Friday, October 01, 2004 AMORAMA -- -In the dark a louse is worse than a tiger- G.I.Gurdjieff -- About Aromatics "Aromatics exercise a great influence at all levels of consciousness and with all forms of life; it is perhaps true to say that the lower forms of life are more certain in their understanding of aromatics and re-act accordingly. In the animal world scent or perfume is mostly associated with sex activities." From: AROMATICS in RITUAL and THERAPEUTICS – James Sturzaker – Metatron Publications – 1979 -- "If a mother stays in close contact with her baby for the first half hour of its life, she will be able to identify it by smell alone if tested six hours later. Few mothers are aware that they possess this remarkable ability because in modern times they are never required to put it to the test." "There are disadvantages to cuddlies. They can be rather unhygienic and they cause intense distress if they are lost or destroyed. Hygiene is a problem because part of their appeal is their special odor. If they are washed too thoroughly, they lose some of their charm, but occasionally this is inevitable. If they are mislaid, thrown away in disgust by someone who does not realize the object’s importance, destroyed, or if they have simply disintegrated through repeated use, a crisis may occur." From: BABYWATCHING – Desmond Morris – Crown Publishers Inc New York – 1991 -- ‘When I woke in the morning, I could hardy wait to get the latest mouse out of my bed and out of my lair. I didn’t know why, but I would awaken with the deadliest of depressions, the smell of the woman had gone very stale for me, and the armpits, the ammonias and the dead sea life of old semen and old snatch, the sour fry of last night’s sweat, the whore scent of overexercised perfume, became an essence of the odious, all the more remarkable because I clung to women in my sleep, I was one Don Juan who hated to sleep alone, I used to feel as if my pores were breathing all the maternal sweets of the lady, wet or dry, firm or flaccid, plump, baggy, or lean who was handled by me while we dreamed." Norman Mailer – The Time of Her Time – From: THE ESSENTIAL MAILER – New English Library – 1983 -- Bedtime Skin "It’s the ultimate opiate. In fact, skin full stop is pretty addictive – and the natural scent of it has to be one of the ultimate hedonistic pleasures, like a Byron-style trip (lounging in bed half-dressed, smelling all musky). "I smell people’s skin everywhere, all the time." Says Azzi Pickthall, the nose behind Agent Provocateur’s cult fragrance. "I really love smelling people’s stomachs and their hands; in fact the skin all over the body smells totally different." And the best thing about skin? It doesn’t cost a bloody thing. "Imatated in fragrance notes such as vanilla, amber and musk, the scent of skin is a base accord – the smell which lasts right to the end of a fragrance. "That smell in the bed lingers because it’s a base note," says Pickthall. "It’s the whole thing that people love, because the base notes are the ones that last. I tell you, it’s just like a relationship." ID Magazine – THE BEDROOM ISSUE – September 2001 -- And so to Bed "More than any other room in the house, the bedroom is a two-edged sword. As you drift off to sleep, your heart rate slows, eyes flicker and your subconscious takes over. Spit trickles out of your gaping mouth and your eyes fill with crumbs. In the bedroom, you’re vulnerable – to house-breaking burglars, infections taking advantage of your reduced immune system, a nudge in the back from an amorous bedfellow. The very room geared to making us the most relaxed leaves us the most exposed. You’re never alone in bed. Even the solo sleeper will share their bedspace with the odd stuffed animal, the occasional ship in the night, and the thousands of parasitic mites and bugs.As you drift off into fitful slumber, the little buggers will all feast gaily on you." ID Magazine – THE BEDROOM ISSUE – September 2001 -- posted by Walter at 10/1/2004 Sunday, September 26, 2004 R O S A R Y 2 -- Various truths Fake Feds Savvy baby Complexitis Cheesy lesbian No apparent season Dubious triplet Trompe Spring Alexander the Successor Wild Rochas Polite in Chantilly Absent schedule Shamrock’s comeback Gloom Safari The peacock and the frame Milan Noir Wenders- Groucho- Cooper 2 going 4 The Great- The Good- The Tribal Lingua Americana Mayfair Lady The reinvention of aim The Count of Vizcaya Cultural mileage Art sans frame Villains and visitors Quality purpose Art without memory IdeoFusion Varied fluids Thin-Yellow and light Cold Garage Urban conscience The contents of a woman Sci-Con The style clutch Piper and Provocateur Ballad of the Unclaimed Halfway mindset Groove fodder Semi-emotional Selective future Landmark makeover Beluga Grand Rasputin facsimile Bonsai Oil The Underdesigned Tora Bora Resort Disrecord Planted flower Retrograde mechanic Universal paradox The Culminator Momentum’s raw deal Concealed thought Up downward The unbody Private carrier Attachment & Punishment Eau Iconic Eau Oh Eau Dearest Tits and tatts Bar Mute Latin Utopia The Speedster & the Reptile Myths and Artefact An Act of law Supremo’s Court Unfortunate Wisdom Scentology Cranium stretch mark Luxury Ruin Fundamental variables VirusShare Eyeball Inferno Democracy unplugged The Mind Clutch Single company Nimble sweetheart Candy Future Breman’s Blueprint Chat surgeon Perfection and infinity The sewage meridian Crippling challenge Obesity & Observance Bamboo garden Usha’s Legend Blank numbers Necessary evil Big Sure The PM & the Prophet Layered goals Sleepover muse Improbable Diva Second most serious Bimonthly Antidote God’s End Boom Boo Leroy le Fame Jaded blonde Conversion and controversy Born and bruised Nerd Awards Sustainable Britney Flat concern Red Line District CubeWeb Formulaic junkie Bull movies Dyke visionary Cold Pass Crowdache Bonny le Fou Smoking in slow motion Smoking in the shade The dreamless bed The best dream ever Mental Bondage Global Null -- posted by Walter at 9/26/2004