HS3

Oh man – it’s good to have a new camera. While my Maxxum 7D from ‘04 was nice for its time (rest its little Minolta soul), this new D90 shows that they’ve come a long way since then. I was a big film snob for a while and only used the dSLR just for little here and there photography. I think this new camera will change my mind – it’s a really great piece of equipment.

Enough of that – on to the point. I got my gorgeous new bottle of Comme des Garcons LUXE Patchouli in this past week. Franco at luckyscent personally saw to my order and really did me good for samples on this order. I was thinking about getting it from beautyhabit (another great site!) because of their 10% off sale, but he promised to make up for the difference with samples. I really wanted the pyramid bottle rather than the cube, so that’s all I needed to hear to get it from luckyscent.

I’m still just as enamored by the gorgeous scent in the bottle (it’s sprayed on my arm right now and every time I catch a whiff, I’m more and more pleased with the purchase). I managed to get it at no cost out of pocket because I sold a couple Creeds to pay for it. Creed employs some really bizarre strong-armed tactics and legal threats to maintain their questionable history story and a recent example hit close to home and made me decide to no longer patronize that company. I sold the ones I could live without and kept a couple that I or the fiance really love (hey, morals only go but so far ).

PHOTOS!

I need to set up some new sets and such for photos like Nathan Branch does (incredible photos!), but until then, I hope you enjoy the same ol’ black on plexiglass look. Oh, and for those who wonder, it’s a 2 prong to 3 prong plug converter that’s holding the box up in the first photo – it was handy.

I recently ordered a bottle of the super limited edition Reve en Cuir by Indult and have been enjoying it immensely. Indult created this warm leather scent exclusively for Scent Bar, the brick and mortar store for Luckyscent.com in Los Angeles. When I first sampled it, I found it thin and a bit sweeter than I’d expected, but that was merely from a few swipes from the 1ml vial. Once it came time for me to pay it the attention it deserved with a full wear using an atomizer, it became a completely different animal. What once seemed too sweet and modest had become a voluptuous, rich leather. So, I sold a few unwanted bottles so I wouldn’t feel so bad about the cost, and a bottle was happily on its way to me. The GF told me that most leathers I have are authoritatively sophisticated and have great presence, but aren’t necessarily sexy. This one, she exclaimed, is far from the rest of the crowd. I think my leather genre is now complete.

Here are some photos of the packaging and unpacking it:

…and a few glamour shots…