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  1. Steel Hyaena

    SOTD

    Today's swipe was Jing Shen Qi, from the generous sample sent to me. I went to my salon to get my hair done, and my stylist asked what I was wearing. I showed him the site and am hoping his sticker shock is overcome by the beauty he sensed. I am feeling wonderful today, between the pampering and...
  2. Steel Hyaena

    SOTD

    Ever wake up surly? Just open your eyes and go 'Crud!' I did this morning, so I made a mad grab for my Oud Haroon. No more surly! I am in harmony now.
  3. Steel Hyaena

    Eine kleine Oudhmusik

    All so intensely true, Tuff! At the moment, I am listening to Viking folk. It's mingling beautifully with the Oud Haroon I just received!
  4. Steel Hyaena

    SOTD

    My sense of smell is sensitive and maybe a little weird. But I do catch just the faintest trace.
  5. Steel Hyaena

    SOTD

    Today, my bottle of Jing Shen Lu arrived. I'm pretty sure you can guess what I am wearing! I'm getting a 'wild sage honey' thing as well as.. hm. how to describe this. Here in Arizona, when we have rain, there is a scent when the rain hits the hot sandstone. It's a sweet aroma with tinges of a...
  6. Steel Hyaena

    Eine kleine Oudhmusik

    A peaceful morning of dark elegance: Dhul Q and Sisterhood. 'We forgive as we forget. As the day is long. As the water flows over the bridge, as we walk on the floodland, as we walk on the water, we forget.'
  7. Steel Hyaena

    Eine kleine Oudhmusik

    This is my favorite poem.
  8. Steel Hyaena

    Oud Is My Fortress

    I have to say... I feel a deep sense of community here, of family. I know I can talk about the beauty of oud and have people get it; I can feel free to be my slightly strange self as I explore its glory. I missed all of you when I was sick!
  9. Steel Hyaena

    Oud Is My Fortress

    I cannot love this post enough. I have been through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and that has been a livesaver for me in the most literal of senses. And I have a hyperattentuated sense of smell. I routinely smell things before anyone else can, and I am one of the few people that can smell...
  10. Steel Hyaena

    Oud Yusuf, another refuge.

    Another health issue has been overcome with Out Yusuf! And Ensar might have another customer, because I let my GI doc have a smell of it when he said 'What perfume is that? It's wonderful.' He had the same reaction to it that I do and I showed him the site!
  11. Steel Hyaena

    When writer's block strikes...

    ... a tiny dot of Dhul Q or Yusuf on my thumb will flood me with so much light that the words begin to flow again. If I take slow, deep, oud-infused breaths, I find that it clears my head and opens deep, shimmering places in my creativity. I owe a few thousand words to Ensar's creations. So very...
  12. Steel Hyaena

    Nothing gets past oud! (Warning: the following post does speak of witchcraft.)

    I am a mystic. J am also gifted with the charge of protecting another of my kind who is like a daughter to me. The relationsip is a symbiosis: she is my hands and legs when there are things I cannot do, and I am hosting her and giving her room and board in exchange for helping me keep my home...
  13. Steel Hyaena

    Oud Yusuf, another refuge.

    This has been a crummy week so far. But I have a small solution: little dot of oud on the joint of my thumb. I can sit and surreptitiously huff it, which is uplifting to my spirit. I just need to get through today. Oud Yusuf is the wings upon which I fly above the complete nonsense at my VA.
  14. Steel Hyaena

    Oud Yusuf, another refuge.

    It just occurred to me that I haven't spoken on Oud Yusuf, which is my most frequent go-to when I decide to indulge. I only wish I could wear it more frequently! The deserts of Arizona are the most lush and diverse deserts in the world. The reason is our monsoon season, which has started early...
  15. Steel Hyaena

    I am having a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day, so...

    ... I decided I needed a little smoke and intensity. I snatched up my Dhul Q and played a little free and easy with it. You will mainly get desert analogies from me. There is a tang of burning sage and mesquite, strong when it's wet. Then it dries down into copal and incense bush, with just a...
  16. Steel Hyaena

    I have returned!

    They will be forthcoming! As a treat,. here's a preliminary view of the cover for my next book!
  17. Steel Hyaena

    I have returned!

    I can legit say oud saved my life. I had something life-threatening, and while I was in the hospital, I used the scent of Oud Yusuf to focus on something other than pain and fear. I pulled through. I am past the worst of this now and recovering.
  18. Steel Hyaena

    I have returned!

    Once again, I find oud has helped me pull through.
  19. Steel Hyaena

    I have returned!

    Not sure how many remember me. but I think I am sufficiently well enough to offer greetings!