alkemistry

This post's perfumes are from Alkemia, who are located in the western part of the state. Consequently, the time from order placement to "gleefully plucking the envelope of goodies from my mailbox" was two days. Two days! It's almost instant gratification!

Calaveras de Azucar is a shimmering confection of amber and sugar. Adorable.

Dalliance. An aquatically edged cooling blend of cucumber and tea that lasts forever without fading or altering its essence. I look forward to wearing this a lot as the weather heats up.

Divine Goddess Musk. A soft and perfect collaboration of musks. If you're a fan of musk - and I very much am - this is utterly necessary.

Hippie Gypsy. If you could take the essence of who I am - a sometimes soft and sometimes tough hippie chick - and distill it into a bottle, you'd have Hippie Gypsy. There are flowers here, but they're not twee, and you can weave them into your hair as you dance around your incense-perfumed room while listening to Jefferson Airplane. This is love, peace and bliss in a bottle.

Las Soladeras. This has a really interesting energy to it: light, ethereal musk with a peppery kick. My only complaint is that my skin seems to eat this one quickly.

Sandscape is the scent of skin that's been drying in the sun after a long swim in salty water, on a long stretch of sandy beach. It's very understated, wonderfully un-perfumey, and might very well be a summertime essential.

There will be more of this in the future. Oh, yes. There will be more.