ZOMG Smells General Catalog Perfume Oil (Available)
Heian-era Kyoto took its perfuming seriously. As the imperial capital, and the focus of power and wealth for the whole country, the arts in general were no joke. It was a matter of social life and death to have beautiful handwriting, to layer the perfect colors for juni-hitoe, and boy howdy, especially considering the state of the privies, it was absolutely non-optional to have a gorgeous perfume.
Courtiers competed with each other to mix the finest scents and to identify the scents others had mixed — the Tale of Genji has a bit on this, and Genji himself is a fine compounder (and a fine everything else, but that's Genji for you).
We took a few recipes and mooshed what we thought were the most perfectly elegant parts into this, our own ZOMG takimono. Cedarwood, aloes, pine and cinnamon barks, sandalwood, clove, and lilacs.
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