipped again
I almost feel like this could apply to all perfumes! Oh, the addiction, the senseless buying, the repeated lapse in judgment…
Yes! Every time I wear Addict I think of new reasons why it’s such a fitting name for the perfume. Then, the next day it’s another perfume and my heart waxes poetic all over again. I was geekily excited for this haiku thread, I have to admit. I majored in poetry in college, then promptly went into the veterinary field, so I’ve got creative urges quite unsatisfied these days. 🙂
Yes, I suppose the chances to combine poetry and veterinary medicine are far and few.
He’s back from training.
Oh no! A cut on his leg
Will he make the race?
just one green bottle,
Daub daub daub, and never rub,
“What smells like a church?”
Cool haiku! But I can’t think of an incense perfume in a green bottle – not the CdG incense series, not Messe de Minuit – please do tell us!
Ah, apologies for keeping you in unintended suspense.
“What smells like a church?” was the unfortunate comment that I got one of the first times I wore Gucci Envy (for men). I don’t think she liked it much…
That’s so funny – great haiku! I used have a sample of that and loved the sesame note.
Amouage Gold
Golden dawn in the
Garden of my fantasies
1000 flowers bloom
Oh yes!!
Very good, 50 Roses!
L’Interdit
Mischievous gamine
Laughing eyes and dancing feet
Breaking endless hearts!
I’m really afraid that Givenchy is going to steal this from you! If the perfume companies were smart, they’d start hiring all of you to do their ad copy.
A tribute (?) to perhaps my LEAST favorite perfume:
Fruity patchouli
Chocolate melange–get thee
behind me Angel!
Oh, I’m with you on that one! Excellent.
Here are my attempts:
Rough to wrap my nose
Around this peach must skin scent
Guerlain Mitsouko
Cedar closet closes.
Sad violets trapped within
Dreaming of soft loamy earth.
(Bois de Violette)
Lovely! I especially like the second one… 🙂
BTW, I love Hokusai! this is a great image. Thanks!
After a spring rain
the scent of sad violets
and library paste
(Apres l’Ondee)
Very evocative!
I LOVED Shalimar
Lush and sweet, so heavenly
Now new formula
I hear ya!
I am so loving all of these! I would comment individually, but I would be here all day – I can’t pick a favorite. All delightful.
I should have had you fill in for me when I was taking a nap! 😉
the cosmic empress
timetraveller immortal
perfect Mitsouko
Amen!
“cosmic empress” – what a great line!
Perfection. Thank you for this!
Iris Silver Mist
Crystalline morning
Forty carrots in the snow
I will marry you
Cool! I love this one!
As soon as I posted it I realized that this is perhaps more fitting:
Crystalline daybreak
Forty carrots in the snow
I will marry you
Beautiful either way!
I agree. 🙂
~D
I should be doing many other things right now…but oh this is way too much fun! Here’s another:
In honor of AnnS*
Le Cinq de Chanel
Seized in the dark and honeyed
Enigmatic dream.
*(AnnS brought me into the world of No. 5) 🙂
Glad Ann S. lured you in, or we’d never have had the pleasure of reading this. 🙂
M- I know this is waay late – but shucks – I’m honored. I’m glad to brought you over to the magnificent world of old No 5.
Ambre Russe
Aghast! When the cold
Frosty void steals my body
Your fire revives.
Excellent! AR is such a great winter scent, definitely evocative of snow and fireplaces!
CGG Kyoto
Meditate on snow
Falling on cypress trees, smoke
Wafting through branches.
Oh, you touched my heart.
You are very talented at this, M.
I can see it! I can smell it!
Thank you for that wonderful17-syllable winter journey to Japan. I loved every second of it.
Such clever people! Well done on all the creativity!
Mine is for perfume in general 😉
Money flows away
As I greedily sniff wrists
Goodbye retirement
They call me crazy
‘Cause I spend more on perfume
Than I do on food
Thanks Robin and Miss Kitty! This has been a lot of fun. I hope to see another poll like this sometime (soon?)
Sitting in my den
Writing haiku endlessly
On a Saturday
Love this! Hilarious!
Great stuff, 50_Roses!
Actually, I meant to say lilybug AND 50_Roses!
Celebrity Perfume
Cats’ fate didn’t stop me.
Now I need a root canal.
And they call that patch?
New Abstract Parfum
It will be so vile
That one feels they must love it
Costs more than your rent.
Ode to Fracas (which I love)
Pink, pink, pink, pink, pink
Did I mention pink, pink, pink?
Don’t like me? Too bad. 🙂
The New Abstract Perfume is dead-on. Nailed it.
I love your take on Fracas, it’s brilliant!
(Though I do not see it pink, I see what you mean 😉 )
I can’t top boob sweat — who can? — but here are my offerings:
BANDIT
F-you, schlumpy moms
Simpering at the playground
I smoke and wear heels
SMN NOSTALGIA
Gasoline-soaked lust
Eyes on the road, Sergio
And hands on the wheel
INCENSE ROSE
Dim lights, flared nostrils
Petals strewn on silk cushions
Am-scray, eunuchs-ay!
WAZAMBA
Evil witch doctors
Concocting their tarry sludge
Hold the mustard, please
MESSE DE MINUIT
Midnight messiness
Holiday candle in a
Gift shop nightmare
Lilydale…
That Bandit haiku is brilliant. 🙂
~D
They’re all brilliant! I really wish I had written the Bandit one. So perfect.
Love these, natalie, especially the one for Bandit!
MJR….. you don’t happen to be the Mjr I was supposed to send Oiro to? If you are, please contace me at dawnkana at yahoo dot com. I lost your email that you sent me and I have a sample of the Oiro ready to go for you.
~Dawn
Why yes, I believe I am, Dawn! Will write to you again shortly… Thanks for remembering (I myself had forgotten and can’t seem to find the e-mail I sent to you…Eerie!)
Bravo! All are excellent.
I love your edginess, Natalie!
These are awesome – love the Bandit!
With apologies in advance…
Say, can you Can Can?
I have tried and I cannot.
Can Paris Hilton?
LOL! 🙂
The Elusive Holy Grail Scent…..
*********************************
That holy grail scent
One hundred bottles later
I am no closer
How about:
Oh my Holy Grail–
I will wear no other scent
Until the next HG
Both of you are so right…
Am I going crazy?
Now I find myself thinking
In five-seven-five
Really, this has been a lot of fun, and I would love to see a follow-up to this poll. Someone suggested limericks, which could be a lot of fun. Does anyone else have an idea?
If you are going crazy, then so am I.
I have had so much fun reading the haiku’s and participating with some of my own.
I had not written a haiku since grade school. Now suddenly I am addicted to it.
5-7-5 Cheers to you.
~D
Oops! That first line should read:
Have I gone crazy?
Now I find myself thinking
In five-seven-five
I might add:
Help! Someone save me
From this haiku writing bug
That has obsessed me
Hey, when you find something you’re good at… 🙂
YES!! I went to sleep thinking about these and I woke up thinking about them! These are strangely addictive!
yes it would be very nice to have a follow up!
BTW, I would be curious to know which fragrances have be most inspiring for us perfumistas.
From what I read so far I feel several classic guerlains, few Piguets, Malle and Andy Tauer had more than one entry… but I didn’t properly count. It would be nice to know at the end!
IMO, it has something to do with which fragrances make us dream the most…
VOL DE NUIT
She travels alone
A sad bouquet clutched tightly
Widow? Jilted bride?
CHAMPAGNE DE BOIS
Glasses raised in toast
Celebration alfresco
Let’s dance in the woods
JICKY
Lemonade in hand
I stroll through lavender fields
Sweet vanilla for dessert
Wow, those are great Rappleyea.
I am especially loving the haiku’s for VdN and CdB.
~Dawn
Thanks Dawn. 😀
And I love your ode to the Holy Grail.
beautiful verses…
I am especially touched by your Vol de Nuit and Jicky.
Both ring so true.
Your Vol de Nuit deserves a prize.
Awww, thanks! 🙂
Yes, I agree – VdN is my favorite (today) Guerlain.
I agree! That’s a beauty, Rap!
I love all three of these, Rapple! And your Jicky haiku reminds me again that I’m still on the hunt down to try this definitive classic! You make it sound even better than I could have imagined… 🙂
Coming your way…. 😉
I think I’m too late, but I couldn’t resist this ingenious post. Thank you Miss Kitty V:
Angel:
When a teenage girl
I sprayed with abandon. Now
I smell burnt plastic.
Michael by Michael Kors
This one my sexy
Chinese co-worker likes. I
wear it all the time.
Again, wish I could take credit for this. And no, you’re not too late. 🙂 We’ll be here all weekend, folks!
It’s late so I’m assuming the children are in bed. This one is not PG…
FEMME
Skin still damp with sweat
She lies spent and languorous
Post-coital bliss falls
Rapple, I’m not even sure I’M old enough to read that one! LOL!
LOL! You might be like me – TOO old!
Sadly, I think you’re right!
I think I’m going to be mad at my mom for tossing the bottle of Femme she got in France.
ACK!!!!
Your mom did what! Horrors!
Now!
I need to try Femme!
For Chergui…
A pipe not yet smoked
Sweet kisses in the hayloft
Let the warm winds come
Ooh, I love this!
Let the warm winds come…
sooo beautiful
Haunani—so beautiful, you charmer!
Love your imagery, H. You’re very good!
Thanks! And I like yours! This is fun. I’ve never done haiku, and I’m not a writer, but there’s something liberating about working within a strict format like this. It’s like a game!
Aw, Chergui is fast becoming a warm weather favourite for me. I wore it to a football game and it smelled so clean and good.
Gorgeous, gorgeous!
H– I really, really love this. Sometimes there are words or images that make you nostalgic for something that you never experienced, and your haiku did that for me. Even if I didn’t love Chergui (which I do), it still would have been very affecting.
Neat! I really need to get myself a bottle of Chergui.
You and me both! I’ve been trying to show some restraint. We’ll see how long that lasts. 🙁
I decided, at least, to do one for my SOTD:
Vintage Bellodgia. Can’t make up my mind. Oh well. I have a good 15-20 ml.
Are you soap, flower?
Carnation Heaven or Dove?
Hard-to-come-by love.
Then Joy. I’ve never liked it and a good few skin tests showed me why.
Floral Symphony
The lushness of thousand blooms
Played octaves too high.
Love both haikus!
I have the feeling that Joy will have the same effect on me!!!
I do love vintage Joy with its animalic base notes, but this captures quite perfectly why a many other floral scents drive me away! 🙂
You’ve perfectly captured why I have never taken to Joy. I have sampled it many times, and it is beautiful and lush, but I always thought it was too high-pitched. I prefer Amouage Gold, which seems to me to be in a lower octave.
Wind sweeps grassy dunes
Inhale deep then let it out
Kiss my salty skin
That was for Sel de Vetiver.
Sweet sweet!
Love it!
[Tom Ford Black Orchid]
Thumbprint in the dust
On her vanity table
She’ll not be back soon
Love this. The loneliness of the image paired with my memory of the image creates quite a contrast. Thank you 😉
I wish it did that on my skin! Great haiku!
Ooh, such a great mental image!
Ooh, that’s perfect! I get in image in my head of Greta Garbo as the woman in this.
Garbo, yes, perfect! I’ve always felt that Black Orchid is a touch too sophisticated for me, but that doesn’t stop me from wearing it as an impostor once in awhile.
You do sort of have to play a role when you wear it, but it’s a fun role to play!
Shalimar:
Lazy blue smoke swirls
Prohibition jazz music
Moves with abandon
Nice! I have a jazz association with Shalimar as well!
Just Me? No, not you
Paris Hilton; your scents sucks.
I meant Montana.
Poor Paris doesn’t get any love here, does she? 😉
Bravo scent lovers
Late night / wee morning haiku
Does perfume justice
It really does…
Une Rose
Mandala of pink
geometric locus of
fruit and wine kisses
Wow. Way to sum up a scent experience. I’m loving that one.
Thanks- I still can’t decide if I like the scent yet or not! I sampled it for the first time yesterday. It’ll be a showdown between Une Rose and Nahema at some point.
Neat one, Jared. I love Une Rose (MUCH better than Nahema, IMO).
Muscs Kublai Khan
The exotic can
seem terribly Other, but
really it’s just me.
Ha! Sounds like you’re coming to terms with your, um, own muscs? Self-acceptance is an important step in a perfumista’s journey…
Ha! All of those beastly musks are just what we smell like anyway, minus the amenities and cover-ups. At the very least, certain situations lend themselves to those scents.
A black birch tar grave
For a hundred thousand
Funeral roses.
Montale- Black Aoud
That could almost be Voleur de Roses too.
Yes, it could. Yet I love VdR and cannot wear the Montale. Oud can be such a funny thing. Sometimes it is overwhelmingly antiseptic like a big bandaid, and other times it radiates and illuminates the notes paired with it.
Elusive agar
Do you play well with others?
Sometimes check minus*
*I don’t think they give check minus anymore – in the olden days it meant you did your work, just not very well.
The precious oud wood
So popular this season
The new pink pepper?
I predict in the future a rose who shimmers and
outshines Shalimar for you.
(Jolie Madam)
Spray, perfume, delight
sweet, leather, flowery, juice
reminicence, youth
Dont think i have done it right-we didnt do these at school!
Hi Debbie,
Actually, I think you’ve done it just right, and nicely captured Madame in the process. Isn’t this fun?
You did a great job, no one would ever know you were a first-timer! I have to admit, when Robin first brought this up I had to do two things: 1.) look up haiku structure, and 2.) re-learn how to count syllables. 🙁 I clearly would never win Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.
Ha!
You get a check plus!
Bolster my resolve
Galvanizing green 19
Ramrod for my spine
OMG – I love your last line!
My favourite perfum review of all time is the one Tania Sanchez wrote of Britney’s ‘Curious’ in ‘Perfumes (the A-Z Guide)’. Some of Tania’s phrases can be teased into pretty good haiku:
Crass fruity floral
radiates like nuclear waste,
children’s cough syrup.
Dangling heart-shape charms,
Oh! Bland, inoffensive thing!,
crude charms of your star!
Snort!
So clever!
I’m obsessed now! Three more….
SPIRITUEUSE DOUBLE VANILLE
Smugglers’ ships bearing
Casks of vanilla and rum
Sweet and forbidden
CHAMADE
Green maiden facade
Hiding a passionate heart
Warm and seductive
And to my least favorite scent of all…. PULP
Greedy child vomits
After eating too much fruit
I must go shower
Cannot stop laughing over Pulp! HV fits well for SDV, too. I applaud you for your crazy ingenuity.
Thank you! This is so much fun too. 😀
You do know that I’ll never be able to wear Pulp again, right? LOL!
I can’t imagine why you’d want to! 😉
Ditto this! (Love the Chamade haiku, too!)
I love “I must go shower.” Sometimes I question my sanity while waiting for the water to get warm enough to get the stench of something I sprayed on myself out of my pores. Or when I can’t wait to wash off the six or eight different perfumes I’m already wearing so I can test out the new ones that just came in the mail.
Oh you’re good! LMAO at Pulp! 😉
LOLITA LEMPIKA
shimmering apple
I want to love you; instead
I smell like Pampers
Thank you – I SO wanted to love it for that bottle!
I was away yesterday and just now got to read through these. Fantastic job everyone!! What a cool bunch o’ folks. 🙂
I know – seriously! I’ve started dumping all my real friends by email and telling people that I only want to hang around with perfumistas!
You guys rock!
You’re SO right Caprica – Perfumistas can’t be beat. 😉
Caprica, you made the right decision!
Ahem…. Dove, we’re waiting for your entries. The weekend is still young! 😉
Oh no Rapple – I have no talent for this sort of thing. I just can’t write worth a toot. But I’ve sure enjoyed yours and all the rest!
What the heck – I can embarrass myself amongst friends.
Mitsouko:
The divine Miss M.
She’s not for the faint of heart.
Cause she’s a bad ass.
That’s just what I love about her!
I KNEW you could do it! Good job!! I love the reference to the Divine Miss M.
🙂
Perfection, RusticDove!
Well, I don’t have a talent for writing, but silly – that I can do.
I think silly puts us halfway there. Love the Mitsouko haiku!
Awesome!
This is definitely addictive… I am so impressed by all of these. Have definitely added some fragrances to my ‘must-sniff’ list!
Another effort..
Verveine – Hove Perfumeur
The fan stirs sultry air
Strains of sidewalk blues drift in
The Big Easy, baby
Now I must try this one!
Oh, do. It is a lovely, simple summer fragrance- lasting power could be better though. Every time I smell it, I am sitting in the French Quarter on a wrought iron balcony drinking a Hurricane!
I think I need a publisher as all of these lovelies should be in a Perfumista’s Guide to Haiku!
Absolutely!!
Maybe we can do it on blurb.com.
Really, it’s taken on a life of it’s own. I still like the idea of making art to match each of these, since they’re so inspiring.
I’m in!
The art would be wonderful!
I think I’m sick, but it’s a lot more fun than cleaning! 😀
WAZAMBA
I am six again
The Christmas tree is ready
Santa comes tonight
NAHEMA
Voluptuous rose
and succulent peach dripping
Nectar of summer
MAHORA/MAYOTTE
Barefoot, bronze skin girl
Tropical flowers hair
Waving at tourists
Should be “tropical flowers IN hair”. Sorry.
I’m going to have to try Wazamba also, especially since I just looked it up on Lucky Scent. The notes are intriguing (I love incense) and the price is not bad.
Just added Wazamba to my list (again) and Mahora/Mayotte as well. 🙂
OMG, M. – take Mahora off your list. I can send you as much as you want!
Maybe I’ll revisit Wazamba again….you’re outdoing yourself, R! These are so poetic.
LOL! Thanks. I don’t seem to be able to stop myself!
soap, soap, soap and soap
oh, such a disappointment
orange flowers, my ass
(prada fleurs d’oranger)
(can I say “my ass”?) 🙂
I can run it by Robin, if you want, but it’s certainly been said on here before. Possibly by me.
Yeah, this thread has already presented us with graphic images of ladies in “spent and languorous” recline, several warbling and singing thighs and multiple choice references to female perspiration, so I don’t think anyone is going to be shocked by an “ass” or two.
And if you swap “orange flowers, my ass” for “that’s vetiver? my ass!”, then you’ve summed up my reaction to Infusion de Vetiver perfectly!
Haha, I love this one 🙂
So sad but true. Great job, Tama!
Why did I not sign on yesterday? These are so great! Here are a few of my faves.
~Borneo 1834~
Rum-soaked patchouli
A bitter chocolate heart
I crave your darkness.
~Alien~
So warm, yet so cold
Your jasmine entices me.
Alien, indeed.
~Tabac Blond~
Stilettos and slacks
Assertive, cloved-up leather
Not pretty, but hot!
~No. 22~
Cathedral in white
An everlasting incense
Reverent and refined.
Oooh Sunny – excellent! I especially like Borneo and Tabac Blond.
Must. Now. Sniff. Borneo. These are great!
sun and earth and warmth
une reverie au jardin
breath of lavender
Another one I need to try… sigh…
Man, I just re-read all these and not only is my lemming gland active as all get-out – I seriously can’t decide what perfume to wear today!!
It takes choosing to a whole new level: if it doesn’t inspire poetry, it doesn’t get worn.
love it! 🙂
Just what we need too – a new way to activate our lemming glands! lol!
I have that problem all the time–it is a result of having so many choices. I find myself thinking that choosing one perfume means choosing against all the others.
The choice was made:
rubber flower burst
tropical decay is sweet
warming in the sun
(Songes)
Great choice and great verses!
Songes is such a beautiful and poetic fragrance…
Whoops posted too high!
Chaos:
Cashmere nuzzles me
Woodsmoke perfumes the crisp air
Unexpected peace
I’m so happy you wrote about Chaos – is on my “try soon” list. I’ve been reading about it a lot and many people seem unaware that it has been reissued. Is the new edition good? I love Black Cashmere and stockpiled a couple of bottles before the new one came out (which I haven’t tried). I’ve sampled Wenge from the Essence series and I think it smells like the base of BC. It is very nice, and I’m sure the others are too, but they seem kind of pricey for a mix it yourself kit.
Hi Julia,
Definitely seeks out Chaos, it is gorgeous. It matches my scent memory of the original exactly. I fell in love with when it first was released but , being a poor student, did not invest in a bottle and made do with a pale imitation in the form of Gap Om. When it was discontinued I was so bummed and then totally elated when it was re-released! It layers beautifully with the Wenge from the Essence series but you are right that the price point does not encourage lots of mixing. Wenge reminds me of the base of BC as well – haven’t layered them but sure that would be lovely as well!
Enjoy…
Raven-haired beauty
Daring, bold adventuress
Traveling by night
(Vol de Nuit)
Another one that I would love to base a painting on! I need to stock up on canvases.
Where’s Ms Kitty’s?! I don’t think I missed it. Just because it was her brilliant idea doesn’t mean she gets to slide… 😉
I know, right? That cat’s crazy if she thinks she can get away with keeping us from her 17 syllables of olfactory ecstasy.
Well, and the bar has definitely been raised. Anything I do is going to pale by comparison. Haiku writing is challenging, and we have an impressively large group of talented people on here. The last time I wrote a haiku was in 8th grade, when we combined topics between English class and history. I’m not making this up: we had to write haikus based on the Civil War. I just remember my friend and I rolling on the floor laughing because the last line we came up with for ours was, “Ahhh! There goes my leg.” Not in the best of taste, admittedly.
But it wasn’t my brilliant idea, so I do get a free pass! 😉
We’ll see, we’ll see… The day is not over yet…
**Raises eyebrow, sips wine, taps watch.**
Keep drinkin’! LOL!
Same here Chanterais – my glass of wine is almost empty! Don’t make me pour another Miss K! Oh well, if I must…
Oh, geez. I’m really, really not good at this. I tried to write a couple for Coromandel and Bois des Iles, but they were pretty pathetic. Here’s the best I could do:
Emeraude
Once so glamourous
A shell of your former self
But I still love you
Perfect and a great choice!
clap clap clap
Thank you, and good night! 😉
🙂
This is too fun. I have another.
~Bal a Versailles~
Red lipstick and pearls
A haughty attitude, and
sexy lingerie
Perfect! (Though I’ve never tried the fragrance, I like the haiku!)
It’s an accurate depiction. 🙂
You nailed it! I love Bal a Versailles. It’s the sexiest thing I ever found (well….maybe) at TJMaxx. How can you beat 8 bucks for vamp juice?
My newest obsession –
Alahine it said
Golden whispers of glass lace
Reach for me again
You’re so good at this.
This thread has been an absolute joy for me. I’ve enjoyed every single lingering moment I’ve spent this weekend, quietly tasting the words aloud. Thank you to all.
I feel sort of silly for admitting this, but I have saved SO many of these, because I never want to forget them. Ever.
Also, my credit card hates you. A lot.
These have been worth saving.
Go easy on the credit card. 🙂
Unsettled Comfort
Warm Earth And Cold Bones Beckon
Serge Lutens La Myrrhe
Oooooh – shiver!
haikus make me swoon
wanting to order samples
to bad I am broke
🙂
A memory of Old Spice, for Father’s Day…
The razor was rinsed
Out came the sailboat bottle
And Dad smelled like Dad
Oh, this one is wonderful! And I wonder how many perfumistas caught the bug from Old Spice!
Oh, that made me a little misty! So true. What’s funny is that I don’t even know if my dad ever wore Old Spice, but it has never really mattered. I still associate that smell with him.
That’s so great! My dad had the whole setup, too.
Oh, H….. I’m glad that I didin’t get back on line to read this yesterday. I’m at work now so I can’t cry. 🙁
Old Spice is “Dad” to me too. That was so perfect.
This thread is the reason I decided to stop lurking and participate, it was SO much fun! I really hope we can do things like this with regularity. Thank you everyone for being such a lovely source of entertainment this weekend.
I’m so glad you came out of lurking! You’ve been a great contributor. Definitely don’t be a stranger, we want to hear more from you. 🙂
Ditto this, sweetonpink!
On Chanel’s No. 5
First in memory
Fashions reformulation
Identity gone
Throaty ambition
Rest upon my décolletage
never forget me.
No. 5 will always have my heart. This was lovely.
I hate that I’m so late to this! I’m lousy at writing, but here goes:
Ode to chypre
you dirty lichen
hanging on a tree
capturing my heart.
I love people who say “I’m lousy at this” and then write something wonderful. 🙂 Sure you are, sure you are…
That was perfect!
A recent acquisition:
Honeyed violets
Bathed in glorious amber light
“Heart-catcher” indeed!
(Attrape-Coeur)
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My friend, you could make a living doing this!
I’ve always thought I would like to be a writer, preferably of fiction. I could turn all the people I know into characters in my books, and have fun skewering the ones who annoy me. Of course, I would have to have a main character who loves perfume!
CHANEL NO. 5
Early memory
Of mother’s dressing table
Perfumista’s birth
ARPEGE
Fragrant memory
Of gently cascading notes
Wanting to smell more
(Chanel no. 5 and Arpege were two of my first perfume experiences. I guess I can blame them for planting the seeds of my perfume lust)
What great fragrances to start with! Lucky you!
Miss Kitty and Robin, this was stimulating and a lot of fun! I also enjoyed that the topic was announced in advance, which gave me time to think up something and also the pleasure of anticipation. Thanks!
I agree completely–this was wonderful fun. Thanks to Robin, Miss Kitty V and all the very clever contributors. Let’s do something like this again soon!
Thank you all! I lucked out on getting picked to host this one!
Rotten pondwater.
Jicky, how could you do this?
I was so hopeful…
(everyone has been waxing so poetic about Jicky I had to retaliate – lol)
I have struggled with Jicky, too. I want to like it, and I do like it at first, but it either fades out quickly on me, or “turns” on me after 30 minutes or so. I always think that it is missing something–probably some more vanilla, to turn it into Shalimar.
You get rotten pond water, I get wet (possibly dead) dog… either way, not good. You’re not alone in being jilted by Jicky.
Coty Chypre
Enigmatic perfume
Bitter, green, imperious–
Yet bewitching too
(I snagged a bottle of vintage Chypre on eBay)
Nice haiku – and I am SOOOOO envious! 😉
Oh, so YOU’RE the one that beat me to it! 🙂
Oh, such fun! 😀
Some Serge Lutens haiku:
Fumerie Turque
Opium den at night
Addictive sweet smoke rises
Where did my wallet go?
Datura Noir
Summer by the lake
Humidity like cobwebs
White poisonous blooms
A La Nuit
Electric jasmine
Glowing like an isotope
Sunburst of indoles
I love “Where did my wallet go?” 🙂 These are all so well-written.
I like “humidity like cobwebs”. Sometimes the humidity here gets so bad, I feel as if I could gather up a handful of air and play softball with it.
Yes! Great line – “Humidity like cobwebs.” I like “Glowing like an isotope,” too.
Bois des LLes
Sandalwood and amber
Marvelous dark red roses,
my favorite comfort scent
I’m so glad I didn’t post my tribute to BdI. Yours is so much better.
The perfumista
Gazes at her empty wallet–
But she smells so good!
And that’s what matters, right?!
Of course!
Word! 😀
Empty pockets 🙂 but heart will burst of joy.
Truly, this has been such a fun weekend on NST. I was amazed how well this format works to describe fragrance. I feel like I gained insight into so many perfumes from the impressions you all made in 5-7-5 style. I know haiku isn’t really supposed to rhyme, but I just had to end on this note:
Perfume as haiku
I truly understand now
Scents I thought I knew
Excellent. 🙂
Patou 1000
Top note is lovely,
Then several minutes in
Can smell fresh poopies.
Heh! Heh!