Plant Sex. natural perfume. August 2024
Plant Sex ☽•☾ natural perfumea l c h e m y ☽•☾ Can you hear them? We can all see their ovaries and stamens on flagrant display. Pea-cocking for the pollinators. The priapic finger limes, whose ironic insides are lined with pale sage colored eggs, glistening with a perfumey coating, but when crushed burst with the most pristine tart juice. The passion flower, with hundred tendrils squirming like so many spread legs. The tuberose breast bud, blush pink at the nipple. The smutty butter of Cleveland musk sage. Pomegranate's vermilion lips. Hibiscus with his harlequin anther. The spotted orchid stigma. But none of these are in this blend. Some of the sirens included: balsam poplar bud ooze, patchouli flowers, musky herbs and roots. All in house extracts, many from my gardens. Gender neutral. Photos: Australian finger lime eggs from my gardens festooning the solid perfume in a 5ml glass jar; liquid perfume in 5ml amber glass, solid perfume in 5ml and 10ml black violet glass jars, and liquid