Re: EXTROPY: The Fragrance?

From: Natasha Vita-More (natasha@natasha.cc)
Date: Tue Feb 19 2002 - 19:50:14 MST


At 02:18 AM 2/20/02 +0100, Anders wrote:

>On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 02:00:33PM -0800, Brian D Williams wrote:
> >
> > Okay what does the fragrance "Extropy" smell like? What does the
> > container look like? I understand containers that make idle
> > playthings on ones desk are in vogue...
>
>Something bright and clear - maybe with a hint of citrus?

Maybe lemon.

While at the spa 2 weeks ago, I noticed the delicious smell of lemons
permeating the air. Wanting to smell this again and again, yesterday I
purchased lemon (and lemon grass) essential oils. At home on the dining
table, I placed a lit candle under the lemon oils in water, which heated
the water filled the room with a light hint of lemon scent. I also
purchased new hand moisture for the kitchen sink, which smells of
lemons. To top it off, I filled a spray bottle with purified water and 20
drops of the lemon oil to mist around the living room. Mind you, the lemon
sent is delicate and invigorating. Just enough of a hint to uplift the mind.

>As for a container, why not something like a chaosphere?

I was looking at the blown glass sculpture you gave us some years ago at
your first stay here. It is so beautiful. I would like a fragrance bottle
made out of blown glass - in a perfect square shape with an elegant
spiraling shape inside which contains the perfume. The bottle would rest
on an angle, on a small but sturdy black iron stand - matte black (although
chrome smooth), modern with fine simple lines. The color would be green, a
soft and almost translucent emerald.

(Lemon Grass - A tropical grass (Cymbopogon citratus) native to southern
India and Sri Lanka, yielding an aromatic oil used as flavoring and in
perfumery and medicine.)

Natasha Vita-More

Founder, Transhumanist Arts
Art Director, Digital Design

http://www.natasha.cc http://www.extropic-art.com http://www.transhuman.org

"I'd rather be inebriated on a classic life than a 1996 classic Merlot."



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