The Misery/Love Co.
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rubymulligan), as many of you know, is the mad genius behind The Misery/Love Co., a perfume oil shop on Etsy. She's a big fan of some of the larger perfume oil outfits in the world like BPAL and Arcana and opened her own shop a couple years ago as a hobbyist. She has a bionic nose and a perfumer's intuition for great combinations. She branches out, sometimes, but she's the dream lady to go to for scrumptious, nommy foodie perfumes. Her perfumes make people smell good enough to eat. :)
This month, she's putting in a lot of time at the shop. All of her regular priced perfumes ($12/bottle) are, for this month, Buy 2 Get 1 Free. And on October 16th, in honor of The Sweetest Day, she's unveiling a very delicious secret--an extremely limited batch of perfume that is bound to have foodies keeling over in a swoon. :D (And all for a cause very dear to my heart.) :) <3
But I've been holding out on you because I got samples of all of her Volume One perfumes this summer and I haven't reviewed them publically. So here are my thoughts, which I hope will help you if you're trying to decide what to try for yourself. :)
The Lion & the Bee
Based on a photograph of a fuzzy bumblebee resting on a sun-bright dandelion, this perfume smells like summer! On application, it radiates freshly cut grass. Within minutes, the pleasant scents of flower petals and something fresh and dewy, almost cucumber-y joins in. This is sunshine and picnic blankets and laying in the yard watching clouds drift past overhead. Absolutely lovely and gently done.
Perpetual Tourism
Another summery photo, with a cheerily painted red and white Ferris wheel circling against an unbelievably blue sky. On application, this smells bright and youthful. Tart cranberry contrasts beautifully with sugary-sweet cotton candy, along with what smells like fresh-picked berries and something calm and dusty, like pollen, to ease it all along. There are so many subtle layers, all delicious in their own way, that I can't stop huffing my skin, trying to capture all the notes there to be had. I love this one, like whoa!
The Cameo Theatre
The old-fashioned marquee of a downtown theatre is the subject of this photo-inspired perfume. It is, without any doubt or subtlety, the smell of fizzy cola and buttered movie theater popcorn. I don't think you can smell this combination without laughing--it is so spot-on--and yet strangely it works as a perfume. It triggers every memory I've ever had in a movie theater and also has its own allure with the combination of sparkling sweetness, caramel, and buttery salt. It's pretty freaking spectacular. :)
The Sweet Street
A damp leaf-strewn streetscape, only in Rhi's foodie imagination, could inspire this combination of pumpkin, cinnamon, pastry-nom. According to the description, the combination is "Pumpkin cheesecake, gingerbread, and the gently wafting scent of freshly baked cinnamon rolls". It's all there, in a warm and sweet homage to autumn bakery indulgences. There is nothing floral, musky, or serious to this fragrance--it is all baked goods, all the time. :)
When in Japan
A photo of she and a girlfriend's shoes, tumbled together on the floor in Japan, inspired this perfume. It may be one of my favorite perfumes--ever. The combination of the bright yuzu citrus notes with the clean, sharp delight of green tea and ginger and freshly sliced pear are playful and feminine and delicious all at the same time. It dries down to a complex, pleasant, close-to-the-skin scent that has evoked more experiences of, "OMG! Is that you? Are you wearing perfume? Let me smell you! Oh, you smell goooooood!". Which, you know, can be great or embarrassing, depending on who is trying to chomp on your neck at the time. :)
Have you tried any of the Volume One or Secret Garden fragrances? What did you think? :)
rubymulligan), as many of you know, is the mad genius behind The Misery/Love Co., a perfume oil shop on Etsy. She's a big fan of some of the larger perfume oil outfits in the world like BPAL and Arcana and opened her own shop a couple years ago as a hobbyist. She has a bionic nose and a perfumer's intuition for great combinations. She branches out, sometimes, but she's the dream lady to go to for scrumptious, nommy foodie perfumes. Her perfumes make people smell good enough to eat. :)This month, she's putting in a lot of time at the shop. All of her regular priced perfumes ($12/bottle) are, for this month, Buy 2 Get 1 Free. And on October 16th, in honor of The Sweetest Day, she's unveiling a very delicious secret--an extremely limited batch of perfume that is bound to have foodies keeling over in a swoon. :D (And all for a cause very dear to my heart.) :) <3
But I've been holding out on you because I got samples of all of her Volume One perfumes this summer and I haven't reviewed them publically. So here are my thoughts, which I hope will help you if you're trying to decide what to try for yourself. :)
The Lion & the Bee
Based on a photograph of a fuzzy bumblebee resting on a sun-bright dandelion, this perfume smells like summer! On application, it radiates freshly cut grass. Within minutes, the pleasant scents of flower petals and something fresh and dewy, almost cucumber-y joins in. This is sunshine and picnic blankets and laying in the yard watching clouds drift past overhead. Absolutely lovely and gently done.
Perpetual Tourism
Another summery photo, with a cheerily painted red and white Ferris wheel circling against an unbelievably blue sky. On application, this smells bright and youthful. Tart cranberry contrasts beautifully with sugary-sweet cotton candy, along with what smells like fresh-picked berries and something calm and dusty, like pollen, to ease it all along. There are so many subtle layers, all delicious in their own way, that I can't stop huffing my skin, trying to capture all the notes there to be had. I love this one, like whoa!
The Cameo Theatre
The old-fashioned marquee of a downtown theatre is the subject of this photo-inspired perfume. It is, without any doubt or subtlety, the smell of fizzy cola and buttered movie theater popcorn. I don't think you can smell this combination without laughing--it is so spot-on--and yet strangely it works as a perfume. It triggers every memory I've ever had in a movie theater and also has its own allure with the combination of sparkling sweetness, caramel, and buttery salt. It's pretty freaking spectacular. :)
The Sweet Street
A damp leaf-strewn streetscape, only in Rhi's foodie imagination, could inspire this combination of pumpkin, cinnamon, pastry-nom. According to the description, the combination is "Pumpkin cheesecake, gingerbread, and the gently wafting scent of freshly baked cinnamon rolls". It's all there, in a warm and sweet homage to autumn bakery indulgences. There is nothing floral, musky, or serious to this fragrance--it is all baked goods, all the time. :)
When in Japan
A photo of she and a girlfriend's shoes, tumbled together on the floor in Japan, inspired this perfume. It may be one of my favorite perfumes--ever. The combination of the bright yuzu citrus notes with the clean, sharp delight of green tea and ginger and freshly sliced pear are playful and feminine and delicious all at the same time. It dries down to a complex, pleasant, close-to-the-skin scent that has evoked more experiences of, "OMG! Is that you? Are you wearing perfume? Let me smell you! Oh, you smell goooooood!". Which, you know, can be great or embarrassing, depending on who is trying to chomp on your neck at the time. :)
Have you tried any of the Volume One or Secret Garden fragrances? What did you think? :)
