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Buddha

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do [...]

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George Soros

Just as the process of repealing national alcohol prohibition began with individual states repealing their own prohibition laws, so individual states must now take the initiative with respect to repealing marijuana prohibition laws.–George Soros Perfume I have a TV interview coming up, on the Daytime Show in Tampa, and if I’m lucky, there will be [...]

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Chronos EDP

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.–Aldous Huxley Perfume I didn’t set out to make imitations or homages to my favorite synthetic perfumes–but I ended up doing it by accident! Chronos EDP is my homage to Sables, a maple like aroma. It contains immortelle which, I guess in both the natural and [...]

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Hemp used to be industrial

The worst illiterate is the political illiterate…He doesn’t know, the imbecile, that from his political non-participation comes the prostitute, the abandoned child, the robber, and worst of all, corrupt officials, the lackeys of exploitative multinational corporations.–Bertolt Brecht Perfume When I was growing up in Manhattan, the smell of the subway was a great pleasure for [...]

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Bowery below the raised train which used to run along it

My brain is only a receiver. In the universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength, inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.–Nikola Tesla Perfume The Eye on Fashion show was something of a disappointment. Folks were selling mostly costume jewelry–not even [...]

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Eye on Fashion

Life is hard. It’s harder if you’re stupid.–John Wayne Perfume I will be sponsoring and attending Eye on Fashion this Friday from 7-midnight. At the Florida Museum of Photography Arts, downtown Tampa. Please come check us out! In addition to my humble table, with all my perfumes to test, there will be five stylists competing [...]

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All my perfumes

I will be offering a 15% discount in honor of MS Awareness month. That’s everything in my shop on sale 15% off. Get it while you can! This offer ends on March 31st. The code is NMSA2012. Please enjoy!

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Howard Zinn

Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.–Howard Zinn Perfume On my baby, Marycarmen’s, suggestion, I now put on perfume right before bed. At first I tried Heracles, but from now on I think I’ll use Selene CDP. It’s just the right sort of gentle aroma I [...]

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Victor Hugo

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved–loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.–Victor Hugo Perfume Having done two interviews in the last month or so, the next step will be getting my perfumes into boutiques and shops. Holly and Nancy, my PR reps of the White Book [...]

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Einstein

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.–Einstein Perfume Artemis EXT is indeed a powdery lavender scent, but there’s something too sharp at the beginning. It needs work, but I’m just happy I finally have a lavender perfume! The tonka, as Jane Cate advised, is definitely causing the powdery effect; it [...]