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Scumbag Summer x Miami Blue
perfect for each other
Oct 11, 2025 • Alice M.
Man and His Symbols x Thumbsucker
“Me he shall suck” - Indra, King of Gods
Oct 2, 2025 • Alice M.
Dante's Inferno x Trompette 8
My copy of Dante is illustrated by Gustave Doré.
Sep 25, 2025 • Alice M.
Story of the Eye x Sécrétions Magnifiques
‘4S: Sueur, Salive, Sang et Sperme’ (Sweat, Saliva, Blood and Sperm) says the page for this fragrance on État Libre d’Orange’s website.
Sep 18, 2025 • Alice M.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein x Profundum’s Martyr
Shelley’s creature is characterised by curses: the curse of his intelligence, the curse of self-knowledge, the curse of definition.
Sep 11, 2025 • Alice M.
Powers of Horror x La Bague d’O
This is an odd pairing: La Bague d’O was already inspired by a book, The Story of O, and the perfume house which made it ties erotic literature so…
Sep 10, 2025 • Alice M.
Simulacra & Simulation x Optimal Habitat
Optimal Habitat is not a fragrance.
Sep 10, 2025 • Alice M.
Carnality of Literature
I indulge through fragrance.
Sep 10, 2025 • Alice M.
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Pairing literature with fragrances, by a career writer who's obsessed with perfume.
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