Perse Now Painting

One Tuesday morning, on my way to the farmer's market in the city, I decided to take my nose on a little holiday. I stepped into my favourite perfume store and started to explore. Soon I had a bunch of test papers fanning out from between my fingers. One perfume in particular caught my attention, in a crystal clear bottle, named "Per se". I wasn't sure what that meant, but it sounded very French and elegant. When I consider the perfume, it made me feel *new*. A crystal transparent feeling, pleasant, crispy, expecting something good. Refreshed. Like a sunflower in an ice cube. Like sunlight just breaking through the misty blue sky on a cold morning. The moment of something about to begin. A fresh start, but carrying on something that you’ve left unfinished the day before. The music that I hear with this perfume is the middle bit of Chet Baker singing “Dancing on the ceiling”, around the 1:12 mark, when vocalises, like he's singing in the shower. The colours that I saw with it at dark green, grey, a pale ivory yellow, a bright green, pink. Going back to the notes, I could recognise the colours. Green is bamboo, grey is the aldehyde, the flower bouquet is the ivory yellow and the pink. I did go back to the store and buy the perfume in the end. It will be by perfume for 2024, and it will make me feel very expensive, pleasant and *new* when I wear it.