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The Queen's Obsession

She is like a woman rising from a tomb. She is like a dead woman. One might fancy she was looking fo

About Me

You'll find me to be charming, disarming, wicked, witty, eccentric, eclectic, electric, obsessive, neurotic, brainy & bold.

I collect the rare,forgotten, curious, unusual, strange & macabre...objects as well as friends.

Proud mama, mad alchemist, mixed-media/altered art artist, writer and designer ~ among other things.

My Blog~ Apothecurio

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My Interests



Breathing in the souls of flowers, Pretty Poisons, creating potions, aromatherapy, herbalism, altered art, vintage ephemera, Southern Gothic, Alchemy, Civet, Ambergris, exquisite absolutes, essential oils, The rare, forgotten & macabre, Burlesque, Silent Films, Clara Bow, Theda Bara, Louise Brooks, Betty Boop, Victorian mourning, Dark Victorianna, 19th Century, 19th century perfume recipes, 19th century cosmetic recipes, very old books, dead poets, collecting tattoos, human curiosities, cemeteries, graveyards, taphophiles, Daguerreotype,cabinet photos, cloth dolls, stump dolls, forensic science, Victorian London, Dia de Los Muertos, morbidity, absinthe, Victorian drugs, Charles Buadelaire, Rimbaud, Emily Dickenson, PB Shelley, Lord Bryon, Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Edgar A. Poe, PreRaphaelites, Art Nouveau,Alphonse Mucha, memento mori, curio cabinets, poison labels & bottles, Halloween, Ireland, Mexico, Italy, Mary icons, skeletons, vampires, strange exhibits, Victorian death photos, Victorian Mourning Cards, grave, funeral, Haunted San Francisco, Old San Francisco, The Palace of Fine Arts, 19th Century English mysteries, morgue, postmortem, skull and bones, handmade books, old apothecary, Laudanum, Victorian parlors, Victorian Lowbrow

Artwork I love~

I'd like to meet:


Those who step outside the box, and then kick it to the curb.
Madame Talbot
Mme. Justine

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Music:

Type O Negative, RHCP, Social Distortion, Johnny Cash, Otis Redding, Sam Cook, Janis Joplin, Sex Pistols, Dead Can Dance, Sisters of Mercy, Black Lips, 1920's jazz, Billie Holiday, Louisiana Creole, Ray Charles, Amy Winehouse, Gothic, Mozart, The White Stripes, and more. . .

Movies:


Premade Layouts

Television:


Contact Tables

Network Banners

Books:

Too many books too list....check out my Library

Heroes:



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My Blog

Scent Whores

I've started a new blog that is for those who are obsessed with botanicals, natural perfumery, aromatherapy, aromatics for ritual and other related subjects. Articles, essential oil profiles, scent in...
Posted by The Queen's Obsession on Fri, 23 May 2008 08:04:00 PST

Ennui

Ennui The French-derived word ennui is often used in English in a slightly more specialized sense than the simple 'boredom'. The best definition would be something like 'a feeling of utter wearine...
Posted by The Queen's Obsession on Tue, 20 May 2008 06:28:00 PST

She Flies on Her Own Wings

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Posted by The Queen's Obsession on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:41:00 PST

Tattoo Expo~May 2008

Tattoos Down Under is putting on an expo in May~Clickety-click to see the big pic and details....
Posted by The Queen's Obsession on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:12:00 PST

Wings

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Posted by The Queen's Obsession on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:29:00 PST

Temptation Collage


Posted by The Queen's Obsession on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:29:00 PST

Untitled Collage


Posted by The Queen's Obsession on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:27:00 PST

Afterglow


Posted by The Queen's Obsession on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:03:00 PST

Link Exchange

Halloh Lovies,If anyone would like to do a link exchange with me please let me know! You can find my link page HERE if you want to check it out.Please drop me a message if you'd like to exchange link...
Posted by The Queen's Obsession on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:02:00 PST

Whats on your bookshelf?

There's a website called "Shelfari" - you can see what's on your friend's bookshelves and list what's on yours......come check mine out.  I'm only about 1/4 of the way done listing my books.....b...
Posted by The Queen's Obsession on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 06:40:00 PST