Rainy hello from Pacific Northwest

loom

New member
Feb 1, 2023
Hi all, it's very nice to meet you! I am loom aka Irene from Canada.
I have been into aromatherapy a lot, and approx half a year ago also became addicted to perfumes. I always had and used perfumes, but developed a deeper interest just recently. I love discovering new scents, and I already have a large collection of samples and decants. I also love going to local stores to test fragrances. Testing fragrances is my current go-to to lift up my spirits and improve my mood. I only buy full bottles of things I absolutely in love with (although I do have several blind purchases as well), so my collection of bottles is small. I'm also learning to make perfumes, just for fun.

The first fragrance I ever owned was...
Oriflame Freya

The first fragrance I bought with my own money was...
Bond no. 9 Astor Place

My favorite fragrance is....
Guerlain Shalimar

Tell us a bit about where you live (you don't have to specify where it is if you don't want to)
We have lots of rain here, beautiful mountains and rain forests. It's a magical place, as if straight from a Tolkien's book

Tell us a bit about what you do for fun...
Sing in a amateur choir, play the piano, test fragrances

Tell us a bit about what you do for work...
I'm a software engineer, former translator, former analytical chemist

🎵 Your favourite band / music / album....
That's a tough one! Where do I begin... 😅

📺 Your favourite TV Shows...
ALF 😅

🎬 Your favourite Movies....
The most I love silent cinema, Japanse Golden Age and James Cameron

📚 Your favourite Books....
Everything by Tolkien

🕹️ Your favourite video games...
Myst

😋 Your favourite food...
I love cooking Indian, because I love spices

🐱 Do you have any pets?
Plants 🌿

🎉 What's your best party trick?
Vanishing doughnuts

😎 Has anyone ever told you that you look like someone famous?
Mia Wasikowska
 

nosey74

Basenotes Dependent
Aug 30, 2014
Hi all, it's very nice to meet you! I am loom aka Irene from Canada.
I have been into aromatherapy a lot, and approx half a year ago also became addicted to perfumes. I always had and used perfumes, but developed a deeper interest just recently. I love discovering new scents, and I already have a large collection of samples and decants. I also love going to local stores to test fragrances. Testing fragrances is my current go-to to lift up my spirits and improve my mood. I only buy full bottles of things I absolutely in love with (although I do have several blind purchases as well), so my collection of bottles is small. I'm also learning to make perfumes, just for fun.

The first fragrance I ever owned was...
Oriflame Freya

The first fragrance I bought with my own money was...
Bond no. 9 Astor Place

My favorite fragrance is....
Guerlain Shalimar

Tell us a bit about where you live (you don't have to specify where it is if you don't want to)
We have lots of rain here, beautiful mountains and rain forests. It's a magical place, as if straight from a Tolkien's book

Tell us a bit about what you do for fun...
Sing in a amateur choir, play the piano, test fragrances

Tell us a bit about what you do for work...
I'm a software engineer, former translator, former analytical chemist

🎵 Your favourite band / music / album....
That's a tough one! Where do I begin... 😅

📺 Your favourite TV Shows...
ALF 😅

🎬 Your favourite Movies....
The most I love silent cinema, Japanse Golden Age and James Cameron

📚 Your favourite Books....
Everything by Tolkien

🕹️ Your favourite video games...
Myst

😋 Your favourite food...
I love cooking Indian, because I love spices

🐱 Do you have any pets?
Plants 🌿

🎉 What's your best party trick?
Vanishing doughnuts

😎 Has anyone ever told you that you look like someone famous?
Mia Wasikowska
You're funny! Welcome :) If it makes you feel any better I'm in below zero windchill Wisconsin - rain sounds good to me right now. I don't have any pets - real or plants.
 

Ken_Russell

Basenotes Institution
Jan 21, 2006
Hi and welcome Irene, very happy to be one of the BN contributors at the moment of such special occasion.
In addition to such enjoyable Basenotes replies already posted, happening to be as well from a quite rainy place/region of origin-so far, without decreasing ant enjoyment nor interest regrading such wonderful hobby.
 
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Shycat

Basenotes Plus
Basenotes Plus
Oct 18, 2005
Welcome to Basenotes! How old are and are you married? Do you have a boyfriend? Do you want one? I mean...not that I have a single son with a good job or anything. I'm just interested in you. That's all.

My son is single. He's an engineer (Portland-ish) Fluent German, currently learning Japanese on his own and not a beginner in his online class. Likes cats. Very slim but going to the gym. Just saying. :geek:
:geek: :geek: :geek:

Welcome to Basenotes...you do sound a treat.
 

loom

New member
Feb 1, 2023
Welcome to Basenotes! How old are and are you married? Do you have a boyfriend? Do you want one? I mean...not that I have a single son with a good job or anything. I'm just interested in you. That's all.

My son is single. He's an engineer (Portland-ish) Fluent German, currently learning Japanese on his own and not a beginner in his online class. Likes cats. Very slim but going to the gym. Just saying. :geek:
:geek: :geek: :geek:

Welcome to Basenotes...you do sound a treat.
Thanks! Unfortunately, I am not single - although I do fit in a rowboat 😏
 

loom

New member
Feb 1, 2023
Yowza! I saw her not so long ago in [the] Only Lovers Left Alive — she was the spittin' image of that line from the Stones' Under My Thumb ("a squirmin' dog who's just had her day"); IOW, delicious.

Welcome to Basenotes.
Wow, a film by Jim Jarmusch about vampires that I haven't seen yet! I know what I'll be doing this Sunday night 📽 Thank you for the welcome and for mentioning that movie!
 

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