what's the german word for the dissonance you feel when the very technology that will erode the last of our humanity is the same technology you're told you must learn, to ensure your own survival?

had to lie down after this

totally innocuous scent experience i cannot tolerate: a subway car full of people with their down jackets unzipped

my kingdom for a brain that codifies my creative process instead of starting from scratch and feeling my way through in the dark every. single. time. ❗️

nursing a sample of Osmanthe Yunnan, peachy petals and soft suede swirled into a tea, a beam of afternoon sun in September, the warm sinking feeling of falling asleep—JCE continues to architect dreams—I hate to stan an old white French man this hard

wearing L'Air de Panache (thank you Isaac!) and catapulted back to the first time I sampled CDG 2, the edges of my definition of perfume pulled wide and taut, the match struck against the flint of my brain. mark buxton I will always love you. wes anderson, on the other hand

the world's best perfume won't make you less of a shell of a human i'm sorry (lord knows I've tried)

the age of silicon valley convenience has convinced an entire generation that they are one short video, one designer bag, one gourmand perfume away from wisdom, taste, self-esteem

love the great tiktok migration to xiaohongshu and what that might do for sinophobia - hate that instead of addressing the problem, we're wired to look for a new convenient solution