The Trumpets of Jericho is a very short work that took a surprising amount of time to read. Written by Unica Zürn in 1968. The translators introduction was very beneficial and honestly absolutely necessary to begin to understand anything about the book. Tortured and painful, littered with autobiographical details the stories unfold in a kaleidoscope … Continue reading The Trumpets of Jericho by Unica Zürn
Vivo: The Life of Gustav Meyrink (Dark Master Series) by Mike Mitchell is the only English language biography for Meyrink. Therefore it is hard to make any comparisons to anything else out there for me. I would have to say that book is pretty good. Obviously it was good enough that I devoured it in … Continue reading Vivo: The Life of Gustav Meyrink
Dakar from the house Al-Rehab in Saudi Arabia. Al Rehab was established in 1975 according to their website even though Fragrantica says it's brand dates from 2014. Obviously there is an issue here considering they have over 183 perfumes listed. Either they are very busy or there is a rather large error on their part! … Continue reading Dakar from Al-Rehab
Pierre Cardin Pour Monsieur was launched in 1972 by Pierre Cardin. It falls under the Woody Spicy category. Top notes are orange, lavender, basil, bergamot and lemon. Middle notes are leather, carnation, sandalwood, patchouli and geranium. The base notes are leather, tonka bean, amber, benzoin, oakmoss and vanilla. I have only had the opportunity to … Continue reading Pierre Cardin Pour Monsieur review
A long while ago I came across the name of William Ernest Henley. I do believe that it was while reading something about Robert E Howard when this happened. Of course I could be completely wrong considering how many books I have read. One of the shortcomings of this book was the lack of a … Continue reading The Works of William Ernest Henley: Poems review
