David Pybus is a “21st Century alchemist & aromancer” who is a.k.a the Perfume Hunter/the Indiana Jones of the fragrance world. He attempts to recreate ancient scents…a la this sort of thing…That annoying numeral 1 cannot be removed. I think he a Taurus. Love the scents & insanely want them all…Or do? I was just googling for a Pompeii image & managed to totally freak myself out. Maybe is better to have one’s scent In The Now…But sensational idea & way more interesting than some of those ghastly bog freshener style scents. I could crap on re this for ages AND have just realised that the Moon in Libra is precisely conjunct MY Moon…as i type.
- “…Head spacing the substances found (stealing their aromas through scientific instrumentation) as with Nenúfar, the flower’s perfume was diffused into a polymer filter with the air around it and then reconstructed as the aroma of the Blue Lotus, a bloom sacred to all Pharaohs. The flower’s chemistry contained a hallucinogen, myristicin. Egyptians got high steeping the petals in wine and drinking the wine. (The poem ‘The Land of the Lotus Eaters’ depicts this). The chemistry of the flower’s perfume is kept intact with the humble nutmeg spice, which contains myristicin.
- Reconstruction from materials found, as with Pyxis, derived from floral, herbal and spice spores found in the garden of a perfumer, believed to be called Sperato, at Pompeii. These, along with substances garnered from the four corners of Empire, re-created Pyxis. A pixie fresco on the wall at the House of the Vetii in Pompeii gave the fragrance its name.…”
Tags: Alchemy, Ancient Egypt, astrology scent, Blue Lotus, David Pybus, fragrance, Indiana Jones, Nenufar, Pompeii, Pyxis
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for anyone interested here is a link to the details of the ancient oil and incense recipes of the hebrew temple. There is much conjecture as to the exact recipes caused by the argument as to whether cannibas was included.
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Also David saw in another post, somewhere, sometime that you’re having a big 50 shindig this weekend…if you stop by here before launching into said revelery….have a wonderful birthday.
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hey seuss thank you for sharing that mad ancient apothecary info davidl i have used some of those combos without knowing they were used in those ways by your crew it’s so much nicer to see something related to one of the big three book wielding religions that isn’t about fighting and war on some strip of land or some other war it’s all so martian this oil info is most def sensual and venusian and i’m loving it – the parsley and salt thing you mentioned too I was thinking how cleansing – that would def freshen your breath if you were hanging out in the desert with caves and camels and caravanserai and some fishermen etc 1000 or whatever years ago.
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o yes and finally the day has dawned david – HAPPY BIRTHDAY – hopefully some of the old delta nine will be used to ring in the 51st year xxx hope u have a great day & that someone you love (or maybe an enigmatic stranger – it is scorp moon…) anoints you.
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Happy Birthday davidl! Did you know? 50 is the new 30?? At least that’s what I’m telling everyone. I figure if I start now, it will be in full swing by the time I get there.
But I SOO think its true.
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Happy B-Day for the 12th, David.
That was a super interesting site. Had some galbanum once.
It’s was used as a fixative base with other EO’s. A very dark & mysterious aroma.Par fume…by smoke, doesn’t it mean to send the fumes/smoke to the heavens?
Like you, Myst, would love to explore Scents of Time, but not without
sampling it first, it’s a lot to spend on an unknown, huh?
read somewhere that the Blue Lotus was not an actual lotus flower & grown in the Himalayas as well,
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thanks LL and Pegasus, 50 down 50 to go..
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i must know what the pixie fresco looks like i had no idea the italians had pixies i thought that was a british isles thing brownies and all that sylkies they are the ones who fascinate me roan inish what was that film about the sylkies damp and romantic looking it was i knew the italians had strega and their own whole big pagan thing going on wearing tiny scissors round their necks etc. fascinating
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Reminds me of the that movie Perfume … loved the whole idea that this dude born in a swill of fish guts couldn’t feel normal human emotion except via his acute sense of smell. The end was just brilliant and obviously not subject to any Hollywood style focus groups.
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i am sensing you abhor anything you feel is contrived and i’m appreciating your ability to announce it concisely to the room (hilarious i just wrote womb) / world
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was chatting to one of my best friend’s tonight (Virgo with Saggo Asc) who told me blunty that I use my high minded set of principles to isolate from normal humans who basically don’t think too much or as deeply about how they behave and mostly act on instinct. Personally I couldn’t see the problem…
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Hehehe.
I was told by two employers in succession that my intellect was a problem. Close friends have also told me that I think too fast for mere mortals and that I shouldn’t expect others to live up to my high standards. I finally gave up on academe because I found their aproach to thinking and ideas too stunted.
I’ve been identifying with your frustration recently Prowln – you are not alone.
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that comment was meant for prowlncat. We posted at exactly the same time! Do you have merc in Gemini?
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no, aries!
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being smart IS a challenge blossom – it’s like a sword you have to wield in a certain way otherwise it turns on you quickly and efficiently harikari oops i fell on it.
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hehe… neither do i.
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it is certainly important to be selective when mingling with the primal types i suppose the motive is the key what is the isolation for? how does it serve you or are you serving it in the end once it becomes habitual or obssessive – which is inevitable when engaging in a separatist lifestyle. it’s good your friend was blunt she knows how to make you think about something after she is gone she selected the ideal catalyst
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I think it also kind of depends on whether the effect it has on others matters to you. I’ve been struggling with this re the Aquarian recently. I would make the same observation about him as your friend did of you. He says he doesn’t give a toss what other people think of him. But I have watched him isolate himself, ruin his professional credibility and alienate virtually all his friends in the last 15 months. It has left him unemployed, isolated and lonely. He has noticed in as much as he commented that I was about the only person still speaking to him.
The trouble is, although he is going through a particularly difficult period of transformation, he has hurt an awful lot of people in the process. Whilst he is a very deep thinker, some of his thoughts/theories have been plain wrong/offensive/destructive, and he has been totally closed to comment or debate. He brought the organisation we worked for to its knees.
High minded principles are good, in my book, but not when they hurt self or others. My cancer moon is always advocating that everyone has a value and a role (albeit not necessarily in my life
). And do we not have a duty to share the results of our deeper thinking with those who can’t????I think the Aquarian’s principles and isolation have made him very unhappy. He has a leo moon, so needs an audience for fun. I’m hoping it is a phase he will recover from.
My mum used to have “no man is an island entire of himself” on her bedroom wall. I always think of that when struggling with “stupid” people
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lol you guys are funny and always (thankfully) give me a chuckle. But seems as if I’ve painted myself as a shut-in surrounded by 50 cats, wall-to-wall newspapers and a 1950s teaspoon collection!!
Not true … although at times I might wistfully wish for such a life. I actually know a stack of folks from CEO’s to skid row bums. Not fussy so long as they have something interesting to say. So no I don’t physically isolate. But you know, like that ad says … often I just seem to “think different”.
I’m just looking forward to the days when we finally meet the Vulcans and get to have sex with robots. I’m sure I’ll fit right in!
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i love old enamelled souvenir teaspoons and especially jam spoons they are bigger i carry a silver teaspoon with me at all times in case food happens
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You know, NNB, I have only ever known two librans – both nauseatingly self obsessed. You are giving me a completely different perspective on the genus
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thanks blossie – not sure how the enamelled teaspoon thing prompted that but this libran is always happy to take make off with a compliment. The rest of the chart tells the tale I always think not just the sun sign. The glare of the sun can be blinding
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… in case food happens …
A virgo pal always used to carry a spoon too.
One of the aformentioned self obsessed librans of my acquaintance, and aunt with scorp moon, is the topic of a family competition. The aim is to see how quickly she turns the conversation around to her. Extra points for bad taste. Record so far is just under a minute – Pa had just undergone several hours emergency surgery for a burst aneurysm; yes she knew what it was like because she was “dying” from a slight cold.
Yeah, I know she is not typical, but …. she is relentless …
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how funny – i too have scorp moon – which is obviously why i have just made this all about me and not your aunt with same ;o)
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sex with robots? I like the sound of that:)
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nod nod
no backchat … can be turned on/off at will! HALLELUJAH!
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preferably one that looks like Jude Law
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jude law? i’ve always found him to reek vaguely of smarmy reptile – like he’d get that fly that’s hovering round your face with his 6 ft uncoiling tongue in a flash – i’m a clive owen kinda gal when i’m being that kinda gal he’d just stare at fly intensely and it would spontaneously combust.
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mmm 6 ft uncoiling tongue …. reminds me of this movie I saw the other night were Kyra Sedgwick advised: if you like a guy, ask what he likes for dinner. If he says pussy … invite him over straight away …
ewwwpsssss *slaps self*
yes clive owen is lovely too
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just watched a film about king arthur with clive owen doing that intense stare … mmm …. shame it also had keira knightly to spoil it.
Sorry NNB, misread – I thought you said YOU would sponetaneously combust
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o no that’s just what I was thinking i didn’t say it – the eyes on that man – children of men is that what the film was – intense
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Our thoughts are coloured by our experiences, plus a dash of concern
Now if they were LOL cats, you would be in good company. Sum uf dem iz clever moggies.
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Yeah, no man’s an Island…but some are long Peninsulas.
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i appreciate a bit of a walk but am not in the least bit attracted to the man who is an isthmus – he’s the one you hang with on your way to or from another
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