Magickal Realism
Perfume and accessible luxury
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I thought I’d write a few fun facts and point you to a few of my other running endeavors – I adore perfumery, and it’s one among many other things that I enjoy doing. I also write Fat Chic plus size fashion blog. I am dedicated to the Artist’s Way and I keep a blog [...]

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Form 2976-E This mainly applies to people who use a home service for shipping – I’m not sure if PayPal has international service (I would think so.) I use and prefer Stamps.com, and that’s the reason I know about this. That image you see above? It’s called a Form 2976-E, E standing presumably for envelope. [...]

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The Financial Times dug up some mold on oud, and while they’re talking about agarwood like it’s news, the stuff was sniffed out by perfumers centuries ago. Believe it or not, that modly old wood is one component of the genius behind natural ambers and many a wood-scent cologne. It’s also insanely expensive, and there’s [...]

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These are my personal views, and in no way approved, verified or validated by Etsy. My only association with Etsy is that I have a shop there. For those of you running behind on your blog feeds, Maria Thomas is leaving Etsy and Rob Kalin is returning. Now that Thomas has made Etsy actually profitable [...]

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Just open the photo – and look for the green! These were taken in August from the observation deck of the Foshay Tower in Minneapolis. Share on Facebook

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I’m in Hawaii for their version of winter – gigantic avocados, gorgeous ocean views, fruits that cycle through blossom-and-fruit on a much more frequent than annual scale… and I’m wondering why, with all this tropical abundance, that there aren’t more tropical production/perfume houses right here. This is a lovely honeymoon, indeed, and I’m aware that [...]

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These images are from my dear friend Joel’s garden this past summer. He put in many hours of love and effort, and it just seems nice to capture the beauty of it now – he wasn’t even in his house three months before he got this fantastic garden going! Share on Facebook

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