Twyla Perfumes & Apothecary General Catalog Perfume Oil (Available)
Cyclamen, raspberry, rose, milk accord, amber, mimosa, honey and pink pepper.
Yes, i know — everyone does their little Wonderland tribute; and i am rather mortified on one level to be tossing my own blends into the kitty. But on the other, i adore the books and i ESPECIALLY adore the horrible and absurd Pig and Pepper bit:
'Speak roughly to your little boy,
And beat him when he sneezes:
He only does it to annoy,
Because he knows it teases.'
CHORUS.
(In which the cook and the baby joined):-
'Wow! wow! wow!'
While the Duchess sang the second verse of the song, she kept tossing the baby violently up and down,
and the poor little thing howled so, that Alice could hardly hear the words:-
'I speak severely to my boy,
I beat him when he sneezes;
For he can thoroughly enjoy
The pepper when he pleases!'
Obviously i am not a proponent of child abuse — nor piglet abuse for that matter.
But i remember clearly how this made my son and i laugh when i read it to him
as a child, and how he'd say, "That's terrible, read it again!"
- and so, like many of my perfumes, this one is dedicated to the memory of James. <3
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