• coffee
• petrichor
• norwegian christmas trees
• dove soap
• imperial leather soap
• mackerel
• vanilla candles
• malibu sun cream
• new shoes
• barbecue smoke
• oranges
• freshly cut grass
• frankincense
• umberto giannini products
• blown out birthday candles
• mocktails berry bellini candle
• johnson's baby powder
• garlic/onions
• old spice

• never to heaven ― lana del rey ♡
• salamander ― lana del rey ♡
• quiet waiter blue forever ― lana del rey ♡
• patent leather do-over ― lana del rey ♡
• her kind ― anne sexton ♡
• poppies in july ― sylvia plath ♡
• ulalume ― edgar allan poe ♡

• true crime
• perfumery
• occultism
• psychology
• mythology
• religious imagery
• botany
• interior design
• wild west history
• photo psychometry
• geneology
• fairytale origins

• cold rainy days
• smell of coffee
• bubble baths
• ghost stories
• writing poetry
• folk music
• kewpie dolls
• unique perfume bottles
• flowers
• haikus
• film photography
• polaroid photography
• a tidy environment
• chinese food
• icy beverages
• concept albums
• dogs
• wrestling
• swords
• old hollywood

• listening to the rain tap on my window in the morning
• the relaxed feeling after having a hot bath
• discovering a really good song
• having a good nights sleep and feeling well rested
• getting on the scale and seeing the number go down
• becoming fond of a new fictional character
• making playlists
• being fully immersed in new interests
• eating good food
• the downpour of rain after a heatwave

• signs → aquarius ☼ cancer ☾ sagittarius ↑
• character alignment → chaotic neutral
• birth stone → amethyst
• eye colour → hazel
• music → folk
• princess → rapunzel
• weapon → sword
• season → autumn
• book → misery by stephen king
• song → yayo by lana del rey ♡
• mythological figure → artemis

• melancholy → a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
• solstice → where the sun appears to reach either its highest or lowest point in the sky for the year
• opulence → great wealth or luxuriousness
• eloquence → fluent or persuasive speaking or writing
• noir → a genre of film characterized by cynicism, fatalism, and moral ambiguity
• gaiety → the state or quality of being light-hearted or cheerful
• opium → addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy
• sonnet → a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
• piccalilli → british interpretation of south asian pickles
• asunder → into separate parts; in or into pieces
• jejune → french word meaning naive, simplistic, and superficial
• covet → yearn to possess

y u l e ┊ 21st-23rd dec

• meaning → celebration of the winter solstice which marks the return of the sun to the earth and brings hope, renewal, and birth
  • colours → red, green, gold
  • plants & herbs → pine, cinnamon, nutmeg, oak
  • incense → cedar, frankincense, cinnamon, pine
  • crystals → bloodstone, emerald, citrine, clear quartz
  • food & drink → mulled wine, hot cider, nuts

i m b o l c ┊ 1st feb

• meaning → this is the sign that your soul is reawakening after winter's rest and the cold, harsh days are stirring for spring. it's a time for cleansing, sowing new seeds, trial and initiation
  • colours → pink, white, light green
  • plants & herbs → blackberry, chamomile, snowdrops, witch h...

• ribbons
• empty perfume bottles
• oil paintings
• pillar candles
• parisian style furniture
• pearl bracelets
• trinket dishes
• feather slippers
• heart shaped lockets
• silk sheets
• china dolls
• seashells
• kewpie dolls
• french fans
• lace gloves
• heart shaped sunglasses
• wind chimes
• gunne sax dresses

• "i'm playing the villain, baby. just like you want." — lisa rowe (girl, interrupted)
• "you see everything when the world doesn't see you." — liz taylor (ahs: hotel)
• "goddesses don't speak in whispers; they scream." — the countess (ahs: hotel)
• "if you look in the face of evil, evil's gonna look right back at you." — sister jude (ahs: asylum)
• "cut me and i bleed dior." — liz taylor (ahs: hotel)
• "put your head back. close your eyes. wade into the quiet of the stream." — hannibal lecter (nbc hannibal)

• red ⋅ charlie
• princess ⋅ vera wang
• sunflowers ⋅ elizabeth arden
• magical moon ⋅ hanae mori
• naughty alice ⋅ vivienne westwood
• mon guerlain ⋅ guerlain
• poison girl ⋅ dior
• classique ⋅ jean paul gaultier
• donna acqua ⋅ valentino
• la nuit trésor ⋅ lancôme

• murder by numbers (2002)
• deep dark canyon (2013)
• joy ride (2001)

m o v i e s

• pearl (2022)
• american psycho (2000)
• the bad seed (1956)
• dolls (1987)
• buffalo '66 (1998)
• orphan: first kill (2022)
• longlegs (2024)

s e r i e s

• mindhunter (2017)
• sharp objects (2018)
• love & death (2023)

s p r i n g

tulips ⋅ honeydew melon ⋅ early birds ⋅ blue gingham ⋅ 60s music ⋅ lemons ⋅ buttercups ⋅ meadows ⋅ wicker furniture ⋅ picnics ⋅ apples ⋅ jasmine candles ⋅ magpies ⋅ frogs ⋅ daffodils ⋅ dungarees ⋅ mossy ponds

s u m m e r

oranges ⋅ yellow gingham ⋅ bees ⋅ 70s music ⋅ budweiser ⋅ sunflowers ⋅ freshly cut grass ⋅ barbecue smoke ⋅ paddling pools ⋅ sticky skin ⋅ seagulls ⋅ pebbled beaches ⋅ cherryade ⋅ navy blue ⋅ white linen ⋅ blue jeans ⋅ coke bottles ⋅ daisy chains ⋅ malibu sun cream ⋅ california poppies

a u t u m n

scarecrows ⋅ early evenings ⋅ rain ⋅ vanilla candles ⋅ pumpkins ⋅ sage ⋅ halloween ⋅ burnt sienna ⋅ crispy leaves ⋅ crows ⋅ horror movies ⋅ sandalwood ⋅ cornfields ⋅ forests ⋅ p...

• folie à deux → madness for two (french)
• clair de lune → moonlight (french)
• stellifer → star-bearing (latin)

• "what is to give light must endure burning." — viktor frankl
• "and all i loved, i loved alone." — edgar allan poe
• "i surrender my desire to be healed." — richard siken
• “be the flame, not the moth.” ― giacomo casanova
• “i talk to god but the sky is empty.” ― sylvia plath
• “the earth laughs in flowers.” ― ralph waldo emerson
• “well-behaved women seldom make history.” ― laurel thatcher ulrich
• "intoxicated with madness, i'm in love with my sadness." — sylvia plath
• “mermaids don't drown.” ― suzanne palmieri
• “shame is the lie someone told you about yourself.” ― anaïs nin
• "i sing of hera: pomegranate, lotus flowers, lions, thrones." — unknown
• “and so being young and dipped in folly, i fell in love with melancholy.” ― edgar allan poe
• “if you feel everything intensely, ultimately you feel nothing at all.” ― elizabeth wurtzel