Rachel 🌻
@rwchal.bsky.social
public defender, perfume-obsessed, and a California sober Californian in Minnesota
co-counseled one of my colleagues trials this week. we had bad facts and lost but we made the state WORK for it. also I convinced the judge on one of my pet issues. I love a big win, but they’re rare. the small wins can keep you going.
October 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
co-counseled one of my colleagues trials this week. we had bad facts and lost but we made the state WORK for it. also I convinced the judge on one of my pet issues. I love a big win, but they’re rare. the small wins can keep you going.
coming back from the dead on this account to report that forbidden apple by Chris Collins is literally unreal. i never could have imagined this smell before today and now i fear I can’t live without it
#perfumesky
#perfumesky
October 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
coming back from the dead on this account to report that forbidden apple by Chris Collins is literally unreal. i never could have imagined this smell before today and now i fear I can’t live without it
#perfumesky
#perfumesky
I’ve been gone for months but something deep within me has shifted bc I now love gourmands
I finally got around to sampling sorce again and I love them all? Especially match made in heaven? I thought I hated matcha scents? And waffle cone scents? And ice cream scents?
I finally got around to sampling sorce again and I love them all? Especially match made in heaven? I thought I hated matcha scents? And waffle cone scents? And ice cream scents?
What are everyone’s thoughts on sorce? I tried them early on into my fragrance journey and hated how sweet everything was. I also got everything in oils instead of edps. My nose has changed so much since then, so I want to figure out if I should give them a second chance.
#fragrancesky
#fragrancesky
September 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I’ve been gone for months but something deep within me has shifted bc I now love gourmands
I finally got around to sampling sorce again and I love them all? Especially match made in heaven? I thought I hated matcha scents? And waffle cone scents? And ice cream scents?
I finally got around to sampling sorce again and I love them all? Especially match made in heaven? I thought I hated matcha scents? And waffle cone scents? And ice cream scents?
all buying rules/principles go out the window in the run up to pride lmao. I just blind bought narcotic v by nasomatto and paid for express shipping. I’m buying shein items off depop I know I’ll only wear once. I’m ordering supplies off amazon so I can make an arm cuff.
June 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
all buying rules/principles go out the window in the run up to pride lmao. I just blind bought narcotic v by nasomatto and paid for express shipping. I’m buying shein items off depop I know I’ll only wear once. I’m ordering supplies off amazon so I can make an arm cuff.
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When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
June 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
today one of the deputies came up to me and told me I did a really good job at a contested hearing I had on a serious felony case last week. he said it was like watching a movie 🥺
June 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
today one of the deputies came up to me and told me I did a really good job at a contested hearing I had on a serious felony case last week. he said it was like watching a movie 🥺
sotd: jasmin de pays by perris monte carlo. girl math got me to buy a 100 ml bottle right away 🙈 snagged this for $70 on Mercari (with $10 in sales still in my account) and a 9 ml decant was $30. What’s a girl going to do 🤷🏻♀️
June 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
sotd: jasmin de pays by perris monte carlo. girl math got me to buy a 100 ml bottle right away 🙈 snagged this for $70 on Mercari (with $10 in sales still in my account) and a 9 ml decant was $30. What’s a girl going to do 🤷🏻♀️
does anyone else get superstitious with perfume? like I have a lucky contested hearing perfume that I now wear to all my complicated contested hearings. And a lucky trial conference perfume i wear when I hope the state doesn’t have their witnesses
June 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
does anyone else get superstitious with perfume? like I have a lucky contested hearing perfume that I now wear to all my complicated contested hearings. And a lucky trial conference perfume i wear when I hope the state doesn’t have their witnesses
sotd: spiky muse by ex nihilo. a very beautiful tart strawberry and rose. Love sampling this but not convinced it’s worth the cost
June 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
sotd: spiky muse by ex nihilo. a very beautiful tart strawberry and rose. Love sampling this but not convinced it’s worth the cost
sotn: un air d’apogee by maison violet. I truly believe this is the greatest summer evening fragrance. Hits all the right notes.
June 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
sotn: un air d’apogee by maison violet. I truly believe this is the greatest summer evening fragrance. Hits all the right notes.
due to indecision and a desire to use up samples, I’ve been crazy into layering the past few weeks.
Today I have a lovely combo of foreste di seta by Salvatore ferragamo, Jasmin de pays by perris Monte Carlo, and a grove by the sea by arquiste
Today I have a lovely combo of foreste di seta by Salvatore ferragamo, Jasmin de pays by perris Monte Carlo, and a grove by the sea by arquiste
May 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
due to indecision and a desire to use up samples, I’ve been crazy into layering the past few weeks.
Today I have a lovely combo of foreste di seta by Salvatore ferragamo, Jasmin de pays by perris Monte Carlo, and a grove by the sea by arquiste
Today I have a lovely combo of foreste di seta by Salvatore ferragamo, Jasmin de pays by perris Monte Carlo, and a grove by the sea by arquiste
sotd: jasmin de pays by perris Monte Carlo. My love for jean claude ellena is deepening bc this is another 10/10. I’ve been looking for an ideal jasmine and it’s hard to imagine one could top this for me.
#sotd #perfumesky #fragrancesky
#sotd #perfumesky #fragrancesky
May 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
sotd: jasmin de pays by perris Monte Carlo. My love for jean claude ellena is deepening bc this is another 10/10. I’ve been looking for an ideal jasmine and it’s hard to imagine one could top this for me.
#sotd #perfumesky #fragrancesky
#sotd #perfumesky #fragrancesky
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i would imagine hasan knows, rationally, not to talk in situations like this. he did anyway because cops of all stripes are very good at making you feel like in *just this one particular situation* it makes more sense to talk a bit. don't ever give in to that impulse.
“The reason they’re doing [this] is to try to create an environment of fear, to try to get people like myself... to shut the fuck up,” Piker said on a stream recounting the details of the incident.
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics
"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently"
www.usermag.co
May 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
i would imagine hasan knows, rationally, not to talk in situations like this. he did anyway because cops of all stripes are very good at making you feel like in *just this one particular situation* it makes more sense to talk a bit. don't ever give in to that impulse.
I have the nosiest dog in the world bc she’s literally trying to butt into the birds’ business in the backyard. Not trying to fight them or anything, just trying to figure out what’s going on
May 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I have the nosiest dog in the world bc she’s literally trying to butt into the birds’ business in the backyard. Not trying to fight them or anything, just trying to figure out what’s going on
I fear I’ve reached a point in perfume sampling where I know my taste well enough that nearly every perfume sample order has a “full bottle worthy” scent in it that I can’t get out of my mind. I really don’t need that many full bottles.
May 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I fear I’ve reached a point in perfume sampling where I know my taste well enough that nearly every perfume sample order has a “full bottle worthy” scent in it that I can’t get out of my mind. I really don’t need that many full bottles.
sotd: lilac soliflore after lilac soliflore after lilac soliflore ☺️
Also I’m already regretting getting just a 15 ml of lilac no 4
#sotd #perfumesky
Also I’m already regretting getting just a 15 ml of lilac no 4
#sotd #perfumesky
May 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
sotd: lilac soliflore after lilac soliflore after lilac soliflore ☺️
Also I’m already regretting getting just a 15 ml of lilac no 4
#sotd #perfumesky
Also I’m already regretting getting just a 15 ml of lilac no 4
#sotd #perfumesky
sotd: un air d’apogee by maison violet. finally warm enough for this one to get its due. this perfume feels like wearing a sweater on a summer night and it just loses something in colder weather
May 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
sotd: un air d’apogee by maison violet. finally warm enough for this one to get its due. this perfume feels like wearing a sweater on a summer night and it just loses something in colder weather
was looking up reviews for a perfume I’m interested in sampling and…. I mean that’s a description for sure
May 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
was looking up reviews for a perfume I’m interested in sampling and…. I mean that’s a description for sure
my husband just told me that this combo smells like Rice Krispie bars and…. Now that he mentions it… 🥴
sotd: desperately trying to force myself to use what I have (bc I have SO much). Layered dialogue with Venus by Pierre guillame and innocence by Poesie. Together they’re a very beautiful, hyperfeminine peach. Not quite me, but that’s what exploration is about!
April 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
my husband just told me that this combo smells like Rice Krispie bars and…. Now that he mentions it… 🥴
I saw someone describe this scent as “what Lana del Rey would have worn in the 30s” and based on my wear test yesterday that is spot on in the best way
omg I struck GOLD at the thrift today. boudoir by vivienne Westwood has been a holy grail thrift find of mine for almost a year 😭😭😭 and for $20!!!! I feel like I robbed them
April 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I saw someone describe this scent as “what Lana del Rey would have worn in the 30s” and based on my wear test yesterday that is spot on in the best way
sotd: desperately trying to force myself to use what I have (bc I have SO much). Layered dialogue with Venus by Pierre guillame and innocence by Poesie. Together they’re a very beautiful, hyperfeminine peach. Not quite me, but that’s what exploration is about!
April 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
sotd: desperately trying to force myself to use what I have (bc I have SO much). Layered dialogue with Venus by Pierre guillame and innocence by Poesie. Together they’re a very beautiful, hyperfeminine peach. Not quite me, but that’s what exploration is about!
omg I struck GOLD at the thrift today. boudoir by vivienne Westwood has been a holy grail thrift find of mine for almost a year 😭😭😭 and for $20!!!! I feel like I robbed them
April 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
omg I struck GOLD at the thrift today. boudoir by vivienne Westwood has been a holy grail thrift find of mine for almost a year 😭😭😭 and for $20!!!! I feel like I robbed them
sotd: champaca by ormonde jayne. For some reason I never reach for my decant of this one, but I’m glad I did today. A fresh, uplifting, easy scent that is hard to not love
April 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
sotd: champaca by ormonde jayne. For some reason I never reach for my decant of this one, but I’m glad I did today. A fresh, uplifting, easy scent that is hard to not love
sotd: enforced modesty by cirrus parfum. A fig/lilac scent straight from my dreams. The dry down on this is unreal and I need this desperately.
only con is that I can’t justify buying this and Parisian musc by MP. The pro is that cirrus parfum is cheaper anyway lol
#sotd #fragrancesky
only con is that I can’t justify buying this and Parisian musc by MP. The pro is that cirrus parfum is cheaper anyway lol
#sotd #fragrancesky
April 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
sotd: enforced modesty by cirrus parfum. A fig/lilac scent straight from my dreams. The dry down on this is unreal and I need this desperately.
only con is that I can’t justify buying this and Parisian musc by MP. The pro is that cirrus parfum is cheaper anyway lol
#sotd #fragrancesky
only con is that I can’t justify buying this and Parisian musc by MP. The pro is that cirrus parfum is cheaper anyway lol
#sotd #fragrancesky
I love my job but it has given me such severe brain rot that I genuinely question if I can ever fully recover
April 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I love my job but it has given me such severe brain rot that I genuinely question if I can ever fully recover