Dismembered Noggin Bouquet

[doomsday_disco]

Not exactly my definition of a happy Christmas, but to each their own. Wild pansies, white honey, and frothy cream.

 

 

 

[ghoulnextdoor]

Roses preserved in amber resin, petals crystallized to honeyed bronze. Estate sale jewelry boxes lined with yellowed velvet, gilt-edged brooches oxidized to a dusky patina. Caramelized corsage, barley sugar twists and horehound drops, unctuous burnt-sugar varnish. Your grandmother's nosegay pressed between the pages of a 1950s etiquette book, ribbons still faintly fragrant with Helene Curtis Spray and the face powder she wore to Wednesday night bridge club, way back when getting dressed up called for gloves and a little hat, even if you were only going three blocks over to Maureen's house for that undrinkable coffee everyone politely finished because that's just how you did.

[RoseThornAndOak]

^^ I love this.   Ghoul writes the best reviews and I don't know how to follow up on em.   This eerily describes my Gram and her neighbor's bridge and tripoley games and their shenanigans. The trick to that coffee is just a teaspoon of sugar, not too much now, and chain smoking. ☕️

 

This reads somewhere between Poinsettia Gown and Katrina Van Tassel on me. The deep, luscious jasmine & rose of PG and the soft, demure rose in KVT are replaced with a bright, high pitched, white floral that smells like it would be hella sharp on it's own, the honey is lending a slightly powdered sweetened edge, yet isn't feral, then thankfully, the cream note smooths it out considerably and saves the day, and this sweetens and softens up beautifully (no goats milk tang or anything). After not much time the florals tame down as well. I'd say this skews slightly more towards PG than KVT, but truly it is it's own scent. 

 

Very nice, considering backup. Fans of the above, but also Tomie, Millarca, and Carved Wooden Bridal Shop may also want to give this a try!

 

Also, is it just me, or does absolutely nothing on that card scream happy Christmas in any way? And why did I hear "dismembered" three times in a row today? 🤣 Haunted-ass cards.