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Sadly this is a common dynamic for ceasefires. Violence often intensified dramatically right before parties come to the table as military forces try to grab as much land/leverage as possible. Or in this case, get in as much killing and destruction as possible before the deadline.

#Jinx from #arcane as a perfume: gunpowder, industrial smog, spray paint, mutated zaun fruit (apple with a hint of cannabis)

Clowns are BACK

Pepper materials evaluation with our friends at D.Grayi. One of these is 500k scovilles & two of us found out the spicy way 🥵 #perfumesky #perfumery

But he can't truly redeem himself while pretending to be someone else and rejecting the reality that he is the cause of his own dissatisfaction. I hope the show doesnt give us a pat ending to neatly diffuse the tension bc theres so much potential.

Russ is insufferable & his only saving grace was his talent on the field. When he steps into his Chad mask & tries to get up to old antics, he's confronted by the fact that pple only gave him the time of day bc he had (greatly diminished) star power at his back. Now he knows how alone he truly is.

Can we talk about Chad Powers and how it's not actually telling an underdog story? Russ aka Chad torpedoes his career & spends nearly a decade believing he's a victim. Instead of owning his shortcomings, he schemes his way back into the limelight. #Chadpowers

Two sisters, ever at (often) violent odds, living parallel lives where they each desperately seek belonging. Neither believing in their own capacity for goodness, but offering an abundance of forgiveness and second chances to those lucky enough to be loved by them. #arcane

Arcane is a gorgeous allegory for duality. The technologically advanced utopia that can only exist at the cost of an impoverished and abused undercity, held in the strangle hold of the utopian city's unchecked ambition. #arcane

We had fun exploring everyone's creations and the myths that inspired them! The show was really well attended and we had some lovely conversations 😊

I think we forget that contrasts create our perceptions. We know what feeling really good means because we've experienced grief

A Taiwanese person on the left and a Black person on the right both wearing N95 masks, all black outfits, their hands lightly touching. They are standing against a white wall with a ghostly image and jar containing ceramic beads soaked in perfume.

"Death and Other Joys," the perfume we drafted in tandem during our 6 hr residency with Craft Contemporary and IAO is balanced on the connective tissue between grief and joy. Death is real, loss is real, and joy becomes sharper by contrast. #perfumesky #perfume

A kobo reader in dark mode with a black case and white text on the screen and a fuzzy gray blanket underneath.

Reading "Blindsight" by Peter Watts and the foreword by Elizabeth Bear has been on my mind as we see pple succumb to cold indifference as protection from grief and feeling helpless. #booksky

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Hihi Perfume lovers! We're setting up a fundraiser raffle to support street vendors being targeted by ICE here in LA! All we need are your unused/gently used perfumes to create prize bundles for raffle winners! DM if youd like to contribute 🫶 #perfumesky #perfume #sotd

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

Using freshly acquired photoshop skills to put our friends baby in outlandish settings 👶🏽

Im fully here for it!

Is it just my algorithm or is 2000s-esque emo pop punk making a comeback??

Thank yooou! Excited to work on getting my seams more even on future projects, but pretty dang proud of this pillow 💕

Thank you so much!💕 Its not visible in the photo, but the pink has a patchy quality like quickly applied blush that I love!

Image of a 16x16 pillow inside a blush pink fabric with peonies and greenery framed in ovals.

Chasing dopamine by learning heritage crafts! Made a pillow case yesterday 🥳

Big news everyone! My perfume The Space Between has been nominated for an Art & Olfaction Award! I'm so pumped right now. Being nominated feels like a win already! Bottles sold out immediately last night after the press release and I am batching again to restock ASAP. Get samples while you can!

A square perfume bottle, black top, with bold text that says Art For Your Nose. In the upper right corner is an elaborate seal that reads FINALIST, Art and Olfaction Awards.

Image of a caption that reads: A round of applause for Miss Layla, the sparkling nose behind FUM Fragrances!! 🎉🎉🎉🤌 Miss Layla is no longer on IG but you can catch her on Bluesky (@fum fragrances. bluesky. social). Her award finalist perfume, The Space Between, embodies the slow practice of perfumery. Highlighting sustainably harvested copal resin from Puebla, Mexico that's then hand ground using a cured lava mocajete, tinctured for 9 months, filtered, and aged for an additional 3 months. At the @artandolfaction finalists announcement we had the opportunity to enjoy a part of Miss Layla's artistry in this perfume - the base! A soft, mineral warmth that didn't feel quite earthbound and an elusive sweetness that I couldn't pin down at the time. I kept coming back to it, because it was playing at the edges of some of my favorite scent profiles! We would love the opportunity to smell The Space Between fresh when we can experience the full story (and when it's back in stock. CONGRATS 🎊🎊🙌)!!! For now though, you can haunt her very pretty site and make your wishlist ✨️ * * * #perfume #perfumery #fragrance #sotd #indieperfume #perfumeawards #copal #fraghead #sotn

A cutie with light skin, a wide brimmed hat, curly brown hair and denim blue outfit leaning on a steel table in front of a row of perfume samples.

Last night @fumfragrances.bsky.social was announced as a finalist for the Art and Olfaction awards for her perfume, The Space Between!!!CONGRATULATIONS, MISS LAYLA 🎊🙌🤌 #perfumesky #fragrancesky

I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year

Unhoused folks have peak humor 😭 During our supply drop today, one of our skidrow neighbors was feeling particularly chatty & his friend turned & told us "now you know why he's homeless. He can't shut tf up" Like damn, the man just wanted to tell us a story 😂

Yesss! I like that there's so many flavor options for nori too. I like spicy ones!

Hello friends, make sure you're getting enough iodine in your nutrition! If you eat a lot of cruciferous veggies (kale, broccoli, cabbage...), beans, soy, they actually inhibit your body processing iodine. Low iodine can lead to goiters & thyroid issues which are on the rise due to wellness trends 😅

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

I could definitely see it! I think perfumes tend to focus on the sweet, immediately pleasant aspects. But we're of the mindset that most things need a bit of dirty to really shine.