Category: Nerd Stuff

Happy was one of the initial three fragrances that started me on this journey (along with Unforgivable and Armani Code). Happy and Code were on the Amazon Top 20 in men’s fragrance and me, not knowing where else to start, took that list and started hitting up stores and crossing fragrances off the list.

My thought process at the time was that Happy was unlike anything else I’d tested; that is, it was much more subtle. The orange juice gives you a clue of what to expect inside, and I’ve written previously on Basenotes that it captures the image of a ripe orange better than an actual orange does, and this is coming from a Miami native. The name makes me laugh, because it was the first time I came to the realization that I may be a homo. Happy For Men? Really? I’m not all that happy for men.

Iga Province, 1596. Fuma Kotaro dozed in the aft end of the ship. His goal was clear; he would kill the greatest ninja that ever lived. He felt the man’s presence before hearing him and awoke instantly, his hand reaching for his nihonto. It was one of his subordinates.

“We have fifteen minutes.”

Kotaro nodded his assent and started searching through his bag, making preparations.

According to Basenotes, Happy features top notes of Kaffir Lime, Kalamanzi Fruit, Mandarin, and Yuzu, with assorted green notes in the middle, set on a base of Cypress, Cedar, and Guiacwood. However, the composition is a little too tight to pinpoint any note in particular. In a word, happy is light. The base isn’t particularly prominent, and so the whole thing has a sort of ethereal quality.

Kotaro and his band of ninja pore over the map, quietly discussing the plan for the evening. Assignments … (More) “Clinique Happy – Perfume For Ninjas”

So some of you did in fact notice that I’ve dropped off the face of the earth over the past few days. It’s cool guys, I’m back with an old love. That is to say, I’m playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion again. I remember playing it on my laptop and clocking about 160 hours on my toon on there, and it was one of the first games I bought for 360. I finally finished the main quest, and finished the Shivering Isles content two days later. My main character, who was a pure warrior, built as a dungeon crawler (look ma, no magic; yes, the game’s perfectly beatable without ever casting a spell) has about 70 hours on him at level 28, and I’m working two new characters, a more or less pure Atronach-signed mage (very difficult in the opening levels, not gonna lie) and an evil toon that was designed to level up quickly and I think I’ll eventually try and build him for endgame (level 30+) dungeons, and try to get enough gear for 101% damage reflection and 100% magic resistance (very possible to get both in one set of gear with a little luck), then stalk the world as an assassin.

Don’t worry about me, I’m fine. :D

Also got my own bottle of Terre d’Hermes yesterday, been wearing it for two days now in an attempt to really understand it. So far I still don’t, but it does smell better than what Hermes sent me in their little sample spray. Couldn’t tell you why.… (More) “Just One More Level, Just One More Level, Just One More Level”