Notices by blinry ☎️2546 (blinry@chaos.social)

Starting a thread of niche #perfume reviews!

First up: "Frustration" by Etat Libre d'Orange. Found it repulsive at first, like rotten plants. This could be the perfume of a wicked witch, it smelled *evil* to me.

But later, it evolved into strong Christmas spices like cloves and cinnamon – actually quite pleasant!

@piko also was confused whether a strange smell they noticed in our flat was this perfume? But it turned out our vacuum robot was smoldering. 😱

Today, we tried two samples from a niche #perfume house called "Zoologist", who name all their perfumes after animals.

"Bee" 🐝 smells intensely like bee's wax, and like the sweet incense that's sometimes being used in esoteric/spiritual stores! It's so strong that I could follow & find @piko in our apartment while blindfolded! :D

It also lasts all day, and barely changes, which is not the case for all perfumes.

And "Rabbit" 🐇 is a warm, friendly smell that mixes vegetables (carrot? zucchini?) and vanilla cake. Very cozy and delicious, puts me in a good mood! #perfume

Spotted in Utrecht... :P

Learned about https://freesewing.eu today, an open-source sewing pattern design program!

There are plenty of designs to choose from, modifiable to your body measurements. You can also code your own patterns!

The documentation seems really good, and the whole project seems wholesome!

Also, there's a shark pattern, with parameters like "hungriness" and "teeth pointyness", and I just love that! :D

#why2025

This feels like a blog post from a parallel universe, discussing a topic I never knew existed: Artsy, experimental perfumes!

Perfumes that smell like new cars. Like a distant Tuscan town in winter. Abstract scents. Like ink & old books. Or like Room 237 from "The Shining". :'D

https://gwern.net/blog/2025/perfume

Can't say that I'm not enjoying the reviews that the niche perfume community is writing! :D

That blog post seems to have kicked off a new special interest for me! :D

I'm bringing some perfume samples, to #why2025 hit me up if you wanna try some; I'd be happy to recommend you something!

Also, if there's anyone into perfumes (or perfume-making?), I'd love to chat!

Brainstorming ideas for #gmtkjam...

I also noticed that some leafs had fallen off this Pachyphytum oviferum. My chance to do my first #proplifting! :P

I asked nicely, and the response was a relaxed "Yeah, you can take it! Feel free to break off more leafs!" :O

We explored Locarno yesterday! A very pretty, Mediterranean-feeling city! Didn't know Switzerland had places like this!

In addition to grape vines, we found kiwi, peach, lemon and fig trees!!

Gotthard Base Tunnel (symbol picture)!

At 57 km, this is the longest railway tunnel in the world! 🚇

Cellular network + wifi? Yep!

I also think the development of the climate is an error!

The Succulent Collection in Zürich is so wonderful! I always enjoy looking at alien-looking plants! :3

According to a person we met on the boat, Interlaken is the ugliest place in Switzerland! :D

It *is* definitely one of the most touristy places I've seen, with a very international crowd of visitors, and many international restaurants like "Home China" or a Korean BBQ place!

(S)chweizerische (B)undes(B)ahnen · (C)hemins de (F)er (F)édéraux suisses · (F)or (F)ucks (S)ake

We're going on a hike again today! First, a very short hike to the train station. :)

Then, 30 minutes by train, along the Brienzer Lake, admiring the @Pecc0r -colored water one last time! <3

Next, we're changing to this very yellow bus! Feeling like a package! 📦