Vida Blue

My interest in perfume has been chronicled extensively on this blog (there's even a tag for it, which should make finding my perfume-related posts a little easier--UPDATE: alas, those posts were on my defunct Vox blog).  About a year ago, I began to consider a baseball and perfume pairing that I call "Vida Blue."  Here are my notes for three "Vida Blue" fragrances:

Spring Training

Mint

Grass Linden

Orange

Avocado

Basil

Sugar Cane

Sage

Tuberose

Home, Away

Leather

Caramel

Grass and Loam

Tobacco

Salt

Winter Ball

Cocoa, Star anise, Sandalwood

 

"Spring Training" is promising, the other two not so much.  But in my perfumista fantasy, Minka Kelly and Derek Jeter are the models and spokespeople for "Vida Blue" (although Jeter has his own line and would probably consider this a conflict of interest).

While I'm in the mood for sharing, here's my recipe for "Thistles," a fragrance inspired by the poetry of Esther Raab.

Thistles

Vetiver

Lemon Peel

Thistle tincture

Eucalyptus

Olive

Frankincense/Oudh

Lily or Rose

Comments

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Sadly, I've missed your perfume posts. But this list reminds me of the love potions in Harry Potter, in which you smell the things you most love. (Hermione smells fresh-cut grass, for example.)

Also, I love the category list at the bottom and think you should consider making it the title of your autobiography. I'd read 'Baseball, Perfume, Poetry' over 'Eat, Pray, Love' any day.