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WHAT IS THIS? This is a space where I catalogue things I've done and share things I like. Viet Anemi is my family's name separated into two parts. We lost it at Ellis Island, but I took it back in 1986. If you'd like, please send any inquiries to viet.anemi@gmail.com
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27 January 2011
I am in love with a few girls I've known since I was twelve. It feels wrong to put their faces on here, so I'm covering their eyes with leaves.
Photographs by the wonderful S. Watson. Leaves placed by me with great care and respect for the photographs' integrity.
26 January 2011
At sixteen I came across a small perfumery shop in San Francisco that made one mean batch of Egyptian Musk. I inhaled bottles of it, wore it for three years until I moved to New York, where I found it was a favorite among bouncers. It made its mark on my clothes stubbornly, so that friends who have old sweaters of mine today say that they can still smell me in the fibers. Yuck.
Two years ago I found a scent by Yosh that made me think somewhat of Egyptian Musk, but with less tin and more citrus. That went well, inasmuch as I've yet to smell it on a large muscle-man.
My current and aggressively amorous relationship is with the ne plus ultra of all fragrance houses, Byredo. I started with Blanche, then La Tulip, and now Rose Noir. Rose Noir is just like it sounds. Imagine pressing a fat rose in your palm, then think of a blood popsicle, or what you think keys might taste like, and you've got the scent down pat in your olfactory organs. (About blood popsicles: I've had one, or rather a little bite of one made from Ox's blood. Kids in Russia eat them as treats. It's an incredible thing, luxurious almost, and also a little disgusting.) 
If I could wallpaper my walls with this Bejing city of blazing lights postcard (pictured at center, and seen above as my header), I would :
Sooner rather than later I'd like to return home to California, but before I move, there are some things I need to do in New York :
23 January 2011
I've been playing around with how I would like to build a small stationary business. Is it so bad that I have to start with the logo? It doesn't seem right otherwise :
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