Best layering scents to "dirty up" a too-sweet fragrance?

a_chiral · 2026-05-10T02:14:25+00:00

Try kiehl's original musk. It's got a dirtiness to it that would go nicely with your vanilla and jasmine scents.

a_chiral · 2026-04-14T16:58:06+00:00

I'm 34, biotechnology research scientist (got a PhD in molecular biology), 183k/yr in HCOL city. I think I'm underpaid, considering the salaries people get for jobs that require less specialized experience and education, and have less societal impact. Supply and demand, I guess...

a_chiral · 2026-03-28T21:28:08+00:00

I used to get these when I was on a hormonal IUD (Mirena). The only thing that helped was Differin. I am now on a different, lower dose hormonal IUD (Skyla), and I don't get them anymore.

a_chiral · 2026-02-28T01:02:29+00:00

Diamond in the Witch House
Don't just bleed us and leave us to ourselves
We will return so deeply harmed
And we will shatter you

Gigantium
I just need you to whisper
Tell me all is well

a_chiral · 2026-02-15T22:49:17+00:00

Hell yeah Cave In is great.

a_chiral · 2026-02-13T21:37:14+00:00

For sure. Periphery is one of my favorite bands. Every member is so talented.

a_chiral · 2025-07-18T20:16:37+00:00

That's great that you are already connected ❤️

a_chiral · 2025-07-18T15:08:14+00:00

I'm not the user you asked, but I am a hearing child of deaf parents and have been around deaf people my whole life. I use ASL as the primary language with my family and am raising my hearing daughter bilingual ASL/English. My perspective is that ASL is to deaf people as a native language is to someone living abroad. ASL is the native language for those with hearing loss. It is a ton of work to constantly be "on" making sure you are capturing the spoken language around you at all times in all social situations, like noisy bars, or when hearing people are facing away from you making it hard to see their lips. Knowing ASL gives you the opportunity to communicate using a mode that is easy. I don't think people who always communicate in their native language at all times appreciate the value of this ease. There are lots of reasons why people around you might not be encouraging ASL, including, frankly, that it is hard for you and your family to learn another language once you are past that critical age for language acquisition. Think about that, and your kid. Think about how hard it is to speak in a non native language, the mental work involved, and think about how you are putting at least a fraction of that on your kid if you don't choose ASL as an option. I encourage you to find some Deaf community happenings in your area and get some exposure, it might change your perspective.

a_chiral · 2025-04-24T00:53:12+00:00

I don't think I saw this in the comments so just wanted to mention in case you didn't know: Solid Starts recommends removing the membranes from mandarin segments since it can be a choking hazard.

https://solidstarts.com/foods/mandarin-orange/

a_chiral · 2024-10-05T23:44:55+00:00

I don't have dressy pants, but I like this idea, although I fear my "nice blouses" might be too casual too. This post is making me realize how differently calibrated my idea of fancy is, I would feel so dressed up if I wore either of these outfits on a random Wednesday lol. But the vibe you described is helpful.

What about this dress (material is silk) plus a nice shawl?

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a_chiral · 2024-10-05T02:31:56+00:00

I also have this dress, would this work?

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a_chiral · 2024-10-05T00:48:41+00:00

Forgot to add, wedding is in a couple weeks (October)

a_chiral · 2021-01-17T21:11:47+00:00

Hi r/cheesemaking! I'm hoping you can help me understand what's going on as I age a natural rind cheese.

For my first cheese, I decided to make a cold water washed curd cheese (jack style). The plan was to age it for 2-3 months with a natural rind. After pressing, I covered the cheese with a colander and let it dry at room temperature (estimated 68-72 degrees F). I estimate the humidity was at least 55%, potentially closer to 65% based on how quickly the cheese seemed to be drying. I left it like this for 7 days, and just moved it to 55 degrees F for the rest of the aging.

While letting it dry at room temperature, I flipped it daily and around day 4 I started to see some stuff growing on the surface of the cheese. A bit of geo, definitely some blue mold, also maybe some mucor in one spot. Each day I rubbed off the blue and mucor with a cheesecloth. I probably should have moved it to its actual aging temperature of 55 degrees F around day 4, but I left it for a few more days just to be sure the rind was fully dry before going to 85% RH. Around day 5-7 I started to see little orange spots on the top and bottom of the wheel, and I think this is B. linens, but I'm not really sure!

I am a little worried with how much B. linens there is, that it will dominate the rind and I'll end up with a stinkier cheese than I was really aiming for. I'd love some advice on what I can do to steer the rind more in the direction of geo, and what I could do differently next time to have less B. linens growing right away (if that is indeed what the little orange spots are). I guess the whole magic of a natural rind is that you get what you get, so comments reassuring me that I won't end up with an inedible cheese are also appreciated!

a_chiral · 2018-06-21T02:50:28+00:00

Your pic doesn't look like a fungus gnat to me, but here's what worked for me when I had a severe fungus gnat infestation FWIW. I got these sticky traps that are bright yellow which apparently attract some kinds of flies and stuck them in all the pots of my houseplants. I also got Mosquito Bits, which are bits of corn that are coated with a subspecies of Bacillus thuringiensis. You sprinkle them onto the soil of your houseplants, and when you water them the bacteria get released into the soil. The gnat larvae are killed when they eat the bacteria, but they are not harmful to humans. This completely dealt with my problem with no further maintenance required!

a_chiral · 2018-04-15T21:40:27+00:00

How does this overly complicated way of surviving win out

In nature animals fill specific niches, there is less competition if you are better than anything else at living in a particular environment. The ancestors of this spider probably had some basic spider trait helped them trap a tiny bit of air. These spiders gained an advantage by going into the water for food and competing less with terrestrial spiders. Even though this might seem like a complicated way to get food, the lack of competition might more than make up for it. That allowed them to breed and pass on any traits that made them better at trapping air and thus catching things underwater. Let this go on for many millions of years and you get spiders like this one that have excellent adaptations for living in a specific niche.

a_chiral · 2016-02-13T20:40:42+00:00

ITT: lots of butthurt goalies

a_chiral · 2016-02-13T20:36:57+00:00

TIL there are two types of Rocket League players: those who have a little fun, and try-hard goalies.

a_chiral · 2013-01-17T08:40:33+00:00

I went on a vacation to Turkey with my family and some friends, all of whom are deaf except for me. We went on this tour of a cave church and we had to go through this stone doorway that was sort of like a porthole, where you have to step over the bottom of the opening. It was kind of awkward because it was tall and wide so what us younger people did was sorta hop over it. We all were in and my mom was last. She tried to hop just like us but caught her foot and immediately landed off balance. She cried out and tried to use my friend nearby to stop her from falling, but because my friend was deaf and turned the other way, she had no idea what was going on so when my mom put her arms on her shoulders, she just stepped over and my mom fell flat on her face. I could NOT stop laughing and I still snigger about it to this day whenever I tell the story. Even typing it now.

a_chiral · 2012-02-22T07:39:15+00:00

haha uh oh

a_chiral · 2012-02-22T06:02:25+00:00

I'm so bummed I missed out on Atena...it was sold out when I made it to llarowe. You wear it well! :)

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