Volatile Fiction

A Finnish indie perfumer and writer in England

Month: January 2015

A small John Lennon interlude

January 13, 2015nukapai 2 Comments

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Pia Long is an independent perfumer, fragrance industry professional, writer and a bit of a nerd. This is her personal blog. If you want to find out more pop over here.

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Just had a moment where I realised just how our jaws would have dropped when Nick and I first met, on a perfume tour I’d arranged - if we’d have known where we’d end up together. @nickrgilbert is here today, doing some compounding for me. As it happens, this is a jasmine accord in progress (and does contain a high % of jasmine absolute). But even when you measure in just two things: indole & benzyl alcohol, your brain starts to tell you “jasmine”. #perfume #duft #parfum #fragrance #perfumery #britishperfumery #flowers #britishbusiness #olfaction #friendship

Pia & the Gilberts, soon to play Beach City? 🤔 Had a *lovely* visitor today; enjoyed spending the day with Karen Gilbert 😍 ... my favourite moment was when Karen, upon smelling an EdT I am working on said “I know this might sound a bit weird, but...” and then went in to describe what the fragrance brief had been, word-for-word! That was extraordinary. Once an evaluator, always an evaluator, perhaps, but that was spectacular.

Just back from seeing the Tolkien exhibition at the Bodleian Library, Oxford - packed full of Tolkien’s original letters, doodles and drawings, plus objects from his study. Was an oddly emotional day because I couldn’t help but think back to the 6-year old Finnish girl that was drawing Smaug and hobbits; never in a million years expecting to end up here. And now, with the bittersweetness of the current mood in the country, it is as though acrid smog from Mordor was poisoning every good thing left. Could someone please chuck that ring in the fire from whence it came already? I want to get back to loving this country and its culture. #tolkien #oxford #lotr #middleearth #literature #fantasy

#garden having a last big bloom in our uncharacteristically warm October

LOOKATMYLOVELYPRESENTSFROMNICKTHATIGOTJUSTBECAUSETHEYARELIKEMUPPETS (yeseventheAlienMuglerrainbowedition) 😍🌈😍🌈🤪 ... aaand breathe. #fluffy #muppets #stationeryaddict #thierrymugler #rainbow #alien

One spot, two views: our lab at dusk. Trees lit on golden fire by the setting sun. Happily no fires when you turn around. #autumn #england #nature #perfumery #laboratory

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