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Donโt look at me
โBeing perceivedโฆ how do u stop that,โ one person tweets out into the void. โIโm so sick of being perceived I literally cannot cope with people having an opinion of me,โ one other adds. โI wanna delete all the pieces, I need to deactivate every social media Iโve ever had in my entire life. I need every trace of me to be gone and I donโt wanna be perceived,โ a preferred soundbite on TikTok, originally from @jacobvanlue, ruminates. The notion that all and sundry we encounter holds a distinct perception of us, beyond our control, is unsettling, even a little bit horrifying. Yet, being perceived by others is an...
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The primary line on the web siteโs copy for Ellis Brooklyn Florist Eau de Parfum exclaims that the scent โis a celebration of citrus floral.โ On paper, because of this the fragrance is a celebration of my two least favorite categories of perfume. But two things drew me to call in a sample anyway: For one, it was created in collaboration with DSM-Firmenich principal perfumer Frank Voelklwho also worked on my two other favorite Ellis Brooklyn scents, After and Sun Fruit. For 2, the bottle is a pleasant shade of hot pink that stands out against my collection of otherwise mostly clear-glass-with-a-black-or-gold-cap fragrances.Sometimes, judging a book by its cover results in a positive final result. The primary sniff elicited from...
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