Every once in a while, I get on a photog roll. This weeks seems to be one of those whiles, so enjoy it while it lasts (see? we all get our whiles!). Lovely photos, not so much of me blathering on and on.
Anyway, Serge Lutens Un Bois Sepia. I remember liking it better a month ago than what I’m experiencing now that I own a bottle. Doesn’t that just figure.
I really like how it opens, and really really like how it finishes, but I really really really have issues with what’s in between. I blame the cypress trees. But I’m determined to wrap my brain around this one, kind of like the way I figured out how to enjoy the bitterness of coffee when I was 18, and the tannins in serious red wine when I was . . . uhm, a little older than 18? Yeah, that’s it.
But give yourself enough exposure to anything in the proper setting and psychological adjustments can be made. Not that I’m promoting exposure in general at this point — just exposure to Un Bois Sepia.
Oh h*ll, we know it’s all about the photos, anyway. See below:
Kooky, no? The photos only look like they’ve been extremely manipulated and photoshopped to death, but very little was actually done to them post shooting besides a little cropping and some minor color tweaks.
I’ve been experimenting with my new Canon G10, and it’s a terrific little camera. For being just one step up from a simple pocket point and shoot, it’s rather breathtaking in what it can accomplish. And it loves perfume bottles — all that light and all those gorgeous curves and angles . . .
The exotic backdrop/setting is a sculptural lamp we’ve had for a few years — I believe it’s made from twisted corn husks, and it’s lit up from within, which is where that wild glow comes from.
Unfortunately, not all the photos are available to view in larger sizes. I was working with low light to get the glow effect, and while I like the results, I did run into some evil digital distortion in a few cases.
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Where did you sample the Bois Sepia from? I have heard from another POLer that it has been reformulated. Makes you wonder.
You know, that might explain things, because it seems quite a bit different from what I sampled. I got my sample from The Perfumed Court, and it was most likely from a bottle that was bought when Un Bois Sepia was still a Paris Salon exclusive.
I remember it being quite sweet and candied citrus at the beginning, with a nice subtle cypress moving into drier and drier wood as time passed, finishing up with a pretty great patchouli . . . but with the bottle I now have, the difficult cypress element is turned way up and stays prevalent through almost the entire thing. The patchouli at the end isn’t nearly so smooth and beautiful.
I wish I’d known beforehand that it might have been tweaked for release internationally. Oh well, I’ll pair it with something a little richer and sweeter and then we’ll get along famously.
If this was a video blog, I’d totally watch it… especially if it was in HD.
Plenty of cable/satellite providers have on demand HD shows and this blog could easily be turned into one.
I can see it now — slow close-ups of perfume bottles with lounge beats and sultry vocals in the background . . . *cracking up*