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2024.05.17 01:55 Rednuht0 Tweets theory BB
Tried to post on other places but pretty sure it's gonna get deleted because it's meme related
I have been following the Kitty tweets mostly for entertainment, they are fun, but I think I see a theme. So here is my tinfoil hat theory.
1.It's not about GME anymore. The game powerup logo, batman tweet says - now we have a symbol, that is a warning, fear etc.
Braveheart meme, dying gamestoooop rallying cry - Wallace dies at the end of movie, but inspires with his death.
Finally, the diversion tweet, magic, the prestige, kasas city shuffle. Everyone is looking at GME stock again, but that's the diversion, kansas shuffle
- So what is it if not GME ?? He is, saying he is very careful what he says so listen. He is posting SIGNS. What signs do many of the tweets have in common?
Candman says "Be đ my victim" with the bee emoji after the word be =BB
It's Britney Bitch BB
Goosebumps- Bear Beware BB
Busta rhymes -Busta Bust BB
Breaking Bad, and Jason Borne in Boston might be a stretch, but
BLACKBERRY. There is some dd out there about solid fundamentals for BB..
Not a bagholder, I only played amc in 2021.
My positions : shares and june/July calls
Just lottos, not full porting on some meme tweets, but this a casino, so I'm gonna gamble.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk
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2024.05.15 05:53 SlimeSpree MEGA SIZED Rodem review (with many pics!)
| Rodem Slime Shop 7.5oz for $12.99-19.50 Labels are now waterproof! Yaaay! đȘđ» I was so excited to get into this giant package from one of my favourite stores, and one I really love to support as they deserve it! This was actually a couple of orders I placed over time and Rodem contacted me to ask me if I wanted to combine them which demonstrates their incredibly attentive customer service. Usually the customer needs to contact the store for this to happen. Included inside was powdered borax, a free gift slime for each order plus one more because it was a large order and they are generous. This exchange with Rodem got us chatting and then something very special transpired but I will post separately about that as I have to cram a lot of slime into this review and have limited space for images! I had to brew a cup of tea, sit down and take my time going through all of these to make sure I combined all the correct things! It helps a lot that they are all pictured on the enclosed invoice but it would be helpful if they were packaged together. That having been said, separating the heavy pots of slime from the clays is a good idea when the order is this big and heavy so I can't complain! - LEMON TART (DIY butter snowfizz, lemon cookie scented)
This smelled OH SO good. The lemon and the cookie notes comes through and were just delicious and very realistic smelling! Sometimes lemon scent is reminiscent of citrus scented cleaning products to my nose but not this, this was an excellent effort. but My clay lemon was a little squished but clay often can be due to being delicate and tricky to package and the issue is not uncommon with any company. The clay was soooo very soft, moist and pleasant to squish into the base. After you take the base out the pot you are met with a little bit of âcaramelâ sauce on the bottom of the pie. Itâs all very mouth watering. This was the perfect, massively inflatable snow fizz and I was so in love with it. It was super crunchy and had the expected abundance of ASMR fizzles. It was beautifully activated and in every way a perfect slime. Some may find snow fizz a bit pokey but this wasnât bad at all, the inflation was very cushioning! https://preview.redd.it/wtbtvsydai0d1.jpg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0666d6916014f49d076dc2eb32c19490944c76f - TEA TIME (DIY clay, strawberry, blackcurrant, blackberry blended fruity scent)
The scent is fresh, fruity and yummy and the charms SO charming and well thought out! This clay was slightly stiffer and a tad dried out but the base extremely moist, silky and jiggly with tons of resistance on the pulls and I didn't end up with any lumps. It becomes extremely light, puffy, chubby and flubbery with massive pops and medium to soft clicks on the pokes which get louder as it inflates. I love Rodemâs take on this texture, it has all the awesome elements of the fluffy slimes I got from Seoul Gage but was more robust with no destabilisation issues (I found the SG ones a little dehydrated and sticky the next time I played.) https://preview.redd.it/uggzl3jxai0d1.jpg?width=5069&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b0aff4fec5a963375e26dba47933e031964192c1 - BUMPER CAR (silica sand x salt, rose scented, also a choice of peach scent if you prefer)
I love rose scent and this was PERFECT! It isnât a perfume type scent, just pure, sweet rose water like rose Turkish delight or, indeed, actual rosewater. I was utterly obsessed! This was a stunning slime with a beautiful iridescent pink topper and the most gorgeous little pink bumper car charm. It sounded absolutely incredible to crunch and combine. The little pops, sizzles and crackles were out of this world. This was so heavy in silica crystals and yet not pokey as the pieces were quite smooth and small but of course your mileage may vary. I canât express just how much I adored this slime, one of my all time favourites! https://preview.redd.it/16uyngjsbi0d1.jpg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aca9e164028150c88c86158d328adefb6b3e6cbf https://preview.redd.it/eeqlwp5vbi0d1.jpg?width=3006&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b386a343da46f684d4352e6e497fea9b19a61681 https://preview.redd.it/tbbnwgzwbi0d1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e6f008ea26eb215ac1d38dc74b63cae76f4b69c - YUMMY POPCORN (styrofoam slay, caramel popcorn scented)
The fact this comes with a little paper popcorn bag containing the Styrofoam "popcorn" is the cutest touch ever! I adore Rodem, they think of everything to make the experience so incredibly fun. This smells just like freshly popped caramel popcorn with a tiny hint of sweet corn, I loved it! The two hyperrealistic popcorn charms that comes with it are hilarious! The base was soft, jiggly, super clicky and fluffy and the Styrofoam really satisfying to crush into it. I just couldnât get over how spectacular the scent was, it was making me hungry! This slime was a slightly looser slay texture and needed a little bit of activator to aid in handleability but not much. It had a few nice medium pops in it but very little hold, which unfortunately isnât to my taste but many people love that. I was tied over this slime as the scent was just divine but I prefer more holdable textures. That is a reflection on my personal tastes however, not the slime which was great! If you like jiggly slays youâll fall in love with this. I may not be a slay person but there is no way this wasn't going be a keeper, it had just too good a scent and crushing the styrofoam is great fun! https://preview.redd.it/x9yw1riaci0d1.jpg?width=9009&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f3ceaaf5020ef0116257b956ce3da686e84b61c - CAROUSEL (DIY clay, citrus fruit and aloe blend scented)
The scent wasn't bad but just wasn't a hit for me, a personal taste thing again. The clay was a little bit smooshed and it was tricky to tell what it was but extremely, soft squishy and moist. (Incidentally it was, you guessed it, a carousel đ ) The base was quite loose and jiggly and called for a little bit of activator but very soft, chubby, quite matte and pleasant in the hands. This combined into a huge, soft, marshmallowy mound of slime with a lovely plush surface. Super stretchy and fun to fold for soft bubble pops and lovely soft sizzles. It was a little on the loose side for my personal tastes but slay lover will again adore this! It was a well made slime. https://preview.redd.it/d6t6p7llci0d1.jpg?width=5515&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fff18d675300332aa3e06239028d0de57701e0c1 - EMMENTAL CHEESE CAKE (DIY clay/butter, savoury cheese cookie scented)
This was a very interesting, fun and unusual scent. A little sweet but notably savoury with a subtle hint of cheese. The first time I played with it I enjoyed the novelty but the second time I wasnât sure if I loved it enough to buy again. Itâs hard to describe but definitely worth trying. The HUUUUUGE cheese clay came in a sealed package and was so soft and pleasant to squish. It became a ginormous, matte, sort of butter texture, which was both fairly holdable and yet exceedingly soft. It stuck to my play area a bit. It was quite a job to handle it on account of its size and a difficult texture to describe. It didnât feel sticky at all on my play surface but stuck to my hands when I tried to pick it up and stretch it. When I pressed my hand into it on the surface it didnât stick or feel sticky but if I picked it up to try and stretch it, it was very gooey and hard to shape. Activator didnât seem to make that much of a difference. This was a texture unlike any other Iâve experienced. Itâs one Iâm a little lukewarm on but still enjoyed playing with for an unusual experience and worth it for the mega-sized clay cheese alone! https://preview.redd.it/0kgtacjfdi0d1.jpg?width=5846&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=075fb7676513e410ab1c2962e84c2cbec9cd13b7 - MIXED COFFEE (super gloss thick T&G, mixed coffee and coffee ice cream blend scented)
This was a delicious, very creamy coffee ice cream/frappe coffee creme scent, very rich with subtle notes of chocolate. It was a medium thickness, super clicky, moist glossy texture with decent resistance on the stretch. Very good and elastic with tons of bubble pops and wet crackles. This was an extremely pleasant and easy to play with moist and jiggly glossy slime. The longer you play the looser it gets but not problematically so. https://preview.redd.it/hhob7e8ndi0d1.jpg?width=4823&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eac50e47e3ae4040528d30a10444dede22dea5aa - FUJI APPLE ICE CREAM (DIY cloud creme, apple scented)
A lovely, fresh, crisp apple scent. The clay apple is so cute with its velvety exterior and so perfectly made. It was amazing fun to squish. This combined to a super stretchy and ultra fuzzy cloud creme. It was extremely light and super sizzly. This was another texture which is familiar and yet very unusual on account of the extreme fuzziness. I loved it and found it pretty amazing to look at! https://preview.redd.it/o5fah6ugei0d1.jpg?width=4905&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3941974b12b9e28570cad567ace8fb1fa46f2d9 - FLAT PEACH CAKE (DIY clay and coated jelly/fluffy snow, peach scented)
The base has an absolutely beautiful fresh peach scent. Another stunningly well made clay which looks so much like a peach with the way they have created the fuzzy surface and peachy-perfect colour shift. It was soft and great fun to combine into the jelly base. The resulting slime was nice and clicky with big, soft bubble pops. It really felt plush and soft-surfaced on my fingers as I stretched it and was very moist, chubby, jiggly and flubby when I set it down. This was ultra inflatable with nice soft sizzles. https://preview.redd.it/u2372z0wei0d1.jpg?width=5691&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f60afeb65d0269a8d83619526e9b97a4c264cb49 - YAKULT GELATO (DIY snow creme, Yakult scented
A pleasant, mild, fruity yogurty scent. The little scoops of ice cream were so soft, moist and great to squish. This started off with lots of resistance and a nice plush feel as I pulled it. It had moist clicks and soft bubble pops. While it gave a little bit as it warmed up, it did retain a bouncy and elastic stretch with a nice little bit of resistance. This is another fun, boingy, flubby, jiggly texture, which is super inflatable and great fun to play with. https://preview.redd.it/uaecn0p0fi0d1.jpg?width=8457&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0009976a0dc188ea74922188d351bcc7aeef8dd1 - MY COSY SPACE (cloud slime, sweet juicy peach/added perfume)
Itâs so ironic that cloud slime is my favorite and yet I have so very few of them retained in my collection as I just canât find ones I love that drizzle perfectly! I was very, very excited for a cloud from Rodem but also anxious as clouds are so rarely perfectly in line with the exact level of drizzle Iâm looking for! I absolutely ADORE the aesthetic with the soft little rug that comes with it in the shape of Rodemâs bunny logo and the couch charm, how stinking CUTE! The slime even matches! I think this is the best charm/slime combo I have ever seen, a big standing ovation for Rodem on this incredibly whimsical and charmingly presented slime! The scent was a relaxing and homely peachy perfume with notes of bubble bath and baby powder. The drizzle was good!! True cloud is a hard slime to make to spec and, in light of that, a lot of companies donât really bother with it. Iâm so happy Rodem did and did such a great job. It was very soft and plush with gorgeous blankety folds and I have everything crossed they make more of this texture soon. I have no idea what Iâll do with the delightful little rug other than treasure it forever! Haha! Even just looking at these photos as I type out the review I'm smiling again! I wish this slime was my dressing gown! haha! - ONIGIRI (white glue foam chip, savoury black sesame.)
Another incredibly interesting and unique savoury scent. This was definitely giving sesame seed/oil, albeit a bit more subtle than the real thing. I would say your mileage may very on this scent, it wonât be for everyone but it is certainly worth trying for a whole new experience. This was a medium thickness, glossy texture which was very chewy and clicky. The foam pieces were quite hard and angular but crushable if you really go for it. This was a very novel floam texture which made a great change from the usual balls. This was exploding with fantastic crackles and pops, top tier sounds. I think the angular foam is even better for trapping air as this slime sounded like a tiny elephant stampeding in a bubble wrap factory! I got some big air pocket type bubbles from this one too! https://preview.redd.it/t6eh86yigi0d1.jpg?width=5986&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5954f9b63ef8b82f6b18c833abed2b45aa816ce0 - FRENCH APPLE PIE (white glue/snow/fluffy, French apple pie scented)
The apple and the crust both come through in the scent, as well as a little hint of caramel (which is very typical of a French tarte tatin, well done Rodem!) The little doilies in the bottoms of the clay pots (even though the clay is wrapped) are yet another gorgeous little touch that impress me about these guys, I love their intimate attention to detail. The clay was again super soft and pleasant to squish into the nice, clicky base. This was a lovely, chubby, stretchy slime. It was a little on the thicker side and created satisfying farty bubble pops. C'est bon! - SAKURA SAND (sand slime, sakura flower scented)
This is an absolutely beautiful scent. A slightly cotton candy leaning sweet Sakura. I love pink, I love sand slimes and I love Sakura scents so this really pleased me! Unfortunately I found it very sticky and loose so added a lot of activator until it was more resistant and was able to get it where it needed to be. Once I did it had great bubble pops and was a very sand-dense and crunchy/sizzly sounding slime, the exact sort of sand slime I like. https://preview.redd.it/z24t4ms5hi0d1.jpg?width=5704&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38d0ba14bbeeec427f15096407d5c23c0c9f0f67 - STRAWBERRY MATCHA SUGAR CAKE (snow fizz, strawberry matcha scented)
A nice scent with both strawberry and Matcha coming through. This was an extremely fluffy, airy snowfizz with tons of fantastic ASMR sounds, so fizzy, sizzly and fun to inflate and tingle-inducing to deflate. It started off feeling like a light, sugary super airy scrub and got denser as I played. Another great slime. https://preview.redd.it/2yfdnspdhi0d1.jpg?width=5788&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2498da365a7c185a377dd2a8b7bbf12c9b80e52e https://preview.redd.it/pt6a3kjbhi0d1.jpg?width=6051&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e7081712ecf6916d69111bfd736883628f12a6b - TANGHULU BALL (big foam ball, strawberry-ade)
This had a very subtle strawberryade scent. The giant floam balls were a total novelty to me and SO much fun! Who doesnât love the feeling of big balls in their hands!? đ The base was quite loose and wonderful for plentiful crackles and pops. I really enjoyed this! https://preview.redd.it/37msqhrnhi0d1.jpg?width=8440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=65fa12490f41bec1c7c30cea77764e8082b63382 - STEAMED BUN (chewy mochi texture, sweet red bean BingSu)
This was an extremely savoury scent, there is some sweetness there but it was very much umami focused and I really enjoyed it! I was getting notes of red bean with a saltiness. This is a moist, super clicky, jiggly slime with two large sponges in it that crush like jelly cubes. This is extremely bubbly and full of juicy wet crackles and high pitched big pops. You can create absolutely gargantuan air bubbles with this texture. If you, like me, donât typically enjoy loose jiggly slimes, there is a damn good chance that you will enjoy this as I loved it! It was just so multifaceted with what it offered. First, you have the unusual scent which is pretty intriguing and different. Then you have the two giant cubes to crush which is always nice. Then you have the joy of the crackles, pops and loud clicks. Finally, you have the enormous bubbles! You just canât not have fun with this! That bubble (slubble?) was bigger than me!! - PLOP DUCKLING (Snow creme, lemon meringue scented)
This has a gorgeous and accurate sweet and creamy lemon meringue scent. Itâs so much fun watching the little duckâs butt slowly dive into the slime when you pop him on there. This was exactly the texture and scent I fancied finishing on and quite by chance it was! I couldnât find Rodemâs description for this oneâs texture until later so I had no idea what to expect as I had forgotten, what a joy!!! This combined into a really lovely, soft sage green. This is another light, soft, squishy, chewy and chubby inflating texture that ends up airy and puffy. I absolutely loved it! Unfortunately that is one more image than I am able to embed on Reddit so please click here to see it! With Rodem, nothing is fully predictable and every texture brings with it a nice surprise. This is especially pleasing to experience when you place big orders. There is nothing more disappointing to me than buying a lot of slimes from a company just to discovered there is hardly any nuance between them and the experience is basically a rinse and repeat one, texturally identical and/or predictable. Rodem break the mold and throw in some very unusual elements and scents. Their themes are so well thought out and utterly charming and beautifully presented. They produce so many textures and master them, each one designed with so much love and attentiveness. I really adore this company and feel they work hard to bring joy and excellence to the slime community. Recently one of the more commercial slime companies was caught using Rodemâs brand as a key word on their google ads to steer business away from them and onto their own website which I thought was in very poor taste. It is however testament to the fact that they knew Rodem was a company slime enthusiasts were talking about. And so we should be! It is my pleasure and honour to continue supporting this wonderful company. I'm so excited to see what they come up with next! I loved pretty much every slime and the ones I didnât were more so a personal taste thing than a quality control issue. There were a couple I found less handleable or with activation issues (Emmental and Sakura Sand) but that is pretty damn good going for an order this huge and the sand one was easily fixable. A well deserved 9.9/10 submitted by SlimeSpree to Slime [link] [comments] |
2024.05.10 10:45 DeviantKlown Chritmas (Gothic Christmas)
| Merry Chritmas (Gothic Element) https://preview.redd.it/titibt5u5lzc1.png?width=2912&format=png&auto=webp&s=1c6141921d722830d496ad7865eabb895a15e8ee Chritmas offers a fascinating blend of gothic and spooky elements with traditional Christmas and Yule traditions, centered around "Chrit Ghost," the gift-giving ghost. Here's an extended concept incorporating these themes: - Chrit Ghost:
- Chrit Ghost is a spectral figure cloaked in midnight black, with glowing eyes with moose skull and a hauntingly kind demeanor.
- Instead of Santa Claus, Chrit Ghost is the benevolent spirit who visits homes on Chritmas Eve, leaving mysterious gifts under shadowy Chritmas trees.
- Decorations:
- Gothic-inspired decorations adorn Chritmas trees, with dark ornaments like miniature coffins, black roses, and silver spiderwebs.
- Candles flicker in eerie candelabras, casting dim, flickering light reminiscent of old haunted mansions.
- Wreaths made of dried black roses and thorny branches hang on doors, adding a touch of macabre elegance.
- Feast of Shadows:
- The Chritmas feast, known as the Feast of Shadows, features dark delicacies like blood-red velvet cake, roasted black garlic potatoes, and mulled wine with a hint of cloves and cinnamon.
- Tables are draped in midnight blue and adorned with candelabras, skull-shaped goblets, and tarnished silverware.
- Chritmas Carols:
- Carols take on a haunting tone, with lyrics that weave tales of ghosts, witches, and ancient mysteries. Songs like "O Come, All Ye Spirits" and "The Haunted Bells of Chritmas" set the mood.
- Musicians play eerie melodies on violins, harpsichords, and haunting flutes, adding to the spectral ambiance.
- Chritmas Eve Rituals:
- Families gather around a crackling fireplace to tell ghost stories, sharing tales of apparitions, restless spirits, and mysterious happenings.
- Children leave offerings of dark chocolates and dried fruits for Chrit Ghost, hoping to receive ethereal gifts in return.
- Gifts from the Otherworld:
- Chrit Ghost leaves gifts that reflect the gothic and mystical themes of Chritmas, such as antique pocket watches, spellbooks filled with secrets, and enchanted crystals.
- Handcrafted items like gothic jewelry, leather-bound journals, and ornate masks hold special meaning in this ethereal exchange.
- Yule Traditions:
- Yule celebrations intertwine with Chritmas, incorporating ancient pagan customs such as burning Yule logs, decorating with holly and mistletoe, and honoring the rebirth of the sun.
- The Chritmas tree becomes a symbol of life and renewal, adorned with symbols of nature, magic, and the cycle of seasons.
- Spirit of Chritmas:
- Chritmas embraces the beauty of darkness and light, blending gothic aesthetics with the warmth of togetherness, generosity, and the joy of sharing stories and traditions.
- It's a time to honor the mysteries of the night, the spirits of the past, and the magic that surrounds us in both the seen and unseen realms.
Chritmas, with its Gothic and spooky twist on traditional Chritmas and Yule customs, invites us to embrace the enchanting shadows and mysteries that lie beyond the veil, celebrating the beauty of the unknown and the timeless spirit of giving and connection. Chritmas Cake (Traditonal Cake) Creating a Chritmas Cake with a black cranberry theme sounds intriguing! Here's a recipe for a delicious Black Cranberry Cake that combines the rich flavors of dark ingredients with the festive touch of cranberries: Ingredients: - 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup blackberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Powdered sugar (for dusting, optional)
Instructions: - Prepare the Ingredients:
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan or line it with parchment paper.
- Mix the Dry Ingredients:
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Mix until well combined.
- Prepare the Fruit Mixture:
- In a separate bowl, place the blackberries and dried cranberries. Pour the boiling water over the berries and let them soak for about 10 minutes. Drain the berries and set aside.
- Make the Cake Batter:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or using a hand mixer, beat the vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla extract until well combined.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until a smooth batter forms.
- Fold in the soaked blackberries and cranberries into the batter gently until evenly distributed.
- Bake the Cake:
- Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and smooth the top with a spatula.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the pan for about 10 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Decorate (Optional):
- Once the cake has cooled, you can dust the top with powdered sugar for a snowy effect, adding a festive touch to your Chritmas cake.
Slice and serve your delicious Black Cranberry Chritmas Cake as a delightful dessert for your Chritmas celebrations. The combination of dark flavors and tangy cranberries is sure to be a hit! Cobweb Tree Topper (DIY) A Cobweb Tree Topper for Chritmas adds a spooky and gothic touch to your holiday decor. Here's how you can make one: Materials Needed: - Black or dark-colored wire
- Black feathers or faux spider webs
- Small plastic spiders or spider ornaments
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
- Black spray paint (optional)
- Wire cutters
- Ribbon or string for hanging (optional)
Instructions: - Create the Base:
- Using the wire, shape a cone or pyramid structure to serve as the base of your cobweb tree topper. You can start with a smaller cone and gradually widen it as you go up.
- Secure the wire pieces together using hot glue to form a sturdy base.
- Add the Cobweb Design:
- Take the black feathers or faux spider webs and drape them over the wire structure. You can create a cobweb-like pattern by crisscrossing the feathers or webs in a random, intricate manner.
- Secure the feathers or webs in place with hot glue as needed to ensure they stay attached to the wire base.
- Enhance with Spiders:
- Attach small plastic spiders or spider ornaments to the cobweb design using hot glue. Place them strategically to create a creepy, crawling effect on the cobweb tree topper.
- You can also add some larger spiders crawling down the sides of the wire structure for a more dramatic look.
- Optional Spray Paint:
- If desired, you can spray paint the entire cobweb tree topper with black paint to give it a darker, more uniform appearance. Allow the paint to dry completely before proceeding.
- Attach Hanging Mechanism (Optional):
- If you want to hang the cobweb tree topper from the tree, attach a ribbon or string to the top of the wire structure using hot glue. Make sure it's securely attached and can support the weight of the topper.
- Place on Top of the Tree:
- Once your cobweb tree topper is complete and any paint or glue has dried, carefully place it on top of your Chritmas tree. Ensure it's balanced and securely attached to the tree's tip.
Your Cobweb Tree Topper for Chritmas is now ready to add a touch of gothic elegance and spooky charm to your holiday decorations. It's sure to stand out and create a unique focal point for your Chritmas festivities. submitted by DeviantKlown to u/DeviantKlown [link] [comments] |
2024.05.05 22:30 Gene_gnome1023 EU top 4 themed cocktails!
For context - my girlfriend and I wanted to make drinks to go with the semis/finals, and prepared for the EXPECTED top 4 teams⊠however, oxygen and resolve threw a wrench in those plans.
But with some quick adjustments, I present to you themed cocktails for the EU top 4!
(In order)
Potion of vitality - pineapple, mint, rum, club soda
Williamâs basil gimlet - gin, lime, basil, simple syrup
Os-kiwi melon Joyo-hito - kiwi, melon liqueur, blue curacao, rum, club soda
The gintlemate - blackberries, gin, cointreau, lime, club soda
Fittingly, the potion of vitality was our favorite :)
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2024.04.30 00:22 _Revelator_ Clarkson's Columns: My harvest hymn & An interview with Clarkson and Caleb
My harvest hymn â with added Chinese chemicals By
Jeremy Clarkson (
The Sunday Times, April 28)
Many of us will remember that Mungo Jerry song featuring the line, âHave a drink, have a drive. Go out and see what you can find.â And of course we all realise you canât even think that any more. And nor, really, is it considered acceptable to follow up with: âIf her daddyâs rich, take her out for a meal. If her daddyâs poor, just do what you feel.â Times have moved on.
Of course lots of lyrics now feel as if theyâre from another aeon. "Clair" by Gilbert OâSullivan especially. But you might think itâs impossible for the lyrics in a harvest festival hymn to become out of date. âWe plough the fields and scatter. The good seed on the land. But it is fed and watered by Godâs almighty hand.â Absolute timelessness. It was true ten thousand years ago and itâs true now.
No, it isnât. God doesnât water the land any more. The coal-fired Chinese power stations do that. And he doesnât feed it either. Thatâs handled by CF Industries, which makes all the chemical fertiliser that farmers use on their fields.
We donât even scatter seeds any more, because thatâs wasteful onanism. We drill them into the ground, at precise intervals and at a precise depth using a computer-controlled, ÂŁ40,000 seed drill. Thatâs towed behind a ÂŁ250,000 Case tractor, which was built in the factory where they used to make Tiger tanks. Not much Goddishness going on in any of that.
There isnât even any ploughing any more. In the olden days farmers would turn the top layer of soil over using a plough so that the weeds were buried. And because they were deprived of sunlight they died. It was a lovely, natural, rosy-cheeked way of creating the perfect seedbed for the following yearâs crop.
But then along came Little Miss Thunberg and her merry band of Packhamites, who decided that 1,500 billion tonnes of carbon is stored in the planetâs soil. And that if you turn this soil over with a plough, all of it will be released into the upper atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide. Which is bad. So the lovely, natural method of killing weeds had to stop. And instead farmers had to use chemical sorcery from Monsanto, BASF and the Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group.
Farmers didnât mind, if Iâm honest, because ploughing is extremely expensive. You simply would not believe how much diesel is needed to drag a two-tonne land anchor through a muddy field. Using weedkiller instead is much cheaper.
Or rather it was. But weedkiller prices have gone up dramatically in recent years. And from where Iâm sitting it doesnât really seem to work any more. Every year Kaleb goes into the fields like a rural Terminator, hosing down the weeds with his ungodly chemical sorcery and then, a few weeks later, Cheerful Charlie walks me through the same fields, pointing out the brome and the black-grass, which is easy to spot because itâs purple and green and completely immune to anything the worldâs chemists can throw at it.
So this year Charlie said we should become medieval and plough the fields instead. Selfish? Well, yes, this will shoot a tonne of CO2 into the troposphere and thatâs obviously bad. And Iâll use four times more diesel than I would if I used weedkiller. So thatâs not good for the environment either. But hereâs the kicker: I wouldnât be pumping any chemicals into the soil.
So thatâs the choice â soil or sky? You have to hurt one of them if you want to eat. I went for the sky and rented a plough.
I settled on an eight-furrow monster for two good reasons. Number one: the bigger the plough, the faster you get the job done. And number two: none of Kalebâs tractors would be powerful enough to pull it, so weâd have to use my 270bhp Lamborghini. Which would annoy him. Even admitting that itâs better than his tractors gives him a hot flush. Sometimes he vibrates with fury when he goes near it.
The only drawback to this cleverly wrought large plough plan was that, because Kaleb refuses to drive my tractor, Iâd have to do the ploughing.
This is something Iâve done before. It was on
Top Gear about 200 years ago and I did very well. Partly this was because my competitors in the ploughing competition were James May and Richard Hammond. And partly because one of the two judges was a really good friend of my mum.
In real life, though, things were different. I couldnât hitch the plough to the tractor without help. I couldnât do a three-point turn when it was attached. And I couldnât make the tractor move when the furrows were in the sodden soil. All four wheels just sort of spun. So I had to lift the plough slightly, which meant I wasnât ploughing. Or wiggle the steering wheel, which made big holes and, when it worked, caused me to set off in a new direction. It began to look as if a drunk, blind man with no arms was doing the ploughing.
All the time I was watching the fuel gauge plummet like the depth gauge in a holed submarine, and wondering if it might be cheaper, easier and kinder to the environment to use chemical weedkiller instead.
This is farming. Only last week I discovered that approximately 18 billion slugs have come to live in the fields where Iâve planted spring barley. If I adopt a live-and-let-live rewilding attitude and do nothing they will eat the lot and, next year, there will be no Hawkstone lager. As that makes no sense, I therefore have to pepper the field with slug pellets, which will kill them. Great. But these pellets will also kill all the worms. So whatâs the answer? There isnât one.
Similarly, I have signed up to the governmentâs eco-friendly grant scheme and will be planting things that arenât food in three fields. Theyâre good for the soil and theyâre good for my bank balance. But it means Iâm not growing stuff people can eat. I know one chap who has taken 60 per cent of his farm out of food production and heâs not alone. So yippee. All that stored carbon and all of that fixed-in nitrogen.
But what if you want some bread? Youâll have to get a loaf made from wheat that was grown abroad. And howâs that good for global warming? And will it have been grown under the same stringent rules that we have here? Or will it have been fertilised with human faeces? You face a choice then. Do you want net zero in the UK? Or do you want to eat a Mexicanâs turd?
Do you want lager or worms? Do you want healthy soil or a healthy sky? Do you want bees or orangutans? These are the questions Iâm facing every single day. Itâs a multiple-choice world of no right answers.
Which brings us back to another harvest festival hymn.
All things bright and beautiful. All birds that must be plucked. No matter what we choose to do, weâre well and truly.
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Kaleb Cooper: âIâve taught someone triple my age to do a better jobâ The Diddly Squat farmers Jeremy Clarkson and Kaleb Cooper are back for a third series. We put our wellies on to meet the odd couple of the Cotswolds By Ben Dowell (
The Times, April 29)
During filming for the forthcoming third series of
Clarksonâs Farm, Kaleb Cooper drove into work and saw Jeremy Clarkson vacuuming a blackberry bush. While the spectacle was âsomething I am never going to forgetâ, the sandy-haired, cherub-faced youngster was so unimpressed that he didnât even get out of his car to ask what was happening.
These two have grown into one of televisionâs best double acts. For the showâs executive producer, Peter Fincham, there is an âelement of Jeeves and Woosterâ about them, a delicious odd couple relationship that is all the more gratifying because the team didnât need to cast Cooper. He was already working on Diddly Squat Farm when the show started.
Cooper is a farmer to the tips of his muddy wellies and has taught Clarkson most of the practical business of farming his 1,000-acre establishment near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, as well as how hard the job is and the risks farmers take for little financial reward. Cooper may have just completed a sell-out national stage tour building on his popularity and more than two million Instagram followers. He may have been invited to No 10 to meet Rishi Sunak (more on that later), but everyone on the show â the producers, one of Cooperâs âChippyâ friends I spoke to and Clarkson himself â are clear: the 25-year-old hasnât changed one iota since the show started airing in 2021.
âI think itâs very easy to be grounded if you donât leave Chipping Norton,â Clarkson says. His girlfriend, Lisa Hogan, who has become another star of the show, agrees. âHow Kaleb comes across is exactly how he is. He is very thoughtful and kind and very bright. His use of language is also very easy on the ear. We could have had a monosyllabic tractor driver and that wouldnât have worked but we were lucky we had Kaleb.â
He has written two books as well:
The World According to Kaleb and
Britain According to Kaleb, with a third (
Life According to Kaleb) on the way. These ruminations are often spoken into a Dictaphone (supplied by his publishers) during the 18 hours he spends each day alone in his happy place, his tractor cab. The books now sit on the shelves that a ten-year-old Cooper and his carpenter father put up in the local bookshop. Though, of course, one of the running jokes in the show is that he has only read one other book in his life apart from his own, and that was one of Clarksonâs.
There is another moment in the new series when Clarkson and Cooper (who are in competition with each other across the eight episodes) are working a field when they spy someone in the distance on another tractor drilling âhisâ field. He is Andy Cato of the electronic pop duo Groove Armada, and Cooper seems totally nonplussed, not least because he doesnât know who or what Groove Armada is. The same probably goes for many of his near-neighbours, who include Joe Wicks, Simon Cowell, Natalie Imbruglia, David Beckham and Amanda Holden. When Cooper bumped into David Cameron (now Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton) in a local eaterie, he wasnât quite sure who he was either. Strangely Cooper is now as famous as at least a few of these people. His appeal extends across the globe â Andy Wilman, Clarksonâs old
Top Gear producer who edits the show, tells me that he rarely hears an English accent in the farm shop as tourists flock to see their agricultural idols.
Since
Clarksonâs Farm aired, Cooper told his theatre audiences, he has been offered snazzy haircuts from top-level salons, perhaps to stop the constant mickey-taking from Clarkson. But he still goes to the same local hairdresser.
Brilliant moments are not always captured by the cameras and while the team may wake up with plans, farmers and the showâs fans will know that the weather often has other ideas. âCheerfulâ Charlie Ireland, the farmâs land agent and adviser, does pop by a couple of times a day, as he does in the series, often to pour cold water on Clarksonâs latest schemes. But many of these moments are not filmed. Is that annoying?
âSometimes you think, âOh, that would be really good, thatâd be funny on TV,â but actually [the cameras] are not there,â Cooper says. âBut you donât say these things, to make it up for the TV. I may have taken drama in school, but I got a U in it, so actually Iâm not an actor.â
Clarkson agrees: âIt is [effortless] because I donât have to pretend to be someone else. With
The Grand Tour, Richard Hammond isnât as stupid as heâs made out. Iâm not as bombastic as is made out and James May isnât quite as boring as heâs made out. And so youâre playing a caricature, youâre playing a role, youâre there to provoke and be stupid. Here, we havenât got any of that. So weâre just ourselves. You get up and you just have to be yourself, which is incredibly relaxing. And in that regard it is effortless. Farming is not effortless. Make no mistake, the television side of it is a piece of cake because I donât have to think, âOh Iâd better say something idiotic now.ââ
âYou do that anyway,â Cooper says.
The two bicker in exactly the same way off camera as they do on. At the press conference for the new series they quarrelled with good humour about their dogs. Cooper says Clarksonâs pair of fox-red labradors (named Sansa and Arya after
Game of Thrones characters) are âposh manâs dogsâ who ânever do a thing he saysâ. Clarkson maintains that Cooper just locks his dog in his tractor cab. They also bicker about the goats Clarkson keeps. Clarkson likes their eyes and thinks they do a good job mowing his grass. Cooper thinks he should breed and slaughter them in the conventional way and sell goat meat in the farm shop.
There is a similar clash of approaches over the pigs. Cooper doesnât get as emotional as Clarkson and Hogan when things go wrong (and they do go wrong with the pigs this series). When Clarkson holds aloft a newborn piglet, Cooper calls him a âproud parentâ, which feels part mickey-take, part genuinely warm compliment â a common theme in their complex relationship.
Clarkson is learning to be more steely and is, Cooper says, actually now a âgood pig farmerâ. Is the younger man pleased that Clarkson has come on? Or is there a bit of him who would still enjoy showing him the ropes?
âI think thereâs a bit of a proudness of teaching someone maybe triple my age ⊠to go out and do a better job ⊠Hopefully Iâve taught him a lot about it. But heâs taught me so much equally about the television industry.â In fact, Cooper says, he has learnt so much that he cannot watch TV now because he knows how it all works behind the scenes.
He is a voice for farmers, showing us how hard the job of people who put food on our table is, and demanding that we respect it. Cooper has arranged two bursaries of ÂŁ3,000 plus a work placement for young farmers and is keen that more enter a profession where the average age is 59. When he met Sunak last May he was more interested in the PMâs hair than anything, principally because he didnât expect much from him.
âLetâs put it this way. If someone invited me tomorrow to go to a farm ⊠if I go to that farm and that farmer says to me, âKaleb, you know what, this week Iâm gonna plough that field,â I know for a damn fact that that farmer is going to go out there and plough that field because he said heâs going do it. If the prime minister or anyone from politics goes to me, âKaleb, Iâm going to do this next week,â theyâre not going to do it, are they?â
While he doesnât have much faith in our legislators making life easier for hard-pressed farmers or for supermarkets to pay them more, he must be pleased that people, especially city folk, now know about farming thanks to him, I say.
âYeah, everyone knows what a tramline is now, right? And letâs face it, I always say this: it doesnât matter what phone youâve got, what car youâve got, what house youâre living in, what matters the very most is whatâs coming across your plate for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And therefore that is the most important thing to me.â
Cooper is open to offers of shows such as
Iâm a Celebrity ⊠Get Me Out of Here! but thinks he probably wonât have the time with all the work he has to do. Clarkson called him âeasily the most entrepreneurial person I have ever metâ and he is laser-focused on his ultimate goal of having a farm one day, which will have to be local, despite the âextortionateâ price of land in the area.
âI want to farm here,â he says. âI donât want to move away from my family and everything I know. This is where I was brought up and this is where Iâm going to stay.â
But the show will be with us for a while. It is hugely popular â series four is being filmed and while viewing figures arenât available, it is believed to be Primeâs most popular programme in the UK by, well, a country mile.
Cooper is engaged to his partner, Taya (mother to their three-year-old son and ten-month-old daughter), but doesnât know when he will have time to walk down the aisle. He knows he will âhave a great partyâ, and isnât yet sure if Clarkson will be his best man. But one thingâs for sure, Clarkson has already found his.
The new series of Clarksonâs Farm
is on Prime Video from May 3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
No
Sun column this week, but the
Guardian (!) has published a long interview with Clarkson: "'
Dismissing global warming? That was a joke': Jeremy Clarkson on fury, farming and why heâs a changed man". Let me know if you have problems viewing it.
Clarkson's columns are regularly collected as books. You can buy them
from his boss or your local bookshop.
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2024.04.23 01:30 TeaAndCozy Nui Cobalt Critters are coming! 24 reviews from past years
I've always been a girl who loves animals, and now that I have two pet rabbits, both adoped within the last year, I am
extra excited about the return of Nui Cobalt's Critters collection! This collection isn't
entirely sweet cuddly woodland creatures, but it does have a
lot of those, including three of my all-time favorite Nui Cobalts:
Little Brown Rabbit,
Little White Rabbit, and
Lilac Rabbit. When Forest posted in the Facebook group asking which Critters we'd like to see return, or which animals we'd love to see emerge as new Critters, I waxed rhapsodic about the Rabbits and suggested a bunch of other colorings of rabbits that could become amazing perfumes... so I'm hopeful that we might even get a new Rabbit this year. I would just about die of happiness if she really did make a
Blue Otter Rabbit after my sweet bun Hazel. She also teased a Ladybug scent for this year, which would be SO CUTE!
Anyway, the Critters are due back this Friday, with the newsletter announcing them on Thursday, and I am
excited. As usual, I thought I'd post my thoughts on all the past Critters I've tried in case that might help you formulate your wishlist. And if you've tried any of these, I'd love to hear your thoughts! Was your experience similar to mine?
My preferences: I especially love snuggly scents, incense, golden amber, cardamom, black tea, beeswax, non-gourmand vanillas, and white florals (particularly tiare, honeysuckle and tuberose; sadly I am allergic to lilies and jasmine doesnât work on me). I don't like hay, overly sweet gourmands, excessive musk, dragonâs blood, leather, patchouli, labdanum, or any really dark scents in general. To my great devastation, Nui Cobaltâs apricot and pear notes donât tend to work on me, though I havenât given up hope and I continue to try new blends with those notes occasionally.
Most of these perfumes were provided as press samples by Nui Cobalt in exchange for an honest review.
Rabbits
Little Brown Rabbit [Nutmeg and tonka bean nuzzle up against fluffy marshmallow, cottonflower, pink pepper, and a trace of carrot seed] (this perfume is so popular that it is also in the Continuous Collection and available all year 'round!) - This is one of my absolute top perfume oils. It comforts me on hard days, it cozies me on laid-back evenings, it cheers me on rainy days. My husband recognizes it immediately and honestly I think he finds it cuddly too when I'm wearing it, and it's also his primary frame of reference when he sniffs a new sample I'm trying - "that smells a bit like
Little Brown Rabbit" is high praise from him. Wet, it's very strongly nutmeg and caramel, almost mapley, but also with just a bit of pepperish bite from the carrot seed - this is as gourmand as I'm willing to get. Once it dries, the caramel dissipates and it becomes the most marvelously snuggly scent. Having a bad day?
Little Brown Rabbit can cheer you up. Having a cozy day?
Little Brown Rabbit will make it that much better. Wanting to unwind in the evening?
Little Brown Rabbit is my go-to snuggly evening scent. And I think it's the absolute must-try from Nui Cobalt.
Little White Rabbit [Nutmeg and tonka bean nuzzle up against cottonflower, white peppercorn, clove, vanilla marshmallow creme, pale blue cashmere, carrot seed, and honeyed almond] - When the news broke that NCD was releasing a new little rabbit variant two years ago, I was SO excited (little did I know that it would seemingly become an annual thing!), and I blind-bought a full-size (something I never do).
Especially because
Little White Rabbit adds that wonderful cashmere note to
Little Brown Rabbit, this one was a no-brainer for me, and my trust was easily rewarded. Nui Cobalt has outdone themselves with this, their most snuggly of perfumes. I expected this to be a lot like
LBR only less mapley and perhaps more cashmere-y (and yes, it is both of these things), but truly,
LWR feels even more like it's built on a base of Spidersilk vanilla (
Starlight and Spidersilk: [Slender strands of cotton flower hung with trembling dewdrops, cold crystalline musk, and tiny black vanilla beans]), with some of the
LBR spices (the peppercorn and carrot seed, but I don't sense any cloves) plus the comforting warmth of the cashmere and almond of
Silver Fox (see below), another favorite of mine. And then finally, the marshmallow ties it all together into a pillowy cloud of coziness. It's frankly astonishing. Love at first sniff even just from the vial, and on my skin it blossoms into the most comforting scent. Do I love it even more than
LBR? I still can't tell, even years later. I love them both. One final note that may be helpful to some of you: the cottonflower is pretty strong with this one, which is part of why it reminds me so much of the Spidersilk vanilla, but if you're not so much a fan of "clean" laundry-like scents, this one might not be quite your cup of tea - go for
LBR instead.
Lilac Rabbit [Nutmeg and tonka bean nuzzle up against toasted marshmallow, carrot seed, summerweight cotton, allspice, and pale lilac in a smooth fur accord] - Oh friends, I hoped and pleaded for another new Rabbit last year, and the universe (and Nui Cobalt) answered! I'm not actually all that fond of lilac and I think I have ended up destashing all of my perfumes with lilac notes, but I was willing to risk it for the chance of a floral Rabbit.
Lilac Rabbit is
gorgeous - but really, did you expect it to be anything else? I get primarily marshmallow, allspice, and cotton. It sits exactly halfway between the other two Rabbits, with the allspice and peppery carrot seed spices of
Little Brown Rabbit (but without the maple quality), and also with the silky, slightly soapy fabric aspect of
Little White Rabbit. There is perhaps just a touch of musky lilac, but it doesn't really read to me like a floral perfume.
Lilac Rabbit is
comfortable. The closest metaphor I can think of is a day when you're wearing a new outfit, one that fits perfectly and really suits you, but it's also completely comfy, with no itchy spots or seams that dig in, and it moves with you. It's like a day where you feel perfectly yourself, fully at ease, and completely put-together. This new Rabbit is everything I could have possibly dreamed of, and it immediately became one of my favorite spring & summer scents.
Squirrels
In past years, they've offered a complete set of all the Squirrels, which was how I tried them all a few years ago. (They've since been discontinued, but sometimes discontinued things return again, or perhaps you might run into one in the swaps, so I'll include all my Squirrel reviews here.) All of the Squirrels are built on the same base of almond + apricot + benzoin, and then each one has different additional notes. Like the Spidersilk variants (all built on the same Spidersilk vanilla base but with different additional notes - my reviews
HERE), the Squirrels each have an entirely different vibe. Interestingly, the actual proportion of almond to apricot also seems to vary by Squirrel, perhaps because of the interactions with the different added notes, or perhaps because they actually use different proportions in the Squirrel base for each one. It means that they don't feel anything like near-exact copies of each other, but each have a really distinct identity.
Black Squirrel [A playful blend of almond and spiced apricot, grounded in rich benzoin and copaiba balsam, deepened by black oak, black currant, vanilla bean, and myrrh] - When I first put it on, it's very strongly and exclusively almond - a warm almond that reminds me of baking almond cookies, and it must be the vanilla that helps to make that association. The almond veers slightly towards cherry. As the oil warms on my skin, the apricot emerges and then overtakes the almond. It's apricot skin, soft and velvety, rather than the fleshy fruit of the apricot. These two notes, paired with the woodiness of the balsam and (presumably) black oak, makes this a very bookish scent, perfect for the dark academia aesthetic of my wardrobe in autumn. It's not really an incense-heavy perfume; the myrrh just grounds it and gives it a beautiful dark richness. On me it's not terribly fruity (though I know some folks get mostly dark stone fruits; isn't skin chemistry fascinating!) It's the longest-lasting of the Squirrels, too - the second time I wore it, its throw was a bit too high at bedtime so I washed my wrists, and even so, I could
still smell
Black Squirrel the next morning!
Flying Squirrel [Raw almond, spiced apricot, and rich benzoin borne aloft by lavender, cotton flower, and tart kumquat] - This one reminds me a lot of
Napping in a Flower [Tender ripe apricot, Bulgarian lavender, spiced summer honey, plum blossom, daylily, honeysuckle, and ylang], which makes perfect sense since they share a lot of the same notes, but without the honey and honeysuckle that made
Napping too candle-y on me. Husband said this reminds him strongly of
Little White Rabbit - he said it's the spices that make that association for him, and I suspect he was also picking up on the shared cotton flower and almond notes. I'm finding it easier to compare
Flying Squirrel to other NCD scents than to describe it on its own; its combination of notes feels quite erratic and the concept doesn't feel terribly unified. I couldn't classify this as a "cozy" perfume even though it does have a strong cotton flower note, nor is it citrusy enough for me to think of it as a fruity perfume (even though it has the strongest apricot of all the Squirrels), or herbal enough for it to go in my lavender section (in fact, I'm hoping that some aging brings out the lavender more). If you like
Napping in a Flower or
Little White Rabbit - two perfumes that are really nothing alike! - you'd probably enjoy this one too.
Grey Squirrel [A playful blend of almond and spiced apricot, grounded in rich benzoin and copaiba balsam, softened with cotton flower, cashmere, and teakwood] - This one gives the effect of eating an almond cookie while snuggled in a wool blanket. This one is super cozy - the autumn cousin of my beloved wintertime snuggly scents (
Silver Fox,
Snow Cat,
Chionophilia, all of which also feature almond and fabric notes - see their full notes lists and my comparative reviews
HERE).
Grey Squirrel stays pretty static, not morphing like
Black Squirrel, and the apricot is only barely present.
Red Squirrel [A playful blend of almond and spiced apricot, grounded in rich benzoin and copaiba balsam, warmed with red musk, red sandalwood, and smoldering amber] - This one is pretty heavy on the red musk, and was in fact partly responsible for me finally figuring out that I don't personally enjoy red musk. The almond, apricot, and sandalwood combination does give this a rather gourmand-adjacent feel to it, more so than the other Squirrels. It's a very rich and warm perfume. It's funny how actually "red" this scent feels - it feels like the experience of watching a bonfire die down, even though there's no smoke note at all. "Smoldering" indeed.
White Squirrel [A playful blend of almond and spiced apricot, grounded in rich benzoin and copaiba balsam, cooled with aloe, white musk, and smooth white amber] - Even without looking at the notes, it was easy to identify the white amber in this one, even though Nui Cobalt only infrequently uses white amber as a note.
White Squirrel is very like
Grey Squirrel, equally cozy but lighter and airier, with that white amber instead of cashmere.
White Squirrel is cooler, more standoffish than
Grey Squirrel - that "cool" effect must be the aloe - more a wintertime snuggly scent rather than an autumnal cozy scent. Even the now-familiar almond + apricot base feels daintier and even less foody here in
White Squirrel.
Overall--
- Grey Squirrel and White Squirrel are the snuggly ones. Wear Grey Squirrel for cozy blanket vibes, and White Squirrel to be even daintier.
- Wear Red Squirrel for sexy outdoorsy gourmandy vibes (is that a thing? I think Red Squirrel makes it a thing)
- Black Squirrel is the dark academia sibling, and Flying Squirrel is the playful cousin
All the other Critters
Akhal-Teke [Fine ecru suede, raw silk, pearl musk, white amber, precious Hawaiian sandalwood, and creamy pistachio] - As someone put it, "super shiny horse". Silky yet fuzzy and soft, sophisticated yet snuggly. I recognize that pearl musk + sandalwood combination from
Cancer [Cotton flower, steamed rice, soft sandalwood, vanilla orchid, coconut milk, and pearl musk] and I love it here too. All of these notes, suede + silk + pearl musk + white amber + sandalwood together, are gentle and just the epitome of softness, yet with just enough body and presence to be soft-on-purpose,
assertively soft if that makes sense. This is not a wallflower scent. On to more specifics about the literal smell. At first, the nutty pistachio is pretty present, but it melds beautifully with the gentle suede. The silk and white amber give an elegance. I also definitely get the pearl musk and sandalwood, which take more prominence in the drydown when the pistachio dissipates a bit. This is my favorite stage - just soft, gentle, creamy, and absolutely lovely.
Akhal-Teke has low throw but high longevity. I should note that after a year of aging, the pistachio amped quite a lot, overpowering that gorgeous pearl musk/sandalwood base that I loved so much. I'm hoping someday Forest might make one that's basically just pearl musk and sandalwood, without any gourmand elements!
Black-Capped Chickadee [Dogwood saplings, cedar resin, the tang of young stone fruits: still tiny and green, sugar maple, pine nuts, and barely-thawed soil] - I'm not one for dirt notes, so I completely passed this one up for several years, but enough really glowing reviews finally convinced me to try it. In the vial, it smells of wood, honeyed fruits, and hay. On my skin, it's soil, slightly nutty and incensey, with plush fruit and some very cedar-forward wood notes - and yet it's surprisingly dainty, and a perfect encapsulation of a black-capped chickadee. There's something about this scent that reminds me of snow-covered pebbles, and also of Shakespeare's poem "The cloud-capp'd towers" from
The Tempest. After much sniffing and pondering, I finally figured out why I made that snowy association - the fruits read to me like cranberry, making this feel like a wintery scent. As for "The cloud-capp'd towers," I think I'm getting that Shakespearean reference from the combination of daintiness and dirt.
Blossom Bat [Humid rainforest blossoms laden with nectar, dense moss, passionfruit, black fig, and bamboo] - This was an order freebie that I wouldn't have picked out for myself, but it's so fun, and it went straight into my "Aloe and dewy" section of my summer perfumes, next to
Waimea Mist and
Aloha from the Big Island summer collection.
Blossom Bat is velvety flower petals against a lush background of aquatic notes. I don't often enjoy moss notes (they often turn into honeydew melon on my skin), but here the moss contributes to the especially verdant feeling.
Blue Jay [Sturdy blue spruce and young oak support the bold elegance of white peony, angelica, blackberry bramble, and rhubarb] - In the vial, it's extremely fruity with a hint of trees. On my skin, it matches the description much more closely: evergreens and forest floor, brightened by fruity sweetness and a hint of floral. If you loved
None of Your Beeswax [Thorny brambles of blackberry, elderflower, violet, fennel seed, sacred benzoin, and unfiltered honey] from the Bees collection, do give this one a try -
Blue Jay is like
None of Your Beeswax's summer cousin. I once wore this to a community theater production of
Into the Woods and it was perfect.
Copper Fox [Warm chai with steamed almond milk nestled in sumptuous cashmere, crimson musk, sarsaparilla, and budding birch] - I once went on
a quest to find the perfect chai perfume, and of course I had to try
Copper Fox! Immediately on application,
Copper Fox is root beer, spicy root beer - there's that sarsaparilla in a big way. As it quickly dries, the overwhelmingly root beer-ness of it backs off somewhat, and it becomes much more chai spices + the woody birch (and still with an undercurrent of root beer). Chai latte this is not - it's all the spices of chai (cinnamon and black pepper especially, and probably a bit of ginger as well) without any sweetness or milky creaminess. I should note that at this point my skin has a slight reaction to this perfume; this perfume ended up being part of my discovery that like many others, I too have a slight skin reaction to cinnamon. It didn't hurt a bit and the redness went away fairly quickly, but be forewarned, if you're a person that has a reaction to cinnamon, this might be a blend worth steering away from, or at least planning to wear in a scent locket or in your hair instead of on your skin. Finally, several hours later,
Copper Fox has a third stage, and to me the most lovely: chai spices backed by gentle almond and cozy cashmere (and at this stage it's clearly a "Fox" like
Silver Fox).
Elf Owl [A bright concoction of liatrix, yellow sandalwood, beach-tumbled teak, solar musk, crushed coriander, and a scant pinch of pale cinnamon] - With the teak and cinnamon, and of course the obvious cue of the "solar musk", I was expecting this to be in the same family as Nui Cobalt's
Sun,
Heliophilia (Love of Sun), and
Sunrise on Spidersilk (comparative review
HERE!). Those sun-themed perfumes can be a bit too sharp and masculine on me (I tend to prefer snuggly scents or white florals), but as a great lover of owls (and a huge fan of Nui Cobalt's
Snowy Owl [Dried coconut flakes, pale woods, frozen tuberose, vanilla orchid, and fluffy feather musk], with which it admittedly shares not a single note), I absolutely could not pass up
Elf Owl. I'm so glad I didn't. This actually isn't in the sun-themed family, nor, of course, does it match the highly white-floral
Snowy Owl. Instead,
Elf Owl turns out to be much closer to
Squash Blossom [Cocobolo wood, orris root, carrot seed, sunflower petals, mandarin zest, and acorn squash baked with brown sugar] from the Autumn 1 collection, though much less vegetal. It's a very well-blended perfume and nothing in particular stands out. The overall effect is
gentle: gently floral and slightly vegetal, with vanilla and baking spices but without any sugary sweetness. (Liatrix, for anyone who doesn't know what that note is--I had to look it up myself!--is a "sweet, coumarinic, herbal, tobacco-like floral and offers a pleasant vanilla-like scent".)
Fennec Fox [Blush sandalwood, amber resin, antique Egyptian cotton touched with saffron, spiced peach preserves, and sweet cedar resin] - It's gentle, warm, and spiced, with that snuggly feeling that you get with anything that has NCD's cotton note. If you really look, you can distinguish the wood, saffron, and peach, but they meld together extremely well. Surprisingly, I actually get quite a lot of the same sand note as in
Flying South [Pink lemonade, warm sand, tiare blossoms, and a flowy cotton sundress] even though sand is not listed. I wear
Fennec Fox in autumn on days when I don't feel like a pumpkin.
Glasswing Butterfly [A diaphanous veil of coconut water, elderflower, moonlit gardenia, silver musk, green lavender, and a slender twist of lime] -
Nelophilia (Love of Glass) [Elderflower, silver musk, coconut water, cardamom, silk tree, lime blossom, and smooth hinoki wood] is one of my favorites from the Valentine's collection, but it's been discontinued for some time. So I was delighted to see this one because its notes read like a combination of
Nelophilia and
Queen Bee [Creamy white gardenia and fluffy whipped honey], both among my favorite NCD perfumes. It's not
quite - it's not the same almost-spicy gardenia as in
Queen Bee - but it is absolutely
divine.
Glasswing Butterfly is basically
Nelophilia with all its smooth, cool, rainy, white floral nature, but here the cardamom is more present (YES! I love cardamom), and with a bit more floral. After a year of aging, it became quite a LOT more white floral; the heady gardenia came out with a KICK, and it's nearly but not quite indolic.
Honey Badger [Black amber, raw honey, smoked maple wood, and cardamom-infused cream] - I mean,
duh, I had to try this one just for the cardamom cream. This is somehow so recognizably a NCD scent. Honey straight from the comb, dripping and golden, rich and sweet, backed by maple wood (but not really maple
syrup) and a whiff of cardamom spice. Not nearly enough cardamom for my taste - but then, we all know what I'm like! I'm so glad I tried this one. Since its notes list starts with "black amber," I expected this to be quite a dark scent, but while it's quite rich, it's not ominously dark. Husband really likes this one, which is always a special success.
Hummingbird [Darting from oleander to orange blossom with ripe nectarine, hibiscus tea, and traces of tuberose] - White florals with orange and nectarine fruit notes, chirpy and cheerful. It's a juicy but not sugary scent. I love it for warm spring days - it's an absolute staple of my springtime perfumes - though I find it a little cloying in very hot weather.
Opossum [A bold nocturnal potion of Hatian amyris, soft black suede, red patchouli, freshly-turned earth, copal resin, and Peru balsam] - I get suede, red musk, and brown patchouli; meanwhile Husband, sniffing my wrist, gets pine and petrichor. Yet the combination of all these things is surprisingly gentle, not a shouty, in-your-face kind of scent. Absolutely none of the notes we're picking up on are my thing, but just about all of them very much are Husband's thing, so guess what - he immediately snaffled this one.
Orchid Mantis [Ripe Philippine mango, dragon fruit, tamarind, Indonesian teak, clove bud, sandalwood, tuberose, and a touch of ylang] - This one is bit too sweet for me on application - at first it's all sugary mango - but as it warms on my skin, the other notes creep in: more fruit (but less sugar), a bit of sharp clove for balance, and hints of woodiness and florals. As it dries, those hints of clove and woodiness amp further (and at this point, all my husband smells is cinnamony clove). For some reason, this is one of the very
strongest of my NCD scents, with high longevity and even higher throw.
Raccoon [Sepia cashmere, guaiac wood, Egyptian amber, Copaiba balsam, golden musk, a twinkle of coriander, blonde oudh, resinous Himalayan cedar, and myrrh] - It's so well-blended that I can't pick out a single note individually, but something about this feels so quintessentially NCD. Right on application, it makes me think of
Cheat Code [Windswept teakwood, cedar, coriander and tea are grounded in black tonka with a hint of fine leather], another one I had trouble describing, and it has a similar level of elegance and polish. Meanwhile, Husband smelled a bit of cola or sarsparilla, and noted an almost chocolatey undertone. As it dries, the cashmere and musk come forward, quite woolly and plush and just a touch animalistic. It seems a similar cashmere musk as in
Arctic Fox [Soft amber nestled in sumptuous cashmere, steamed rice milk, winter white musk, and snow-covered fir trees]. If
Arctic Fox worked for you, you absolutely must try
Raccoon. Since
Arctic Fox doesn't work on me (my skin amps that cashmere to unpleasant levels),
Raccoon ultimately won't win a place in my collection either - which is a bummer because that opening is so pretty. I'll have to stick with
Cheat Code for my polished, sophisticated vibes.
Robin's Egg [Dainty forget-me-nots and lily of the valley, a dollop of whipped blueberry creme, and a cozy birch nest tucked into a flowering dogwood tree] - This one has the same amazing blueberry as
Grey Cat [Dry smoked vanilla, fluffy marshmallow creme, fresh blueberries, the gentlest touch of lavender and a warm cup of Earl Grey],
House of Transcendence [Top notes of wild blueberry and morning fog, a heart of pale lilac and cashmere, with a base of orris and white amber], and
Choreophilia [Wild violets, warm Earl Grey, Dominican blue amber, orris root, a handful of blueberries, and a touch of lime marmalade]. This iteration of the blueberry note is juicy and floral. After a few years of aging,
Robin's Egg has become even more gorgeous and creamy, with that stunning blueberry and a vision of dainty blue flowers. This one is discontinued and I'm really sad about that (but you could maybe find some in the swaps if you ask around).
Silver Fox [White tea with honey and rice milk, almond macaron, soft grey cashmere and cool woodland musk] (this perfume is so popular that it is also in the Continuous Collection and available all year 'round) - Stunning. Sophisticated yet snuggly. The cashmere is the most prominent, followed by fir, the sweetness of white amber, and NCD's gentle whipped honey note. I also wouldn't have been surprised to read that copal was a note - there's just that little bit of resinous almost-smoke. When it dries, the sweetness goes away and the fir comes forward. This was a freebie with one of my orders - I hadn't actually bought a sample of this for myself, worried that I wouldn't like the rice milk (which, as it turns out, I don't actually smell), but it has since become one of my favorite wintertime scents.
Sugar Glider [Raw cotton, sugar cane, flannel flower, macadamia nut, pearblossom, palest musk, and dandelion puff] - So here's the thing, I'm wary of gourmands (in fact I always sit out most of the April Fool's gourmand collection). Sugar is listed in the notes description in the very second place, but I am a sucker for cute woodland animals, so that's how I ended up with this sample. After a first sniff in the vial, I got a little nervous about it, because it smelled
very sugary, but I figured I'd wear it once, review it for you all, and then in a worst-case scenario, destash it to someone who does love sugary dessert scents. But wait! There's something strangely intoxicating about this one, and it's not
really a gourmand. Immediately when I put it on, it reminded me a bit of the Sweettart-ness of my beloved
Somniphilia (Love of Sleep) [Lamb's wool accord, orange blossom, barely-budding lavender, melissa, green fig, clary, cloud musk, and weightless vanilla marshmallow meringue]. I was pleasantly surprised that
Sugar Glider is not at all dessert, instead more sugar + wood, and really rather cuddly. And then when it dries down, it reminds me so strongly of the blue raspberry note in
Dewdrops on Spidersilk [Cerulean strands of cotton flower bejeweled with dewdrops, cold crystalline musk, tiny black vanilla beans, frozen blue raspberry, and gentle incense], except it's not "blue" (nor is it raspberry, but neither is "blue raspberry"). How did they achieve this effect? I have
no idea, but it's so addictive: such a delicate, cheerful, springtime scent. It really does remind me of the experience of picking a perfect white fluffy dandelion and making a wish as you blow it. Definitely a springtime favorite.
White-Tailed Deer [Soft brown suede, golden musk, wild forest berries, and roasted chestnuts dusted with maple sugar] - I am always hesitant about suede, but was very happy when this was included as a free sample because I'd heard lovely things about it but wouldn't have purchased it for myself. It's an interesting one because my experience is of it is very different depending on distance. When I'm just smelling it as it wafts around me, it's such a warm, cozy scent, the suede mingling with chestnut and brown sugar. When I bring my wrist directly up to my nose to sniff, the suede does get a bit overwhelmingly leathery, and overtakes the other notes. Once it dries, though, that unpleasantly smoky leatheriness dissipates (even right up under my nose), leaving only the highly autumnal coziness behind. It is indeed very "golden" - or maybe a really rich, warm brown. I don't get any berries at all. It reminds me of the very stylized acorns and hedgehogs that fellow autumn-lovers love to idolize. (And for some reason, Husband gets saffron!)
Personally...
Robin's Egg,
Sugar Glider, and
Elf Owl are some of my TOP favorite perfumes for spring;
Fennec Fox for fall; and
Silver Fox for winter.
Black Squirrel is my favorite of the Squirrels (in fact I ended up destashing all the others since I continue to have some issues with NCD's apricot note) - it's so beautifully dark-academia. And in my opinion, the three Rabbits are absolute
must-tries (and I hold so much hope for a new Rabbit this year!). If you try nothing else from this collection, try whichever of the three Rabbits most calls your name - they're all different but all absolutely stunning.
What are you hoping for this year? Any particular animals you're keeping fingers crossed for? Do we think it'll be mostly woodland creatures this year, or perhaps we'll get some oceanic or other Critters too?
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2024.04.20 03:52 SageMadman German Themed Cocktails
Hey Guys,
First time posting in here.
Im designing some german themed cocktails and would love some feedback or input on what you think about them.
Black Forest Martini
Ingredients: 35 ml cherry schnapps, 15 ml crĂšme de cacao, 50 ml vodka, 20 ml cream, garnished with a cherry.
Description: Inspired by the Black Forest cake, this cocktail combines cherry and chocolate flavours, topped with a creamy finish.
Apple Strudel
Ingredients: 35 ml apple schnapps, 15 ml cinnamon liqueur, 30 ml vanilla vodka, 100 ml dry apple cider, garnished with a slice of apple and a cinnamon stick.
Description: This cocktail mimics the beloved apple strudel, offering a delightful mix of apple and cinnamon.
(Maybe too sweet- use dry apple cider)
Berlin Mule
Ingredients: 50 ml JĂ€germeister, 150 ml ginger beer, 15 ml lime juice, and a dash of blackberry juice.
Description: A German twist on the classic Moscow Mule, this version uses JĂ€germeister for herbaceous depth and a splash of blackberry juice for an additional layer of flavour, enhancing complexity and appeal.
Rhineland Spritz
Ingredients: 50 ml Riesling, 100 ml sparkling water, 25 ml elderflower liqueur, garnished with a twist of lemon.
Description: Light and refreshing with a floral touch, this spritz is perfect for relaxing on a sunny afternoon.
(Maybe in the Summer)
Heidelberg Sour
Ingredients: 40 ml Kirschwasser (cherry schnapps), 30 ml lemon juice, 20 ml simple syrup, a dash of egg white (or wonderfoam) for froth.
Description: A sour cocktail with the bold flavour of cherry, balanced by the tartness of lemon
Neuschwanstein Dream
Ingredients: 35 ml pear schnapps, 15 ml blue curaçao, topped with 150 ml lemon-lime soda, garnished with a slice of pear.
Description: A visually striking and sweet cocktail, named after Germanyâs fairytale castle.
LĂŒbeck Marzipan Martini
Ingredients: 50 ml vodka, 25 ml amaretto, 25 ml white crĂšme de cacao, 20 ml cream, garnished with a marzipan candy.
Description: Inspired by the famous marzipan from LĂŒbeck, this martini is smooth and sweet, with a distinct almond flavour that marzipan lovers will adore.
Saxon Sour
Ingredients: 40 ml Korn (German grain spirit), 10 ml elderflower liqueur, 30 ml fresh lemon juice, 15 ml simple syrup, and a dash of egg white.
Description: A German take on the classic sour, featuring Korn, a traditional clear spirit, with a hint of elderflower for a floral note, creating a smooth, frothy, and refreshing cocktail.
Berlin Nights
Ingredients: 25 ml JĂ€germeister, 25 ml blackberry schnapps, 30 ml lime juice, topped with ginger beer.
Description: This cocktail combines the herbal kick of JĂ€germeister with the sweet and tart flavor of blackberry, balanced with the zest of lime and the spice of ginger beer for a deep and refreshing nightcap.
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2024.04.19 19:49 TeaAndCozy Nocturne Alchemy - Bastet's Pop-Up
I haven't seen anybody post about this yet so I'm happy to be the bearer of good news! Nocturne Alchemy put up a "Pop-Up" this morning that seems like it's basically a Thoth's Archive of returning scents which will be up for some time. The explanation says (in all caps, yikes): "WHILE THIS IS CALLED A 'POP-UP,' IT IS UP FOR SEVEN WEEKS, BEGINNING FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH, AND ENDING FRIDAY, JUNE 7TH. THESE WILL NOT BE RETURNING AND ARE A ONE-TIME ARCHIVE OF SWEETS, TREATS, AND EXCLUSIVE PERFUMES. DECADENT AND DELICIOUS DESSERTS AND TREATS AWAIT!"
There's three new scents and a bunch of returning ones, all within their theme of "PĂątisserie & Gelateria" - we have sorbets, ice creams, and cakes! Arae Decantery is definitely decanting these, but you may not want to wait for decants (Ice Cream & Summer Rose has already sold out).
New scents
*NEW* Pyramid Clafoutis â Blackberry-Strawberry-Black Cherry Blend, Blood Orange-Pear-Apple zest Blend, Vanilla Cake Accord, Vanilla Bean essence, Pink Sugar Accord, Bastetâs Amber Absolute, White Musk, Vanilla Sugar and Vanilla CrĂšme
*NEW* Ice Cream & Strawberry Custard â Bastetâs Ice Cream (Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute, and Vanilla Sugar), Strawberry essence, Strawberry CrĂšme Accord, Vanilla Custard Accord, Bastetâs Musk Absolute, Studio Limited Original Bourbon Vanille, Green Apple zest, and Bavarian Custard Accord *naturally slightly opaque due to pure natural vanilla notes*
*NEW* Pyramid Hummingbird Cake â Pineapple essence Accord, Ripened Banana Accord, Banana Confit Accord, Pecan CrĂšme Accord, Apple skin, Caramelized Brown Sugar, Vanilla Cake, Vanilla Bean essence, Studio Limited Moonstone Absolute, Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting Accord, Cinnamon Rum Accord, Vanilla-Butter Accord, and Bastetâs Musk
Baby Dino Sorbet Collection
Baby Dino Passion Fruit Sorbet â Passion Fruit seeds, Passionfruit steam distilled, Peach, Pineapple, Strawberry, Orange, Coconut, Bastetâs Musk, Vanilla fleck and Crystalline Absolute
Baby Dino Blue Raspberry Sorbet â Blue Raspberry accord, Raspberry, Peach, Strawberry, Cotton Candy, Bastetâs Musk, Vanilla Bean whole and Crystalline Absolute
Baby Dino Pineapple Peach Sorbet â Pineapple accord, Pineapple rind, Peach, Vanilla Bean, Coconut Rind, Bastetâs Musk and Crystalline Absolute
Baby Dino Lemon-Lime Sorbet - Lime expressed, Key Lime skin, Mandarin, Apricot, Lemon, Coconut, Bastetâs Musk, Vanilla fleck, and Crystalline Absolute
Bastetâs Summer Ice Cream Collection
Coconut Cream Ice Cream â Sri Lankan Coconut Pulp, Coconut Cream, Coconut Milk, Coconut Butter accord, Vanilla bean fleck, Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar
Bananaâs Flambe Ice Cream - Bananaâs flambe accord, lightly smoked Banana accord, Rum, Vanilla bean fleck, Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute, and Vanilla Sugar.
Mango Vanilla Ice Cream â Mango skin, Bali Mango accord, Mango Pulp, Mango Crystal's accord, Vanilla bean fleck, Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar
Bastet Pyramid Café
Pyramid Cake - Vanilla Buttercream Frosting accord, Vanilla Bean liqueur cordial, Vanilla Cake Batter accord, Moonstone Vanilla Absolute, Madagascar Vanilla, Bourbon Vanilla Absolute, Tonka Bean Absolute, White Cake accord, Creamed Vanilla Bean, crĂšme fraiche accord, lemon extract, honey-vanilla crĂšme and Bastetâs Ice Cream (Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar).
Pyramid Honey Cake - Orange Blossom Honey, CrĂšme Fraiche, Lemon crĂšme butter (vegan) accord, Buttercream Frosting accord, Powdered Sugar accord, Bastetâs Amber absolute, White Cake accord, Vanilla-infused-almond essence, Pink Sugar Frosting accord and Madagascar Vanilla Bean essence
Pyramid Ice Cream Cake â French Vanilla Bean essence, Crystalline Vanilla Orchid absolute, Bourbon Vanilla essence, Buttercream Vanilla Ice Cream accord, Bastetâs Ice Cream accord (Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar), Cocoa Cookie Dough, Vanilla CrĂšme, Brown Sugar accord, Caramel crĂšme and Bastetâs Musk
Pyramid Spice Cake â Coffee Cake accord spiced with Cinnamon Sugar, Nutmeg, Allspice, Clove, and Ginger, Vanilla Pudding accord, White Cardamom absolute, Almond Cake accord, Vanilla Cake accord, Pistachio dust accord, Vanilla Bean Cordial, Musk with an essence of Cherry (on top)
Pyramid Cake Caramel Carrot â Carrot Cake accord, Carrot Seed, Cinnamon/Clove/Nutmeg essence, Raisin accord, Caramel accord, Caramel CrĂšme accord, Egyptian Sugar, Carrot juice accord, Coconut milk, Peach skin, Italian Orange zest, Maple Sugar accord, Vanilla Bean Cake accord, Crystalline Vanilla and Musk
Pyramid Cake Raspberry Van â Raspberry Seed, Raspberry essence accord, Vanilla Bean Cordial, Crystalline Vanilla infused Raspberry Sugar, Bastetâs Ice Cream essence, Vanilla Cake accord and Lemon zest infused Cotton Candy accord
Pyramid Cake Red Velvet â Cocoa Absolute, Cacao Absolute, Chocolate Cake accord, Chocolate Frosting, Bastetâs Amber absolute, Bastetâs Musk absolute, Toffee Almond accord, Coconut Shred, Tonka Bean, Santalum White and Vanilla Bean Musk
Five special Summer blends using NA/NV Studio Summer accords and the ever-decadent Bastetâs Ice Cream
Ice Cream & Summer Apricot â NA Summer Apricot accord, Apricot skin, Apricot seed, Vanilla Bean Absolute, eNVie parfum saphir (Egyptian Amber & Musk Resin, blue balsamic amber, sweet papyrus oil from Cairo and Siam benzoin) and Bastetâs Ice Cream (Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar).
Ice Cream & Summer Lavender â NA Summer Lavender accord, French Lavender, English Lavender, Crystalline Vanilla Absolute, eNVie parfum saphir (Egyptian Amber & Musk Resin, blue balsamic amber, sweet papyrus oil from Cairo and Siam benzoin) and Bastetâs Ice Cream (Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar).
Ice Cream & Summer Gardenia & Coconut â NA Summer Gardenia accord, Hyacinth accord, Narcissus, Coconut Pulp, Toasted Coconut, Coconut Milk, Buttercream, Heliotrope, Vanilla, Lime zest, eNVie parfum saphir (Egyptian Amber & Musk Resin, blue balsamic amber, sweet papyrus oil from Cairo and Siam benzoin) and Bastetâs Ice Cream (Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar).
Ice Cream & Summer Peach â NA Summer Peach accord, Peach skin, Ripe Peach accord, Tonka, Crystalline Vanilla Absolute, eNVie parfum saphir (Egyptian Amber & Musk Resin, blue balsamic amber, sweet papyrus oil from Cairo and Siam benzoin) and Bastetâs Ice Cream (Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar).
Ice Cream & Summer Rose â Bastetâs Ice Cream (Vanilla Crystalline Cream, Butter accord, Caramel Accord, French Vanilla Bean Absolute, Vanilla Milk accord, Vanilla Orchid, Crystalline Absolute and Vanilla Sugar), Egyptian Rosewater, Romanian Rosewater, Summer Bulgarian Rose, Saffron, Agarwood essence, Vanilla Sugar, Vanilla Musk and eNVie parfum saphir (Egyptian Amber & Musk Resin, blue balsamic amber, sweet papyrus oil from Cairo and Siam benzoin).
Which ones have you tried and loved? Drop in some reviews if you're able! Will you be ordering?
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2024.04.14 02:29 Lord_of_The_Cats265 Looking for Themes
Hey, was wanting to buy any themed sauriums/ looking for missing Saurs in my collection. Or willing to buy any themed ones I don't have
Looking for: -BlackberryPop -GummyShark -orangeMs -pinata -Tiramisu Theme(Carmel,penny,pelt) -DragonFruit
Ones I have: -StrawberryMs -BlueberryMs -oreo -CandyShark -VaperWave -Fox -Matcha
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2024.04.13 13:51 SlimeSpree UK Etsy Slime reviews (with pictures!) Three Donuts / Prime Slimes / Slime Innit
| Another review for you UK slimers (but also a special British slime you US folks should check out at the end!) The below slimes came from UK Etsy. Three Donuts: Three Donuts Slimes This companyâs slime themes are more so geared towards young kids which is not to my taste but they are very nicely packaged including the super cute design of the label. They send a ton of cool little goodies and candies in the box that kids would surely love (but adults will stare at whilst wondering what pre-diabetes may feel like! đ) These slimes have waterproof labels and each pot has a paper sticker with the name of the slime and its scent on the underside. No individual lables. Their slimes are simplistic (only 1 DIY slime in their range) and the general aesthetic is very child-centric with gawdy colours, cutesy, very loudly coloured charms and sprinkles, infantile names etc. I had a previous experience with a few of their slimes a while back (not pictured here): Lolly Swirl (a snowfizz and bingsu), pink jelly crush (jelly cube and bingsu), Baby Axolotl in pink (butter) and Octopus (icee) and donât remember finding them too bad so just got a few of their larger sized slimes to review. - KITTY FLUFF CLOUD (Cloud):
This slime has a perfume-like scent which isnât my thing but itâs not too overwhelming. The scent is described as âunicorn sparkleâ so Iâm a little stumped on a frame of reference for that one LOL! A pink, white and blue swirled cloud slime which combined into a very pretty pastel lilac. Cloud slimes are my obsession but very regretfully this one was a bit of a fail for me. It was clumpy, a tad rippy and I struggled to get a decent drizzle or style this attractively for a pic. I broke off a smaller piece to really warm up and still no cigar. I really wanted to like this cloud slime so that was a shame! It was still a lovely slime to squish and play with without masses of drop out and I should imagine a very young child who is not going in for the drizzle Olympics would be thrilled with the texture. I do apologise as I forgot to take a before pic but here it is when combined. Kitty Fluff Cloud This slimeâs scent is blueberry cheesecake and itâs pleasant enough though isnât particularly faithful to its namesake and has a slight chemical undertone. It came with a little bag of sprinkles/micro charms and gems with a larger octopus charm. I put the sprinkles in the slime for the sake of the review and then promptly kicked myself for not listening to my inner dialog about putting charms in a snow-rich slime! Alas, there was near constant fall out! They flew, bounced and ticked and tacked all around me and Iâm going to be finding them for weeks! Arrrgh! If you get this slime definitely forego put them in! The colour is a bright frozen jewel blue which I personally found a bit garish but it is obviously in line with this companyâs aesthetic. The icee texture was superior to the snow but still not providing me with satisfying drizzles. There was some clumping and ripping. As mentioned above, this was not my first rodeo with this particular cloud slime. The first one I got was a smaller size and I remember it having better drizzle so perhaps this batch has slight variations in the recipe. Again a soft, pleasant slime to play with with minimal snow drop out, little kids would have no complaints (but their parents may due to the inevitable charm-valanch!) Octopus Octopus fluffed up. - BANANA BEAR (snow butter)
This slime is banana scented but itâs quite an artificial type scent with the chemical undertone again. It comes with a little bag of charms including a bear holding bananas, a bunch of bananas and some very cute banana and chocolate sprinkles. This slime combines into a sort of yellow caramel colour which reminds me of overripe bananas and is actually kind of cool along with the banana fragrance. The texture of this slime very much redeemed the prior slimes. It is a very smooth, stretchy, perfectly activated snow butter with no stickiness. Good finger pokes and gentle bubble pops. It inflated a fair bit and needed a second pot. After a while I did end up forgiving the artificial nature of the scent because the whole over-ripe banana vibe was sort of whimsical and hilarious. While this particular butter slime isnât exactly to my personal taste and not one I'd go for again, I really can't fault it. Banana Bear upon opening. Banana Bear assembled. Banana Bear fluffed up. - LAVENDER AXOLOTL (butter)
I'm confused as to why a slime would have this name but then be scented with âdewberry fizz.â I'm guessing that lavender is not a scent that kids would usually find appealing so the the decision was made to include this scent instead. That having been said, this was not a particularly pleasant smell and was reminiscent of lemon cleaning products. It was pretty overwhelming to me and I wanted to get the review over with because of it. My husband sitting across the room even ended up remarking on it unfavorably. The colour was again quite a garish jewel tone which would probably appeal to kids. It comes with a little bag of purple sprinkles, tiny gems and a purple axolotl charm. This butter slime was a pretty sticky and needed a lot of activator. It would calm down and then get sticky again and call for more. It gave good pokes and bubble pops but then the stickiness would return and there is only so much activator I will sacrifice to a slime I know that, ultimately, isnât for me and wonât be kept. This butter slime was very loose and didnât hold a swirl long enough for me to get a photo having set it up. For a butter, it doesnât really hold or spread at all, itâs just gummy, sticky and gloopy. I like dry-feel, spreadable, fluffy butters that hold well so this was a bit of a fail for me. If I was really committed to this slime I would probably keep adding activator and working with it and Iâm sure it would improve (but equally it could end up over-activating and ripping the way it was going.) Lavender Axolotl first opened Lavender Axolotyl assembled. Lavender Axolotl as fluffed up as could be achieved. Unfortunately this pot had a small crack in the bottom with a tiny bit of leakage but luckily it was extremely minor. The scent was stated to be Blackberry apple but didnât particularly conjure those fruits. It came with a bag of Among Us and star sprinkles and a space cow charm which I thought were pretty fun and kids would probably freak out for! However, I opted to not put them in the slime as I donât feel these sort of large sprinkles really add to the sensory experience of jelly cube slime. My apologies that the charm/sprinkles arenât pictured. I parted company with the add ins at some point and think I must have accidentally thrown them out with the packaging when I had a brain fart and forget Iâd need to photograph them none the less. This slime was very, very sticky. I started going in with the activator and had a really tough time taking down the stickiness. I could spray enough activator to handle the slime with quick movements but as soon as I went in to crush a jelly cube (and, ooooh yes, Iâm a rabidly aggressive jelly cube crusher LOL) I landed in sticky trouble. As above, there is a limit to how much activator I'm willing to give to a slime. The amount this one was taking made me decide to just abandon ship as I wasnât really feeling it. The ultimate decider was the fact the jelly cubes were fairly hard and not the most satisfying to squish. Here is a pic of the freshly opened slime but the sticky situation I ended up in didnât lend itself to taking âafterâ photographs! Space Cow. In that I had some memorably decent slimes from this company previously, I feel bad not being able to give them a much better review. However, consistency in a slime companyâs products is of the high importance to me as Iâm sure it is to you. If I were really committed to this slime I'd probably take a little longer to get them activated to optimal texture but, the way I was going, I did wonder whether some would end up over-activated, ripping but still sticky. Admittedly even if the textures were textbook, I wouldnât buy from them again as I didnât get on with the harsh scents or aesthetic whatsoever. I must stress that this company has a plethora of glowing reviews on Etsy so perhaps I was just very unlucky with this order, or perhaps they are mostly bought for young kids who don't have discerning tastes. If I was specifically buying slimes for young children I think I would opt for these. There is no real DIY element to confuse kids, certain textures were really easy to handle and the popping colours and child-centric aesthetic would definitely grab a young kid's interest above more adult-focussed aesthetics. I give this store a 7/10. âŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ..âŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ. PrimeSlime2024: - CREATE YOUR OWN SLIME (glossy/fluffy)
- ICE CREAM SUNDAE (vanilla, appeared to be a fluffy butter in the photo.)
I really hope this will be the last review of this nature I will ever have to do but this one was a BIG eye opener and slime life lesson for me. An unfortunate reminder to me that just anyone can set up shop on Etsy and that itâs so very important to shop wisely from sellers with a multitude of positive reviews that you know take hygiene and professionalism seriously. Despite pictures of good looking slimes on the listing and the reviews being all positive (though very limited) this slime was sadly a disappointment right out the box. The label was badly hand drawn and didnât give the impression of a professional approach. Honestly, I think a kid may have made these slimes. Ultimately this gave me some concerns about the potential hygiene standards and quality of the product. Unfortunately, upon opening the first jar, this concern was proven to be justified by the fact the slime was a barely activated, foamy, liquid mess (the ice cream sundae.) I tried to poke it to assess the extent of the situation and ended up coated in a goo the consistency of sticky custard. Looking closely after disturbing it, I saw streaks of a black substance so I immediately abandoned ship, tossed it out and scrubbed the hell out of my hands đ
The custom slime was a little more activated but none the less a wet, bubbly goo and unpleasant in every way. Neither slime had any added scent (I looked back at the listing and to be fair none were mentioned) and it looked every bit like some young kidâs weekend science experiment gone wrong. I messaged the seller who insisted the black substance must have come from the label. Itâs possible of course but I'd never risk it. They seemed absolutely stunned that the slime had arrived in this condition and said they were bamboozled as to why, not a good sign. They offered me a replacement but I politely declined. I remained polite despite the somewhat curt and defensive replies I got at first and eventually, upon me insisting, they issued a refund and a kind apology which was very much appreciated. Sadly but as expected, this store gets a 1/10 from me. PrimeSlime2024 jars. PrimeSlide2024 first opened. Primeslime2024 black substance. âŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠâŠ. Slime innit: I donât want to end this review on a low note so Iâm going to review a GREAT British slime to wrap it up! - FLUMPY CAKE BUTTER (butter slime)
I heard great things about this shop prior to purchase and they certainly proved to be true! This slime looks absolutely amazing and is such a cool idea (inspired by the iconic, retro British marshmallow candy.) Included are squeezy foam marshmallows with a fairly firm consistency that hold their shape well. This shop also sells a cardboard gift container which I didnât purchase but itâs gorgeous and next time I will (because there will 100% be a next time with this shop!) The fragrance is stated to be vanilla but Iâm absolutely getting billows of mildly fruity marshmallow and I just love it. The scent is natural, sweet and not in the least bit overwhelming or overdone. I actually compared the scent to a real flump I picked up and found it so close. The name of this company gives me a good chuckle (American friends- âinnitâ is a slang term, short for âisnât itâ which basically means a persuasive âright!?â Many of us Londoners overuse it and itâs funny in this brand nameâs context!) The retro style label is classy and understated (though gloss rather than waterproof) and individual to this particular slime. The designs of all their slimes are really out there and impressive, many are very abstract and artistic and very different to anything Iâve seen before, though I'm generally drawn to food themed slimes so only purchased this one this time. It very much feels like this shop aims its slimes at adults looking to reconnect with their inner child, who also like the finer things in life. This maker has got to be an artist or an art grad from the abstract designs of their slimes! If you check out their other slimes on Etsy you'll see what I mean. This butter slime starts off fairly bright but mellows out into a really pretty peachy pastel orange. This slime is completely non sticky. A week after my first play it feels exactly the same. Itâs chewy, stretchy, fluffy, inflates a ton and is just so satisfying and easy to play with. Good bubble pops and finger pokes, I genuinely didnât want to put it away. I love the nostalgia of this slime! Big (and small) British kids, this oneâs for you! And overseas slimers? Iâm not certain if they ship internationally but If you wish to give a British slime a go this company wonât disappoint! Their optional gift box is just awesome and this would make the coolest gift for someone who would enjoy an âauthentically and quintessentially Britishâ slime! I would absolutely buy it again, and again. Even if I generally end up gravitating towards US stores eventually, I'll still come back for this one as I donât think this is a slime theme Iâd be likely find in the States! Iâm reluctant to call anything totally perfect but I donât see how this slime could be improved. Solid 10 out of 10. Flumpy Cake Butter Flumpy Cake Butter assembled. Flumpy Cake Butter fluffed up. submitted by SlimeSpree to Slime [link] [comments] |
2024.04.07 20:38 como365 How to celebrate the solar eclipse in Columbia
| https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/how-to-celebrate-the-solar-eclipse/article_d5de3b3c-f359-11ee-b3df-c7d4a03c5a9b.html Most Missouri residents will be able to view the highly anticipated solar eclipse Monday afternoon right in their own backyards. The path of the eclipse will move north from Mexico through Texas and southeast Missouri to eastern providences of Canada, according to previous Missourian reporting. Because mid-Missouri is just below the path of totality, the eclipse will be at about 94% of total darkness. Counties south of St. Louis and Jefferson City into the Bootheel are the best places to experience the eclipse in totality. To celebrate this rare event, watch parties will be hosted throughout Columbia, along with some limited-time-only sweet and savory treats. Solar-bration time! The University of Missouri Department of Physics and Astronomy, along with MU Extension, will be hosting an on-campus watch party from noon to 4 p.m. at Lowry Mall. There will also be another viewing party hosted by MU from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Jefferson Farm and Garden, 4800 New Haven Road. Eclipse glasses will be provided and a telescope will be on-site for both events. Visitors will be able to connect with astronomy enthusiasts at this free event. The MU chapter of Science, Health and Environmental Journalism will host an event next to Francis Quadrangle at the MU School of Journalism from 12:30-3 p.m. Attendees can enjoy eclipse-themed activities to celebrate the astronomical day for free. The Columbia Area Career Center and the Court Appointed Special Advocates will host a viewing event from 12:30-3 p.m. at Cosmo-Bethel Park, 4500 Bethel St. This event is free and limited to Columbia Public Schoolsâ students and families. The first 450 people to arrive will receive free eclipse glasses.Food trucks, robot dogs, MU student booths and learning stations will be provided for visitors. Pinnacles Youth Park is hosting an event from noon to 3:30 p.m. at 850 E. Pinnacles Road. For $15 per car, guests can receive an eclipse T-shirt and a pair of eclipse glasses. Extra shirts and glasses will be available for sale, as well as snacks and hot dog lunches. All proceeds will support the parkâs various improvement projects. In the mood for a snack?Cafe Berlin will offer an eclipse waffle special, which features a chocolate waffle topped with lemon mousse and a fresh blackberry compote. Manager Calen Price said the special would be served throughout the weekend, while supplies last. âWeâre always super, super busy on the weekend, so ... maybe somebody will come specifically for that, but weâre going to be slammed either way,â Price said. The Black & Bleu special at Flat Branch Pub & Brewing will feature a blackened pub-style burger with cajun seasonings topped with blue cheese. General manager Paul Huesgen said the burger will be the lunch special Monday, but customers can order it for dinner as well. âEvery lunch day, we have kind of a fun burger, and I hope it would bring in a little extra people, just because people like things that are in-theme with the day,â Huesgen said. Moon Speck IPA will be served at Logboat Brewing Co. Originally brewed for the solar eclipse in 2017, Logboat is bringing back this âspecktacularâ IPA for the upcoming eclipse. The drink has notes of citrus and chocolate from darker malts. Krispy Kreme released a total solar eclipse doughnut dipped in black chocolate icing and silver sprinkles, filled Oreo buttercream and topped with an Oreo cookie. The donut is available Friday through Monday. An all-black slush will be featured at Sonic Drive-In, paired with free glasses, while supplies last. The Blackout Slush Float is cotton candy and dragon fruit flavored, topped with soft serve and galaxy-inspired sprinkles. âTotal Eclipse of the Hutâ is Pizza Hutâs play on words for their Monday special of $12 large pizzas. Raising Caneâs is giving free toast to customers at restaurants located in the âPath of Toast-tality,â which encompasses where the eclipse can be viewed. Customers in this area will receive free Texas toast with every combo purchase. Customers will also have the chance to win free Raising Caneâs for 20 years until the next eclipse in 2044. More information on how to win can be found on their website, raisingcanes.com/solareclipse. Throw on some shades Although most places are sold out of eclipse glasses, Loweâs has glasses available while supplies last near checkout counters in stores. Representatives from Target in Columbia confirmed they did not have eclipse glasses available Friday. A spokesperson from both Schnucks locations in Columbia and Walmart on Conley Road said the stores were sold out of glasses. Representatives from Walmart on Grindstone Parkway and Walmart on Broadway were unavailable for comment as of Friday. submitted by como365 to columbiamo [link] [comments] |
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2024.04.03 03:07 OnetimeRocket13 College graduation gift for a friend.
One of my friends is graduating from college in a little more than a month. I've known her since her sophomore year of college. The entire duration has been pretty much on stessor after another, and I want her to know that I am proud of her for making it to the end. I've gotten her gifts before, but not for something as big as graduation. She likes D&D, mushrooms, wine, the color green, strawberries, red velvet, shitty shark movies (like
Sharknado and
Sand Sharks), and reading books in an elusive genre that she describes as "gothic heist fantasy."
This past Christmas, I bought her this cute D&D dice set off of Etsy that had little ceramic inky cap mushrooms in them, and she seemed to really like them. She really seems to like the inky cap mushrooms in general, so I thought maybe getting her something with that sort of theme might be a nice gift if I did a little gift package of sorts.
In the past year, she has gotten into wine, so I was thinking maybe I could get her a really nice bottle of wine. She specifically really likes the flavor of the
Farm Fresh brand of blackberry wine. I drink that wine fairly regularly, and it is pretty sweet and fruity. Wine recommendations would work well for this, I think.
I've never bought a graduation gift for someone before, so I don't really know what to go for. Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.
The budget of $0-$100 is fairly general. I didn't really know what to put there. I don't want to cheap out on such a gift, though.
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2024.04.02 16:48 FloppyDrone Wine pairing suggestions for Rasheh wine from Armenia/Iran.
I got my hands on a bottle of 2021 Rasheh wine (Label is Molana) . The grapes were harvested in Iran and vinified in Armenia. Tasting notes per the producer are: "blackberry and cassis notes. Elegant and rich on the nose." also "It is a medium bodied wine with a medium to long finish."
I would like to pair it with a persian/Armenian dish to give the dinner a theme. However, I am completely ignorant to that part of the world cuisine. I am also not sure what to expect from the wine. Would anyone be so kind to suggest a few dishes that might pair well with it?
As long as it can be done in a kitchen or a charcoal grill I think I'm up for it.
Thank you.
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