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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 2h

We've been working on designing new packaging for the past 1 year+ and had the eye opening revelation that a lot of "U.S. manufacturers" are really just English speaking middlemen who send your project to still be manufactured abroad in China, Turkey, Vietnam etc.

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 4h

Whenever you come back, just know this is how fast Ill be buying tickets 😌

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 4h

Hiii! Do you think you'll be back in LA before the end of the year?

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 20h

Immeasurably excited about revisiting the wild childhood fever dream that is Killer Klowns with the 4D viewing experience youve created!! 🤡🍿 Happy to hear that youre honoring your creativity and your body in the face of the ever present pressure to grind and produce 🤎

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 20h

Hot girl stuff this week: finished recreating the smell of a lightning storm. An accord that is both cool air, thick atmosphere, and lingering electric heat ⛈️ #perfumesky

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 20h

The Sichuan and Paprika extracts are quite good! The capsaicin has been isolated out and we're left with earthy, fruity (citrusy kinda hoppy), and anticipation - they smell like a hot thing waiting to surprise you but no hots!

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 6d

Sadly this is a common dynamic for ceasefires. Violence often intensified dramatically right before parties come to the table as military forces try to grab as much land/leverage as possible. Or in this case, get in as much killing and destruction as possible before the deadline.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 6d

If you were getting ready to sign a ceasefire it seems odd to continue to rain down bombs all the way up to that signing.

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 7d

#Jinx from #arcane as a perfume: gunpowder, industrial smog, spray paint, mutated zaun fruit (apple with a hint of cannabis)

samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 7d

Clowns are BACK

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 7d

Pepper materials evaluation with our friends at D.Grayi. One of these is 500k scovilles & two of us found out the spicy way 🥵 #perfumesky #perfumery

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 7d

But he can't truly redeem himself while pretending to be someone else and rejecting the reality that he is the cause of his own dissatisfaction. I hope the show doesnt give us a pat ending to neatly diffuse the tension bc theres so much potential.

samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 7d

Russ is insufferable & his only saving grace was his talent on the field. When he steps into his Chad mask & tries to get up to old antics, he's confronted by the fact that pple only gave him the time of day bc he had (greatly diminished) star power at his back. Now he knows how alone he truly is.

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 7d

Can we talk about Chad Powers and how it's not actually telling an underdog story? Russ aka Chad torpedoes his career & spends nearly a decade believing he's a victim. Instead of owning his shortcomings, he schemes his way back into the limelight. #Chadpowers

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 8d

Two sisters, ever at (often) violent odds, living parallel lives where they each desperately seek belonging. Neither believing in their own capacity for goodness, but offering an abundance of forgiveness and second chances to those lucky enough to be loved by them. #arcane

samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 8d

Arcane is a gorgeous allegory for duality. The technologically advanced utopia that can only exist at the cost of an impoverished and abused undercity, held in the strangle hold of the utopian city's unchecked ambition. #arcane

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 8d

We had fun exploring everyone's creations and the myths that inspired them! The show was really well attended and we had some lovely conversations 😊

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 8d

I think we forget that contrasts create our perceptions. We know what feeling really good means because we've experienced grief

samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 8d

"Death and Other Joys," the perfume we drafted in tandem during our 6 hr residency with Craft Contemporary and IAO is balanced on the connective tissue between grief and joy. Death is real, loss is real, and joy becomes sharper by contrast. #perfumesky #perfume

A Taiwanese person on the left and a Black person on the right both wearing N95 masks, all black outfits, their hands lightly touching. They are standing against a white wall with a ghostly image and jar containing ceramic beads soaked in perfume.

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 8d

Reading "Blindsight" by Peter Watts and the foreword by Elizabeth Bear has been on my mind as we see pple succumb to cold indifference as protection from grief and feeling helpless. #booksky

A kobo reader in dark mode with a black case and white text on the screen and a fuzzy gray blanket underneath.

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · 8d

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sparking joy this summer: Beach Berry by @samarperfumery.bsky.social, aka my signature summer scent

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · Jun 16

Hihi Perfume lovers! We're setting up a fundraiser raffle to support street vendors being targeted by ICE here in LA! All we need are your unused/gently used perfumes to create prize bundles for raffle winners! DM if youd like to contribute 🫶 #perfumesky #perfume #sotd

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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · Jun 11

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · May 14

Using freshly acquired photoshop skills to put our friends baby in outlandish settings 👶🏽

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samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · May 9

Im fully here for it!

samar.scent.studio @samarperfumery.bsky.social · Apr 30

Is it just my algorithm or is 2000s-esque emo pop punk making a comeback??

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