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LM Parfums Black Oud
Posted on February 25, 2014 by Kafkaesque
The darkness of incense and an extremely refined oud, speckled with red-brown, earthy, and fiery spices. A deep woodiness that is soon married with a purple liqueured richness, before its sweetness eventually turns drier. Bold richness that moves into an intimate, gauzy whisper. Those are some of the different aspects of Black Oud from LM Parfums.
Photo: my own.
Black Oud is a pure parfum extrait that was released in 2012. LM Parfums describes the perfume and its notes as follows:
«Blend into the middle of a black and white tainted forest, be in the most obscure darkness, to deliver the fragrance of Oud.» This is my wish to take you into the depth of Indonesia.
The subtlety of the Oud fragrances, mixed to cistus gum, wrapped with nutmeg, caraway, and incense, this generous fragrance brings in its wake cedar, amber and sandalwood, embellished with a touch of musk.
Top Notes: Nutmeg, Cumin, Incense.
Heart Notes: Oud Wood, Labdamum.
Base Notes: sandalwood, Cedar, Civet, Castoreum, Vanilla, Amber.
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Black Oud opens on my skin with a darkness quite worthy of its name. I'm surprised by that, since so many perfumes labelled "Noir" or "Black" don't actually convey that sense or impression to me. Black Oud does — at least in its opening minutes. There is a burst of beautifully refined, high-quality agarwood that is thoroughly infused with a spicy, peppered sweetness. There is dusty, vaguely earthy cumin, but also the fiery bite of what feels like red, pimento chilis. A rich, very darkly resinous stickiness follows moments later, along with what feels distinctly like a jammy patchouli note. It completely throws me off, as nothing in the notes indicates patchouli, but that is what I smell. It's a deeply purpled, velvety, liqueured richness with a vaguely fruited aspect.
I love Black Oud's opening. The spices are the key, adding a great depth to the smooth, refined oud. They are dusty, dusky, and dry, but never sweaty. I don't smell the nutmeg at all on my skin, but the cumin is really lovely. For all its spiced dryness, it also smells oddly fresh in a way, and something about it evokes rye bread more than anything curried, sweaty or stale. The whole bouquet is wrapped up with a thick ribbon of billowing, black frankincense, but it is blended so seamlessly into the notes that it's more of an overall feel of darkness than a sharp, easily delineated note.
Black in bottle, non-travel form.
I've worn Black Oud a number of times, and on each occasion in the opening minutes, my initial impression is always the same thing: a much better, more refined, drier Puredistance Black. (Puredistance insists on typing it as BLACK, but I refuse.) Black Oud was released in 2012; Puredistance's Black in summer of 2013. They are both Extrait perfumes with spices, incense, oud, and a liqueured patchouli sweetness, though Puredistance refuses to release its exact notes for the fragrance and Black has a definite floral component. I was the only blogger out of the first lot who initially reviewed Black to say that I didn't like it, and I received a bit of flack for it. Well, I stand by my opinion, as I still don't like Black.
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In the opening moments, Black Oud blows the Puredistance scent out of the water. It's much smoother, more refined, and deeper. Unlike the Puredistance scent, the overall effect of one actually feels black in mood, perhaps because Black Oud is much smokier, drier, less unctuously sweet, and more spiced. The jammy, purple, fruit-chouli aroma is much more subtle in Black Oud's opening phase, while the incense is much more profound. In addition, the oud note feels more luxuriously smooth and expensive. However, as we will soon see, the early differences soon fade, and I'm afraid Black Oud becomes a lot closer to Puredistance Black in nature. Several of the things in Puredistance Black that I struggled with manifest themselves here, to the point where I wonder if Antoine Lie made LM Parfums' Black Oud a year before he made the significantly more expensive (and over-priced) Puredistance Black.
Mysore sandalwood cross-section. Source: vk.com
It takes very little time for Black Oud to start to evolve. Exactly 5 minutes into Black Oud's development, the sandalwood peaks up its head. It's muted at first, but it's a lovely, subtle touch of spicy, creamy, smoky red-gold woodiness that feels like real Mysore wood. Laurent Mazzone has shown his willingness with the spectacular Hard Leather to spend any amount of money on the genuine Mysore wood, no matter how costly the rare ingredient may be, and I think he must have insisted on the real thing for Black Oud as well.
A few minutes later, other changes occur. The cumin starts to slowly melt into the other notes, creating a more abstract sense of "spiciness" instead of a distinct, individual cumin note. The sandalwood grows stronger, while the labdanum suddenly starts to stir. It's got a deliciously toffee'd, vaguely dirty, almost chocolate-y undertone. Yet, Black Oud is never skanky, raunchy, urinous or dirty in any way on my skin. I never detect the civet, castoreum, or nutmeg, though there is a subtle muskiness and earthiness that creeps in towards the end of the perfume's development.
As a whole, Black Oud in the opening half-hour is a very smooth, delicately spiced, liqueured, black-purple oud scent that is infused heavily with smoky incense and that inexplicable jammy element, then lightly flecked with Mysore sandalwood and labdanum amber. While LM Parfums' Hard Leather is a lusty, "skanky" take on leather, incense, oud, and sandalwood, Black Oud is the sweeter, non-animalic, more purely oud and incense sibling. Every single one of its elements feels rich, seamless, and luxuriously refined, but the whole thing is also very gauzy in feel. Surprisingly so for an Extrait concentration.
"Purple Velvet Gold Flakes" by *Will3style at Deviantart.com. http://will3style.deviantart.com/art/Purple-Velvet-Gold-Flakes-258099755
Black Oud slowly turns sweeter, as the liqueured, fruited, patchouli-like jamminess grows stronger. Unfortunately for me, there is the first twinge of something aroma-chemical that stirs in the base. I'm not a fan of it, though it's thankfully subtle and muted at this point. What is much prettier, however, is the cumin which adds a dry, almost herbal, green-brown spiciness to the base.
At the start of the 2nd hour, the aroma-chemical in the base turns into one of the main notes. It smells like some sort of very arid, "amber" substitute, but also very woody, harsh and, to my nose, jangly with its sharp edges. I don't like it one bit, though I realise that I have a sensitivity to aromachemicals, and that the vast majority of people can't detect them. At least the dryness of the note (whatever it is) helps to cut through some of Black Oud's increasing sweetness, though the jammy liqueur is still very prominent. The incense retreats to the sidelines, along with the spiciness, while the sandalwood slowly starts to fade away.
Art by: LordmOth on Deviant Art. (Click on photo for website link embedded within.)
Black Oud also turns thinner and sheerer, with sillage that now projects only about an inch above the skin. By the 1.75 hour mark, the perfume is a gauzy thin blur of refined oud, the excessively dry aromachemical, incense smokiness, and the jammy fruitchouli note. There is a subtle nuance of something vaguely herbal and earthy in the base, but the overall impression is of a non-floral, woodier, drier version of Puredistance Black.
Black Oud remains largely unchanged for the next few hours. Thankfully, the harsh aromachemical note disappears by the end of the 3rd hour, and my mood improves. By the middle of the 4th hour, Black Oud is a skin scent that slowly turns drier and woodier. It's a sheer, very pretty blend of vaguely oud-y woodiness and sweetness with tiny, subtle flickers of smokiness, earthiness, and something vaguely herbal lurking at the edges. Around the 7th hour, a touch of beeswax appears, undoubtedly from the labdanum, and a growing element of muskiness.
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In its final hours, Black Oud also takes on sexy muskiness that has a tobacco-like undertone and a velvety earthiness that almost feels mushroom-y at times. I suspect it stems from the castoreum. As a whole, though, Black Oud's drydown is generally just abstract woodiness with a touch of sweetness and dryness blended within. Something about it is quite seductive. Call me crazy, but this is what I imagine Tom Ford to smell like. Sweet, dry, woody muskiness with a touch of the scent of a man's warm skin, all wrapped in a very refined, understated bouquet. Yes, I know Tom Ford is the least "under-stated" person around, but he is what I think of when I smell Black Oud's drydown: open-shirted, bare-chested and revealing skin that carries the discreet musky sweetness of Black Oud.
As noted earlier, Black Oud is an extrait or pure parfum. It doesn't feel like it on my skin, I'm afraid. On a few occasions when I've worn it, I was surprised by how quickly it faded. Two decent-sized sprays gave me between 9 and 9.75 hours in duration, but the perfume consistently became a skin scent at the start of the 3rd hour. I frequently thought that it had vanished by the end of the 5th hour, but, no, Black Oud definitely lingered, and was noticeable when I put my nose directly on my skin and smelled very hard. With 3 big sprays, Black Oud lasted a good 12 hours on my skin, but, again, it was extremely discreet.
A number of LM Parfums start strongly and then become much more intimate, as that seems to be part of the brand's overall aesthetic. The gorgeous Sensual Orchid is one example, where the opulent, bold, narcotic sensuality slowly turns into something more romantically discreet, as though it were olfactory lingerie. I am starting to have the impression that Laurent Mazzone might feel that a subtler suggestion is better for his bolder, richer aromas, the new Hard Leather excepted. So, when seen in that light, perhaps Black Oud's softness and subtlety makes sense, but I was still taken aback. It really didn't feel like an Extrait on my skin, and its wispiness was another thing that made me think of the intentionally "whispering" Puredistance Black.
While I have extremely wonky, perfume-consuming skin, I'm apparently not alone on the issue of Black Oud's subtlety and limited projection. On Fragrantica, two other people felt the same way, though their overall assessment for the fragrance was very positive. For example:
If Valentino ever produced an OUD based fragrance it would smell something like this.
Romantic and Deep are the key words here. A rich mix of delicate spices and oud emphasizing the intricate balance between eastern and western perfumery. Smooth pristine and dressed up.
It isn't loud by any means. In fact I think it is a sleeper that will wake up at unexpected moments. It is however very durable.
Leave it on for a while before you try to decipher it….it's one of those. […][¶]
Been wearing this for a full day now. I hate to say it but this has nothing to do with an Extrait as far as projection goes. […] EDIT : TWO Days later. I share the same feelings still. Nice *subtle* romantic oud scent that lasts a good amount of time as a skin scent with just minimal projection. [¶] DEFINITELY not one of the stronger Extraits/Parfums that I have sampled but what can you expect for $225 100ml Extrait.
Others agree on the romantic, refined nature of Black Oud, including a woman commentator who offers up the first review below:
This perfume is a dream come true : when I wear it,I have the feeling that I smell a mysterious lover's smell (a latin one, of course !)on my skin all day long! Very erotic ! Wonderful ! You'll feel very sexy while wearing it (for men or women.)
very amazing perfume and it's like Black Afgano but with more Oud and more sillage .. [¶] I love this perfume[.] [Emphasis to name added by me.]
On Basenotes, there are 3 reviews for Black Oud, 2 of which are positive and one is a mere "neutral." Their views, in part or in full, are as follows:
Simple comfort to wear animalic oud scent.
It starts quite alcoholic and spiced , with a soft frankincense. Then it develops to a sweet-rosey oud .Finally it dries down towards a kind of animalic sandalwood . [¶] This reminds me of L'Air du Desert Marocain with a touch of oud .This is not dark nor black . [¶] Longevity is regular , taking into account that this is an extract of parfum . [¶] Over-priced for what it is , 200 eur . [Emphasis to name added by me.]
Wonderfully smooth and powerful scent [….][¶] I love it, it isn't too powerful, very "smooth" as someone else mentioned, and it is really just what I was looking for, a sensual date scent. […]
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One perfume blogger who isn't a fan of agarwood wrote that Black Oud was the first scent with the note that she liked. The site, Esperanza Van Der Zon, wrote, in part:
Black Oud became the first oud perfume I really liked. It is a very well blended oud extrait with rich wood and incense elements. The oud is not dominating the perfume but part of the whole composition like a primus inter pares, equal amongst the other notes. It is hard to detect individual notes as they are very well blended. But I do detect rich frankincense lingering at the beginning, followed by warm dark woods to continue to labdanum and golden oud. The extrait changes its scent showing some different aspects at first but does not change very much during the day on my skin. What remains is a warm wooden resinous drydown, modern, strong, very present and with a little edge. Compared to a texture it would be soft black wool, still a bit tingling when you touch it. […][¶]
Although the Black Oud is an extrait (pure perfume), its sillage is enormous, one spitz is enough for a whole day. Some called Black Oud a sillage monster. I would say this extrait is for true sillage lovers or people who do not like to reapply during the day. You can still scent Black Oud after 24 hours so have some caution when applying !
Her sillage and longevity experiences are obviously quite different from what I or some of the Fragrantica people experienced, so skin chemistry is clearly key. What I found interesting about her review is how taken she was by Black Oud. Even though she found the perfume a "bit too masculine" by her standards, she said she would still buy a full bottle if it were cheaper:
There are cold days I really enjoy wearing Black Oud. It is a pity it only comes in 100 ml bottles for about 200 euro. If it was sold in smaller bottles I would have bought a full bottle some time ago.
That's quite an endorsement from someone who says bluntly that she does "not like oud very much."
Speaking of prices, Black Oud costs $225 or €195 for the 100 ml bottle. It may not be cheap, but it is substantially less expensive than Puredistance Black which costs almost $600 for a similar 100 ml size. (Both are Extrait fragrances, so their prices can definitely be compared on an equal basis.)
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Black Oud is a much better value than the Black, and a better fragrance as a whole, in my opinion, because it feels much more refined. The oud smells more luxurious and smoother, and the perfume lacks the annoying rose-fruitchouli singularity of Puredistance Black. The latter ended up making me think of pinks and purples, fluffy clouds, and Turkish delight. It was not "Black," let alone very smoky or woody on my skin. In fact, it smelled significantly aromachemical in nature, and was much more generic in profile, two reasons why I think Puredistance Black is badly over-hyped and over-priced for what it is.
Black Oud, on the other hand, seems darker, smokier, woodier, and drier. The opening 30 minutes are really fantastic, and the drydown is both pretty and quite sexy. The middle stage, alas, didn't thrill me at all; I don't like whatever amber aromachemical was used in the base, and the liqueured sweetness of Black Oud was a bit difficult for me as a whole. I'm also not enthused by the discreet, intimate sillage. However, at the end of the day, all of those things are a matter of personal tastes and skin chemistry. Black Oud isn't very me, but I can respect it (minus that aromachemical bit) and I can completely see why people find it to be a beautifully blended oud fragrance. Puredistance Black, on the other hand, just leaves me scratching my head. At best.
In short, if you're looking for a refined, approachable oud scent with sweetness, incense, and dryness, you may want to give Black Oud a sniff.
Disclosure: Perfume provided courtesy of LM Parfums. That did not impact this review. I do not do paid reviews, my opinions are my own, and my first obligation is honesty to my readers.
Cost & Availability: Black Oud is pure parfum extrait that is available only in a 100 ml/3.4 oz bottle which costs $225 or €195. In the U.S.: Laurent Mazzone's fragrances are sold exclusively at Osswald NYC. If, at some point in the future, you don't see Black Oud listed at that link, it's because Osswald takes down a perfume's page when they're temporarily out-of-stock, then puts it back up later. Outside the U.S.: you can buy Black Oud directly from LM Parfums. In addition, they offer large decant samples of all LM Parfums extraits which are priced at €19 for 5 ml size. LM Parfums also owns Premiere Avenue which sells both Black Oud and the 5 ml decant. It ships worldwide. In the UK, the LM Parfums line is exclusive to Harvey Nichols. In Paris, LM Parfums are sold at Jovoy. In the Netherlands, you can find Black Oud at ParfuMaria. The LM Parfums line is also available at Silks Cosmetics. In Germany, First in Fragrance carries the full line, and sells samples as well. You can also find LM Parfums at Essenza Nobile, Italy's Vittoria Profumi, or Alla Violetta. In the Middle East, I found most of the LM Parfums line at the UAE's Souq perfume site. For all other countries, you can find a vendor near you from Switzerland to Belgium, Lithuania, Russia, Romania, Croatia, Azerbaijan, and more, by using the LM Parfums Partner listing. Laurent Mazzone or LM Parfums fragrances are widely available throughout Europe, and many of those sites sell samples as well. Samples: A number of the sites listed above sell samples. In the U.S., none of the decanting sites carry LM Parfums, but you can call Osswald NYC at (212) 625-3111 to order samples. They have a special phone deal for U.S. customers where 10 samples of any 10 fragrances in 1 ml vials is $10 with free shipping. However, they are currently out of vials until mid-March.
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Puredistance Black: Shades of Purple & Pink
"The night is dark, and full of terrors."
Source: Puredistance.
That is one my favorite quotes from the television series, Game of Thrones, and I often come up with fun variations for different occasions. It's a line which sticks in my head, so I wasn't surprised when it popped back up just before I began testing Black, the new, about-to-be-released fragrance from one of my favorite perfume houses, Puredistance. The luxury brand talks about how the scent was inspired by "the concept of black," and about how it is a "mysterious fragrance that stays in the shadow, giving away – only every now and then – part of its nature."
Upon reading that part of the press release, and seeing the image sent by the company, all I could think of was, "the night is dark (black), and full of luxury." Well, not quite. As it turns out, Black is indeed an extremely luxurious fragrance that smells very expensive, but I found it to be as purple and pink as humanly possible. At one point, it evoked fluffy pink clouds, and I almost expected a chubby cherub to be sitting on one and offering me turkish delight. For me, "Black" is the absolute furthest thing from its name, and is not my personal cup of tea. It's not a bad fragrance by any means — in fact, it's well done and clearly emanates luxury — but we all have subjective tastes or things that we struggle with, and I struggled quite a bit with Black.
Black in the 17.5 travel flacon. Source: Puredistance.
Like all of Puredistance's fragrances, Black was created by a master perfumer, in this case, Antoine Lie, and is the very highest perfume concentration, an extrait de parfum. Black clocks in at 25% perfume oil, a figure that is surpassed only by Puredistance's exquisite floral, Opardu (which has 32%). Black will be released at the start of December, and is described as follows:
Puredistance Black is an understated elegant and mysteriously charming perfume inspired by the concept of BLACK; a concept that for centuries has been associated with secrets, mystery and style.
Puredistance BLACK is created in Paris by the famous French Perfumer Antoine Lie based on a concept of Puredistance founder Jan Ewoud Vos. The essence of the concept was to create a perfume that is close to the wearer and releases sensual and elegant scent layers in a whispering way – without shouting. A mysterious fragrance that stays in the shadow, giving away – only every now and then – part of its nature.
Black in the regular, non-travel, bottle form.
As part of the whole concept of mysterious shadows, Puredistance wants you to treasure the "beauty of the unknown," and merely describes the scent as one that is more "masculine and oriental" than Puredistance "I." The company is keeping secret Black's perfume notes, saying only that you should "Envision, Smell, Feel. Don't analyse." If you're a regular reader, you all know how well I manage not to analyse things…. It's hopeless. I was incapable of just smelling, feeling, letting go and not analysing with the uber-luxury brand, JAR, and it's not possible here, either. It simply is not my personality or forte in life, given my obsessiveness with both facts and details.
So, based on what I smelled, let me give you my guess of the notes in Puredistance Black:
Ginger, cardamom, absinthe wood (wormwood), saffron, rose, patchouli, myrrh, opoponax (sweet myrrh), amber, sandalwood (not from Mysore), and benzoin.
What I'm less absolutely certain of is the possible inclusion of oud, a tiny touch of elemi wood or guaiac as an additional source of woody smoke, and a drop of vanilla. It's extremely possible, but I wouldn't bet my life on it.
Cardamom. Source: www.kitchenheadquarters.org
Puredistance Black opens on my skin with a blast of cardamom, immediately followed by ginger, amber, absinthe wood, incense, saffron, patchouli, and a whisper of rose. There is a balanced sweetness, a suggestion of sandalwood, and a saffron that is neither buttery nor hot, but wonderfully spicy. The ginger adds a lovely, fresh, piquant bite that works beautifully with the sweeter notes and the woodsy notes.
Speaking of the latter, I guessed absinthe (or wormwood) for a few reasons. First, even before I tested the perfume and simply upon taking the vial out of its white, satin pouch, I was hit by an extremely strong blast of oud-like woodiness that was herbal, spicy, and green — too much so to be real agarwood. It was also extremely similar in smell to the wood note in Amouage's Fate Man, a fragrance that officially includes wormwood. On the skin, the woodsy notes was surprisingly less dominant and forceful than what was wafting out of the vial, but it felt even less than complete, total agarwood in nature. Absinthe shares a few cursory, initial similarities with oud, so that's what I'm going on.
The initial opening of Black in the first two minutes is lovely, but then, my nemesis takes over: purple, fruited patchouli. For all that I love black/brown patchouli, I despise the purple kind that is ubiquitous and everywhere in modern perfumery. A friend asked me the difference the other day, and I think my explanation may help some other people too.
For me, traditional (and rather 1980s) patchouli is brown/black in hue, with chewy undertones of sweet amber, spice, leather, wood, and incense smoke. The current, modern version of patchouli is purple in hue because it's fruity, syrupy, jammy, incredibly sweet, and with grape and berry undertones. The very original type of patchouli is the 1970s, hippie kind that is really, really black, dirty patchouli and that people describe as a "head shop" scent. Some examples of fragrances with a strong purple patchouli note would be: almost every commercial, department store perfume containing "patchouli," Marc Jacobs' Lola, Chanel's Coco Noir, Le Labo's Ylang 49, Frederic Malle's Portrait of a Lady, and, now, alas, Puredistance Black. An example of black/brown, more traditional patchouli would be something like Profumum Roma's Patchouly, Serge Lutens' Borneo 1834, Chanel's Coromandel, or Reminiscence's Patchouli. It's not a long list at all because that sort of patchouli is incredibly uncommon nowadays.
Source: Tasty Yummies blog. (Link to website embedded within photo. For recipe for Concord grape jam, click on photo.)
I spent all this time outlining the specific smell and nature of purple, "fruit-chouli" because it is the heart of soul of how Puredistance Black manifests itself on my skin. No less than three minutes into the perfume's development, the saffron-oud blast takes on an almost grape-y, berry, jammy overtone that is incredibly sweet. Five minutes in, I feel as though I've been covered by fruit syrup. Twenty minutes in, I feel as though I've been transformed into a berry tart with unctuous, cloyingly sweet, fruited, purple Smucker's jam, then sprinkled with rose petals and a dusting of saffron. I have to be honest, I lost my appetite — and I hadn't eaten in over 12 hours.
I wish there were a substantial counter-balance to the deluge of fruit-chouli in the opening hour. There is a herbal, woody note that flitters about like a tiny hummingbird, but it's far, far underneath, and wholly unable to compete with the grape-y, berry onslaught that is stomping over my arm like a Panzer unit in full fury. I know my skin tends to amplify base notes, but this is a bit ridiculous. I think sadly back to that absolutely lovely opening with its spicy, gingered, slightly herbal, ambered woodiness, but it's gone, smothered by unctuous, purple, saffron-rose-infused molasses. Even the absinthe gasps for air, then retreats to the corner to hide its head.
There is no salvation in low sillage, either. That promised description of a wispy perfume that "stays in the shadow"? Ha! Black's opening is strong and potent, with significant sillage, wafting in a purple cloud almost a foot around me. I normally would be thrilled, but the fruit-chouli is starting to crush my spirit. For a whole hour, I'm drenched by jammy, grape-berry molasses, that is just lightly infused by particles of saffron-infused rose, incense, absinthe wood, and honeyed amber. The ginger is no longer noticeable, and neither is the cardamom.
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It was with enormous relief that things start to slowly — very slowly — improve at the end of the first hour. The Smucker's patchouli jam lessens fractionally, allowing the rose to finally come out properly from its gooey purple shadow. The rose is sweet, just slightly dewy, and pink in visuals. With each passing moment during the second hour, it takes on a weight of its own, and starts to diffuse the fruitedness of the perfume. The woody notes and light incense are also more noticeable, though they're largely blended into the greater whole.
Rose-flavoured Turkish Delight.
By the start of the third hour, Puredistance Black's purple hues have turned into a gorgeous shade of pink. The perfume wafts about 2 inches above the skin, and has a soft, creamy texture like a fluffy cloud of saffron-rose. In fact, Black takes on a Turkish Delight, or loukhoum quality, though without any of the sugared powderiness often associated with that confection. The patchouli remains, but it is quite mild as compared to its original, completely nuclear blast. Instead, it merely adds to the loukhoum association with a soft touch of grape. It actually works perfectly and brilliantly now. The absinthe wormwood and touch of incense lurk in the shadows, leaving an image that is primarily that of a pink, fluffy, creamy cloud. I almost expect to see a pink-cheeked cherub sitting on one of them.
I mean it quite sincerely when I saw that I enjoyed this phase of Black. I really did. It reminded me of a significantly richer, creamier, more luxurious version of the drydown phase of Tom Ford's Noir de Noir. There, the syrupy, very baroque rose with saffron, truffle earthiness, and the merest, speckled touch of oud also turned into a loukhoum confection in its final stage, but there are big difference. Noir de Noir was much thinner at that point than Black, had an almost violet-y touch, and, more to the point, was extremely powdered in nature. I wasn't particularly fond of the violet, vanillic powder of the drydown, and I'm relieved that Puredistance Black has none of it at this stage.
Even better, Black is infinitely deeper, smoother, richer, creamier, and more opulent. The perfume is fluffy, but rich; sweet but not excessive; and an utterly beautiful, creamy, deep, pink rose with just the right amount of fruited patchouli. There is also the very necessary touch of woodiness which Noir de Noir lacked in its drydown, adding a balance to the floral sweetness. Here, the woody element has the faintest flicker of herbaceousness, but, more importantly, a creamy smoothness that makes me wonder if there is generic, Australian sandalwood or cashmeran underneath.
Black remains as this lovely mix for a few hours with only minor alterations. For example, at the start of the fifth hour, the perfume drops to lie just barely above the skin. The herbal absinthe wood that continues to hide behind the floral loukhoum changes in strength, fluctuating from mild to weak on the overall scale of things. And there is a growing hint of something anisic that is rising to the surface.
At the 6.5 hour mark, however, Black begins to transform. It takes on a licorice undertone and slight whiteness which makes me think that it must have myrrh. It is a note which is known to display an anisic, herbal facet, in addition to a slightly churchy, cold, white, incense note. The latter is extremely subtle in Black, but it's there as well. At the same time, there also is a flickering shade of something honeyed which resembles very much sweet myrrh or opoponax. In addition, Black is starting to show a slightly vanillic powderiness that makes me suspect the presence of benzoin. In its final change, the perfume has turned into a gauzy veil that sits right on the skin, though it is still easily noticeable and potent when sniffed up close.
"Pink abstract," painting by Montserrat Lopez Ortiz via fineartamerica.com
Black still smells of a floral confection first and foremost, but the newcomers become increasingly noticeable. And, in all honesty, I'm not completely thrilled by the overall effect. There is a cloying undertone to the rose Turkish delight when combined with the anisic, slightly cold, white incense-y myrrh, the sweet myrrh, and the vanillic powder. It's not helped by a new spiciness that faintly resembles All-Spice powder and/or star anise. In small doses and for a short period of time, the sum total is perfectly fine, but Black stays this way for hours on end. I found it a little fatiguing, if truth be told.
In its very final stage, starting at the 9th hour, Black turns into a whisper of sweet vanillic powder with rose, a vague blur of myrrh, a flicker of abstract woodiness, and an odd underlying tinge of sourness. It's all a shadow of its former self, coating the skin like the sheerest, thinnest glaze. Black finally fades away about 14 hours from the start with four squirts from the small sample, and 15.25 hours with 5 medium sprays. (Note: My sample atomizer didn't release the same amount as would be available from a regular bottle as it had a very small hole and a wonky release, so the quantity applied was not as large as those numbers may suggest. It would really be the equivalent of 3 small-to-medium smears from a dab vial, and 4 large ones.)
I tested Black twice, and I'm afraid I wasn't very enamoured on either occasion. I don't mind the middle phase, but I wasn't crazy about the last one. And there aren't words whatsoever to describe my reaction to the opening hour. As I said, I thought Black significantly and substantially improved at the start of the second hour, but the first one was rough.
Yet, it's important to put my comments into context: I absolutely loathe purple, fruited patchouli. I try to grit my teeth and get over it when the note is minor, but when it is significant, substantial, and potent, then I simply can't bear it. I don't think others have quite the intensity of my reaction to fruit-chouli, which isn't helped by having a skin chemistry that amplifies the note. In short, my reaction is very subjective and personal to me.
It's also a reaction that is not even remotely common to others who have tested perfume. Black has generally been greeted with uniform admiration and liking, even by those who usually share my perfume tastes and skin chemistry. Take, for example, The Non-Blonde who writes, in part:
Puredistance is stepping into unexpected new territory with Black, a dark and romantic fragrance created by perfumer Antoine Lei[.] … Black [is] an oriental with an edge that could have come straight out of the labs at Amouage. […]
Puredistance Black holds my interest from the very first second. A medicinal camphoric note there that lets you know that the raw materials here are real and uncompromising. Soon it becomes honeyed and steeped in booze, making the maybe-oud go down easily and deliciously. Perfumes of this kind, from Amouage to By Kilian often use their sillage to assert themselves as luxury. Not here, though, and as the press materials stress– this is a feature, not a bug. And I have to say that I love it. Black is not exactly a skin scent but it lives and thrives on skin level; the emotional storm is very much there, manifesting itself for one's own personal pleasure for a full day and night, just without broadcasting it to the world.
My reaction was also different from those who did detect the patchouli, but had a completely different perception of its nature. In a gushing rave, The Perfume Shrine described Black as follows:
a quasi-brutal opening with a tangy citric fruitiness allied to the darkest, earthiest patchouli possible, like snails coming out of the bush in the dusk, but the cloak of the night soon mollifies it with a woody cluster of honeyed plummy-cedar notes reminiscent of the Lutens canon and a "suede" orientalism. The sweet melange is also reminiscent of pipe tobacco, laced with a boozy aftertaste that lingers. (I hypothesize smoky cypriol/cyperus and vetiver should be featured too). Chewy, a meat course for non vegetarians. […]
Puredistance Black reminds me of the darkness and weirdness factor of Goutal's Un Parfum Cheri, par Camille, fueled by an intense Indonesian patchouli grade replete with all its earthy chocolate and darkness "dirty" facets. […] Black would be also liked by those who appreciate Borneo 1834 and Bois de Violette or by oudh and tobacco fragrances fans, as the bittersweet oriental feel would appeal.
I've tested both the Lutens fragrances that she mentions, and I see absolutely no similarity between the patchouli in Borneo 1834 and Black. Not even remotely. As for Bois de Violette, I don't think mere fruited sweetness with wood is enough to make the perfumes comparable in style. Clearly, we have very different skin and skin chemistry.
Patchouli — of any kind — isn't mentioned at all by two bloggers with whom I generally have very similar perfume opinions, as well as perfume tastes. Take the lovely Caro of Te de Violetas who writes:
The initial impression is one of chaos: its fiery opening smolders with notes of chili pepper, cinnamon, and green cardamom, soon overlapped by the bitterness of saffron and absinthe. A smoky touch of oud dominates the blend for a while and brands its character. I am not especially devout of oud but the effect here is restrained and it suffices to cast a veil of mystery. The whole effect is opaque but lightweight and refined. As I near my nose to my wrist, I can't shake from my head images of Bogart and Bacall. The progression is as smooth as velvet. As it turns softer, well into the drydown, vanilla, tobacco and tonka ensure a plushy sweetness but the darkness never completely fades away.
As a woman, I can wear Black more comfortably than the rugged M, but I still prefer to smell this on a beloved man or on a handsome stranger.
The Scented Hound also never mentions patchouli, though parts of his experience sound to me as though they involved both absinthe wood and myrrh:
WHAT I SMELL: Black opens with a sweet and deep incense and smoky accord. I want to say there's some bergamot and what seems to be a bit of floraled honey mixed with the smokiness. That initial smokiness breaks away somewhat to reveal this almost butter like creamy light almond. But as soon as I notice that, the incense starts to waft up from the bottom again, this time with what seems to be a bit of sueded leather. There's a bit of sour that makes an appearance that doesn't detract, but like the smoke and incense, seems to pop in and out. After around 15 minutes it seems like there is a bit of peppered metallic that makes an appearance. Again, it comes and goes like all of the other notes which seem to intermix seamlessly without one note dominating. In the end you're left with a very light, close to the skin, smooth and elegant slightly woody incensed perfume.
As all of this should make clear, Puredistance Black is different things to different people. All these reviews are dissimilar, though mine seems to veer furthest outside any common thread.
So, the bottom line is that you should try Black for yourself, and make up your mind. If, by chance you generally share similarities with my type of skin and perfume taste, don't be put off by my review. For example, if you love Tom Ford's Noir de Noir, or if you would like an even richer version of its drydown, you absolutely should consider Puredistance Black. I will only caution you on one thing: if you're expecting another, darker, woodier version of Puredistance's absolutely spectacular "M," then you will be disappointed. They are nothing alike — and every reviewer who mentions "M" is absolutely consistent on that point.
Perhaps that is small part of why I struggled with Black. M happens to be one of my all-time favorite (modern) fragrances, an absolutely magnificent marvel that is in my Top Ten, and which I would bathe in, if it were possible. The chypre-oriental-leather-amber mix is also the perfect representation of my perfume tastes. I don't do well with sweetness, and Black turned into a very extreme, very pink example of that. If I had experienced something actually black in hue, with smoky, woody, dark Orientalism, then I suspect M might have had some stiff competition. As it is, I'm afraid it doesn't.
DISCLOSURE: My small vial of Black was provided courtesy of Puredistance. That did not impact this review. I do not do paid reviews, my opinions are my own, and my first obligation is to my readers.
Cost & Availability: Black is an extrait de parfum concentration (the highest), will officially debut in December 2013, and will be available in a variety of different sizes on the Puredistance website. Its European retail price will be as follows: €165 for the 17.5 ml travel spray, €275 euro for 60 ml (about 2.1 oz), and €490 euro for the 100 ml/3.4 oz bottle. The American prices are, respectively: $198, $330, and $590. Until its official release, samples of Black are being temporarily offered as part of a promotional special from Puredistance (at the website linked up above). The promotion involves: 2 x 2ml vials of the Extrait for $39 or €29, with free shipping. Retailers: Upon its release, Black will be offered at the usual Puredistance retailers which include: Luckyscent and MinNY in the US; Jovoy in Paris; and London's Roja Dove's Haute Parfumerie division on the 5th floor of Harrods. You can already pre-order at Luckyscent. For all other countries, you can use Puredistance's Store Locator which lists retailers from Australia and New Zealand to Austria and Russia. I will try to remember to update this post later with more direct links, as well as links to sample sites like Surrender to Chance which normally offers Puredistance fragrances in vials that you can buy for testing.
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As mentioned earlier, this statement is logical at one point but in other point, it shows that mistakes and transferred inappropriate belongingss those made by L2 scholars are noticeable and this should use the regulation of incompatible analysis. However, this analysis has disadvantages. In Susan M. Gass and Larry Selinker words, they believe that this analysis is questioned because of the construct of trouble as the basic theory of the incompatible analysis is refering the difficulty. If an mistake is made by a individual, this shows that the individual has job in some country, non because of the native linguistic communication. Therefore, we can non assume that eloquence of a L2 scholar in L2 is depending on the nature of L1. There are more facets that related to this affair. " There are other factors that may act upon the procedure of acquisition such as unconditioned rule of linguistic communication, attitude, motive, aptitude, age, other linguistic communication knownaˆ¦ " ( M.Gass & A ; Selinker, 2008 ) . Following, incompatible analysis can non observe some troubles experienced by the L2 scholars. For illustration, " Je vois les/elle/la/le " . " I see them/her/her/him " ( this phrase is non possible in Gallic ) ( Choi, 2009 ) .
Mistake analysis is " a type of lingual analysis that focuses on the mistakes scholars make " ( M.Gass & A ; Selinker, 2008 ) . This analysis is about the same with the weak version of incompatible analysis which is comparing the mistakes which made by L2 scholars. However, mistake analysis is non measuring the mistakes with L2 native linguistic communication, but it compares with the mark language. " Error analysis provides a broader scope of possible accounts than incompatible analysis for researchers/teachers to utilize history for mistakes, as the latter merely attributed mistakes to the native linguistic communication " ( M.Gass & A ; Selinker, 2008 ) . I do agree with Gass and Selinker because as Corder ( 1967 ) says that by bring forthing mistakes, it shows that the scholars are come oning and take parting.


Is it for men? Pharrell Williams for Chanel Gabrielle Campaign – Madam Virtue & Co.
Who knew handbags could look so good on men?
Karl Lagerfield knew exactly how good handbags look on men when he chose singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams to appear as the first ever male handbag model.
Williams stars in the video campaign for the Gabrielle bag; named after the brand's founder and utterly fabulous Gabrielle Chanel (more famously known by her nickname 'Coco').
In the video, Pharrell explores an abandoned warehouse, seeking adventure at every turn while wearing the iconic Gabrielle bag. Soon enough Pharrell runs into a young boy (who looks suspiciously like a young Pharrell, no?) who shows him his palm upon which is written in cursive: "Gabrielle", before the boy disappears, leaving a confused Pharrell in his wake.
The industrial setting is contrasted by the gorgeous bling (yes bling!) around Pharrell's neck, showing many of the iconic Chanel necklaces we've come to love. It's easy to get distracted by the beautiful neck bling (we predict there's at least 10).
Rumours at Madam Virtue & Co. say Karl's choice to use the famous 'Happy' song writer and singer Pharrell quite likely indicates a move towards a more male fashion line by Chanel. We'll roll with this idea until we're told otherwise, because we love it.
Whoever wears the Gabrielle bag is donning a gorgeous understated signature piece; yet Pharrell wears it so well.


Trees are beautiful in their peace, they are wise in their silence. They will stand after we are dust. They teach us, and we tend them.
The Highveld Cabbage Tree (Cussonia paniculata) is an evergreen tree that grows up to 4m tall. The Common Cabbage tree has long grey stems with smooth bark. Flowers from April to May and fruits from June to September.
This evergreen tree makes a beautiful focal point in a garden as it has an unusual shape, interesting gnarled bark and stunning, large, grey-green leaves. Plants show up especially well in a layout where rocks are used. Gardeners growing indigenous South African plants favour them greatly for their unique appearance. The wood is soft and light and was used for the brake-blocks of wagons. The leaves provide good fodder for stock and the Zulu name refers to this tree as goats' food. The roots are succulent and edible, mashed roots have also been used in the treatment of Malaria. It is a short, thick-set tree, rarely exceeding 5 meters in height, therefore making a perfect garden specimen. Even though it is an evergreen, we live in a heavy frost area and my tree loses its leaves in winter, but has always bounced right back every spring.
Leaves are browsed by Kudu and domestic stock. Baboons eat the young shoots. Ripe fruit is eaten by Bulbuls, Louries, Starlings, Barbets and Mousebirds.
Decoctions are used to treat madness, convulsions, amenorrhoea, heart pains, venereal disease and pains of the uterus.
There are two subspecies of Cussonia paniculata. The smaller Mountain Cabbage tree C. paniculata subsp. paniculata has leaflets without lobes and has a limited distribution in Eastern Cape (see pic above) and rarely exceeds a height of 3m. C. paniculata subsp. sinuata forms a larger tree with deeply lobed leaves and is more widespread. This is the form more commonly found in cultivation and the one I have in my garden. They can grow up to 15-20 ft. (4.7-6 m).
Cussonias belong to a large family Araliaceae, which include Ginseng, Ivy, and several indoor plants. It is also closely related to the parsley family (Apiacae) which includes several popular vegetables and herbs such as carrots, fennel and parsley.
The best method of propagation is by means of seed harvested from fresh ripe fruits. Sow seed as soon as possible as it loses much of its viability within 3 months. However, seed sown in summer months will germinate faster (in about 4 weeks) than seed sown in winter (7 weeks to germination). Make sure seed trays are at least 15 cm in depth to allow the small tubers to form. Do not allow seed to become waterlogged or dry out.
Keep seed and seedlings in a semi-shaded area. Seedlings can be transplanted at about 4 months, but be very careful not to damage the fleshy roots when transplanting. The seeds should be planted in a well-drained mix of river sand and compost (70:30). Cover the seeds to a depth of 5mm with the soil and mulch. Keep moist during germination. First germination occurs after about 2 weeks.
When the seedlings get to a "2-leaf" stage (about 4 months), plant them out into larger black nursery bags or plastic pots.
When ready to plant the sapling into the ground, remember that this tree needs well-drained soil, some water and lots of sun. Once you've chosen your spot, position a 50 mm size x 1m length of plastic piping vertically near to the sapling, leaving +- 10cm above ground level. When watering around the sapling, also pour water into this pipe, as it will encourage the roots to grow downwards looking for the moisture below. Keep the ground around the sapling well mulched with dry leaves etc to assist with water retention above ground.
The C. paniculata is an ideal pot plant (plant it in a big pot in a well drained mix), or can be planted as a single specimen or in a cluster - the effect is always striking.
Growth rate is about 70cm per year, depending on the climate. The tree is drought hardy and is able to withstand heavy frost after 2 years. One can grow Cussonia paniculata from a cutting, but this is not advisable because it does not make the proper, fleshy, underground rootstock that it forms when grown from seed.
Even though most websites say the Cabbage Tree is an evergreen tree, that has not been the case with mine here in Tarlton (Gauteng, South Africa). Above is my Kiepersol in April, just before the winter, and below is my Kiepersol at the beginning of Spring - it was completely bare, looking almost dead, but now sprouting new leaves and heads.
Over the years it has changed from a single head to four or five, each consecutive winter frost taking its toll. Below you can see a new head forming on an old branch.
I planted my 50cm little Kiepersol in 2006 and within a year it had doubled in size. Two years later, in 2009, it had doubled in size again, growing to an impressive 3m within three years.
These trees make a beautiful focal point with their attractive gnarled trunk and grey leaf. So if you have a spare sunny spot in your garden, consider getting one or two of these. They are actually shown off at their best in a rock and large boulder garden.
I love Kiepersols, and can't wait to try grow my own in my garden. Thanks for this informative post!
My pleasure Claire, glad you liked it! Maybe you could send a link if you post pics!
This was one of the most informative posts!! Thank you!
My kiepersol tree is riddled with small white worms. Its lost all its leaves and the branches break easily. Can I do anything to save it?
Hi Anonymous, it is virtually impossible to tell what is wrong with your Kiepersol without seeing the branches or the worms that are attacking it. I would suggest that you take a few of them to your local nursery and try and get them identified so that you can get the appropriate treatment.
Maybe try to give it a dose "Koinor" if not to late- It is a broad spectrum systemic pesticide, last all season as apposed to contact insecticides which has to be reapplied say after rains or whatever. Just don't go over the prescribed amount.
How often should the cabbage tree be watered? It is spring and the tree is only 3" tall at the moment? Thank you!
Hi Anna, once a week should be enough watering, depending on how good your dranage is.
My cabbage tree is now very old and sadly has to be felled as it is leaning right over the neighbour's wall. It is at least 10m high maybe more. Very sad but I suspect they have a lifespan?
Aaaah, yes, that is sad indeed Unknown. Unfortunately I do not know what their lifespan is, maybe you can Google it.
.org you saw it off carefully just 40cm away from the wall and seal it with 'woundseal', it will probably make new shoots again. Keep watering it once a week until it does. My horse ate mine and I did the above, and .org grew again after a few weeks.
I'm worried about my Kiepersol tree right next to my pool. I suspect the root system is pushing up all my brickwork around the one side of the pool. What IS the root system of this tree like? Does it spread quite awfully?
Hi there, The Kiepersol does have an invasive root system and should not be planted close to walls, pools or paving as the roots will eventually cause damage to these structures.
Leave it where it is and hope for the best.
Dig trenches about half a meter from the pool on either side of the tree and cut off any roots that appear to be heading towards the pool. This should be done every two or three years to keep the roots from invading these areas. This should not damage the tree but there are no guarantees.
It's always terrible when a storm damages one of our trees Dave, sorry about that! But unfortunately you cannot plant the piece the broke off, just throw it away, your tree will recover and push out new heads.
Thanks for the info. Kind regards.
Hello, I am about to grow Cussonia spicata from seed ..can you tell me the differences from your Cussonia paniculata ?
I am not all that clued up on the differences between the two trees Daisy, but if you Google both of them, you will find a lot of information. Have a great day!
My tree is oozing gum and "juice" which stinks. The bark is loose, when you tap it, it sounds hollow. The leaves are green and the tree looks fine from a disance. Any idea what could be wrong with it?
I actually have no idea Anonymous, have never come across something like that, but it doesn't sound too good. If it still looks green, then maybe it will overcome whatever it is.
Hi. Can i re-locate a cussonia tree.
As with many other members of this family, an engorged stem base forms underground, and if the tree is transplanted, extra care should be taken not to harm this part, as it will stunt future growth.
When planting, put considerable space between the tree and structures such as walls, pools and/or paving. Late Autumn would probably e the b est time to do this.
I live in Tasmania 43 degrees south and I have a CUSSONIA doing well, except that it was planted too close to a Hawthorn that has outstripped its growth rate, created shade and the Cussonia has gone on an abrupt sun seeking path. It is growing almost upright for about a meter, then it has launched its growth at almost a right angle for 3 meters then corrected itself and is now growing vertically, It looks bizarre as the leaf head is just over 2 meters from the ground [ nicely visible but I am afraid that it will uproot itself eventually.] Its diameter at the base is 30 cm and much of the rest is 20 cm. I will cut back the Hawthorn severely to allow much more light, If I was to wound its trunk severely just above 1 meter from the base, would it send out shoots from there allowing me to eventually decapitate the old deformed growth and allow it ti restart from the new shoots?


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WUSSVILLE: Public Schools Are Hostile to a Boy's Masculinity
As school begins in the coming weeks, parents of boys should ask themselves a question: Is my son really welcome? A flurry of incidents last spring suggests that the answer is no. In May, Christopher Marshall, age 7, was suspended from his Virginia school for picking up a pencil and using it to "shoot" a "bad guy" — his friend, who was also suspended. A few months earlier, Josh Welch, also 7, was sent home from his Maryland school for nibbling off the corners of a strawberry Pop-Tart to shape it into a gun. At about the same time, Colorado's Alex Evans, age 7, was suspended for throwing an imaginary hand grenade at "bad guys" in order to "save the world."
In all these cases, school officials found the children to be in violation of the school's zero-tolerance policies for firearms, which is clearly a ludicrous application of the rule. But common sense isn't the only thing at stake here. In the name of zero tolerance, our schools are becoming hostile environments for young boys.
Girls occasionally run afoul of these draconian policies; but it is mostly boys who are ensnared. Boys are nearly five times more likely to be expelled from preschool than girls. In grades K-12, boys account for nearly 70% of suspensions, often for minor acts of insubordination and defiance. In the cases of Christopher, Josh and Alex, there was no insubordination or defiance whatsoever. They were guilty of nothing more than being typical 7-year-old boys. But in today's school environment, that can be a punishable offense.
Zero tolerance was originally conceived as a way of ridding schools of violent predators, especially in the wake of horrific shootings in places like Littleton, Colo. But juvenile violence, including violence at schools, is at a historic low. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that in 2011, approximately 1% of students ages 12 to 18 reported a violent victimization at school. For serious violence, the figure is one-tenth of 1%. It does no disrespect to the victims of Columbine or Sandy Hook to note that while violence may be built into the core of a small coterie of sociopathic boys, most boys are not sociopathic.
On the other hand, millions of boys are struggling academically. A large and growing male cohort is falling behind in grades and disengaged from school. College has never been more important to a young person's life prospects, and today boys are far less likely than girls to pursue education beyond high school. As our schools become more risk averse, the gender gap favoring girls is threatening to become a chasm.
Across the country, schools are policing and punishing the distinctive, assertive sociability of boys. Many much-loved games have vanished from school playgrounds. At some schools, tug of war has been replaced with "tug of peace." Since the 1990s, elimination games like dodgeball, red rover and tag have been under a cloud — too damaging to self-esteem and too violent, say certain experts. Young boys, with few exceptions, love action narratives. These usually involve heroes, bad guys, rescues and shoot-ups. As boys' play proceeds, plots become more elaborate and the boys more transfixed. When researchers ask boys why they do it, the standard reply is, "Because it's fun."
According to at least one study, such play rarely escalates into real aggression — only about 1% of the time. But when two researchers, Mary Ellin Logue and Hattie Harvey, surveyed classroom practices of 98 teachers of 4-year-olds, they found that this style of play was the least tolerated. Nearly half of teachers stopped or redirected boys' dramatic play daily or several times a week — whereas less than a third reported stopping or redirecting girls' dramatic play weekly.
Read more: ideas.time.com

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ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for April 20, 2013
Around 160 leading scientists from 10 countries are in Wellington this week with the intention on studying activities at the boundaries of the Pacific Plate and the Australian Plate, a multi-million project financed by the National Science Foundation of USA. Based on the 7/10 scenario from ZetaTalk, it is cleared to me (I am guessing) that they are on a mission to evaluate the rising and tiliting of the Indo-Australian plate in order to collect data and gauge on how far the plate has risen and tilted. Once they have collected enough data, perhaps they could piece together a sequence of events that would follow suit. It seems that they are now agreed to ZetaTalk that the Indo-Australian plate rising and tiliting is the key to all other plate movements around the world! However, wouldn't it be easier to just read ZetaTalk? Why bother doing all these extra works? Are they trying to take credits off Nancy and Zetas? What are their real intentions of these projects? Are they likely to succeed in whatever they want to achieve? [and from another] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10877532 Scientists want to learn more about the tectonic surfaces we ride on and what happens at their boundaries. Among the proposed projects is a multi-million dollar plan to drill into the interface between the Pacific and Australian plates east of Gisborne to obtain direct evidence of the processes occurring at the plate boundary. For scientists striving to solve the mystery of newly-discovered "silent" earthquakes, the key to the puzzle might be hidden just off the east coast of the North Island. These quakes, also known as slow-slip quakes, represent movement between tectonic plate boundaries over periods of weeks or months, rather than in a single large thrust.
Why is a US foundation, the National Science Foundation, so interested in the lifting plate edge at New Zealand? Without a doubt, this is because it IS lifting, despite official denials, sending Australian rivers on the east coast of Australia backwashing inland and registering on buoys in the area. This is, of course, in accordance with ZetaTalk prediction on the Scripted Drama on how plates will move during the increasing Earth wobble and the fact of the 7 of 10 plate movements which confirm our predictions.
What do they hope to achieve with this further study? They hope to find a way to measure the rate and direction of plate movement, as indeed, a rise on this plate border translates to movement elsewhere. In other words, given that the 7 of 10 plate movements are proceeding as we have outlined, and given that the Indo-Australian Plate is the brake point, causing others to follow when it moves, they want to establish an early warning system for plate movements elsewhere around the world.
Would the Zetas care to comment on the election of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela? The article says he had a double digit lead in the opinion polls just weeks ago but the election seems nearly tied. The numbers remind me of the elections Bush stole. Considering he was Chavez's personal choice to succeed him; were there attempts at vote fraud?
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/15/17753410-chavezs-choice-triumphs-venezuela-elects-nicolas-maduro-to-succeed-late-president [and from another] Tight Win for Chavez's Heir Spells Uncertainty for Venezuela http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/15/us-venezuela-election-idUSBRE93C0B120130415 Maduro's narrow win came as a shock to many ardent Chavez loyalists, who had become accustomed to his double-digit election victories during his 14 years in power, including an 11 percentage point win over Capriles last October. The 50-year-old former bus driver, whom Chavez named as his preferred heir before dying from cancer, edged out opposition challenger Henrique Capriles with 50.7 percent of the votes in Sunday's election, according to election board returns. Capriles took 49.1 percent, a difference of just 235,000 ballots. Capriles, whose strong showing beat most forecasts, refused to recognize the result. Maduro, who does not have Chavez's charm, saw his poll lead shrink in the final days of the campaign. Even then, the vote was a lot closer than most people expected. Chavez comfortably beat Capriles by 11 percentage points and 1.6 million votes in October.
Where Chavez had a double digit lead against Capriles during his elections, such political popularity seldom is delivered en mass to an heir. At most, it gives them a strong start, an advantage at the start of the campaign. Have outside parties been trying to meddle in this election? Without a doubt, and several points were shaved off Maduro's victory count due to this. Chavez took the oil profits from outside corporations and gave this to the people, and the oil corporations been trying to turn back the clock ever since.
Is Bob Beckel trying to get a jump on the announcement? [and from another] http://www.ufodigest.com/article/fox-news-networks-bob-beckel-admits-we-have-had-et-contact0414 The Fox News Channel's Bob Beckel Admits We Have Had ET Contact! On Fox News Channel, Friday, April 5, 2013, hosted by Eric Bolling, Greg Gutfied, Dana Perino, Andrea Tantoaros and Bob Beckel, (Democratic strategist). They usually discuss news of the day and politics in a round circle format. Bob Beckel began his comments, "I think, I have to be a little careful on how I say this. I think there absolutely has been visitors from other places on this planet." This was a pretty amazing statement coming from a source that has worked closely with the White House and the Democratic Party.
Inevitably, during the announcement admitting the nearby presence of Nibiru, aka Planet X, it will be noted that ZetaTalk was right about the matter all along. And how could this not raise the issue of the alien presence, especially when the public begins to explore the long track record of ZetaTalk accuracy on many issues. Where human science was ignorant or puzzled about so many issues, the Zetas explained these scientific principles – the gravity repulsion force, the nature of Nibiru as a wandering planet on a sling orbit, the solar system lying within a larger magnetic field, the speed of light not being the limit, and the futility of nuking asteroids to name but a few.
It was we, the Zetas, who predicted the arrival of Planet X in 2003, precisely where and when we stated many years earlier. It was we, the Zetas, who predicted the Earth wobble that began in 2004, after Planet X arrived in the inner solar system, as we knew the magnetic influence of Planet X would cause this. It was we, the Zetas, who described the 7 of 10 plate movements and the date they would commence, with our astounding accuracy once again. If anyone has been unaware of ZetaTalk, the admission that Nibiru is real and has been present near the Sun for some time will introduce them to the history of the ZetaTalk saga. And how could this all be true, while the alien presence is false?
There are mixed reports coming out for the Boston bomb explosion. Based on these reports, there were two explosions and other unexploded devices have been found. It seems to be a very organized crime and it does appear to me that this is a terrorist attack. I have also heard on the radio that US airports have heightened their security two weeks ago before this event happened and it suggests to me that the authority was aware that something is about to happen but they don't know what exactly. If this is organized by the elite and establishment in order to respond to the pending announcement, then they have achieved their mission because this event has definitely raised the alert level labeling it as a terrorist attack, Homeland Security will get involved, FBI will get involved, and potentially martial law could be on the card. Would zetas like to comment? [and from another] Would Nancy and Zetas like to throw some light on the following article that the Boston's Bombing incident is "False Flag" and is a conspiracy by the Govt. to have more control on the population by creating fear. [and from another] http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/15/several-hurt-in-explosions-at-boston-marathon-finish-line/ Two bombs were inside trash cans near the viewing area close to the finish line. Two unexploded devices has been recovered intact. Authorities have recovered surveillance video from the area which shows a man with what looked to be two backpacks near the scene just moments before the blast. [and from another] http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/0416/Boston-Marathon-bombing-Feds-raid-apartment-police-seek-rental-van-video The explosions occurred on April 15, tax day, which could be a further indication of a domestic connection. But the bombs were not directed against a government building or institution, which is often a hallmark of disaffected, lone-wolf domestic terrorists. And the style of the attack, in which one explosion was closely followed by another, mimics that used by numerous groups in the Middle East. [and from another] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/officials-investigate-boston-explosions.html?pagewanted=2&_r=0&hp The scale of the attack and the crude nature of the explosives, coupled with the lack of anyone claiming to have been the perpetrator, suggested to experts that the attacker could be an individual or a small group rather than an established terrorist organization. Rudimentary explosive devices made from pressure cookers have been widely used in attacks in Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan, all countries where the cooking device is common. Instructions for assembling such devices can be found in many places on the Web, including in terrorism "cookbooks" popular among domestic extremists. [and from another] The Five Weirdest Boston Bombing Conspiracy Theories Yet http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/16/the-five-weirdest-boston-bombing-conspiracy-theories-yet/ If you get your news from conspiracy writer Steve Quayle, you might believe that the U.S. intelligence community knows something is coming, and it's going to be connected to North Korea somehow. In the episode "Turban Cowboy," which aired March 17, 2013, the bumbling dad character Peter befriends a Muslim man who involves Peter in a plot to blow up a bridge in the fictional town of Quahog, which he does by mistake at the end of the episode shortly after winning the Boston marathon. Conspiracy talk show host Alex Jones misleadingly cited tweets by Boston.com and The Boston Globe staff reporting on police efforts to clear suspicious packages after the blasts, not before them. Standard procedure is the deployment of bomb-sniffing dogs and snipers ahead of a major event. Robertson wasn't the only one eager to find a Muslim to blame for the attack. Former Fox News conspiracy host Glenn Beck was similarly certain Tuesday that Muslims carried out the tax day bombing, explaining on his show that "no American citizen blows up random people; that's a Middle Eastern scene, that's not an American scene." Of course, people like Timothy McVeigh and Ted Kaczynski, along with a long list of extremist, violent political groups, have operated in the U.S. throughout its entire history. Alex Jones is convinced that the Federal Reserve, operating on behalf of a shadowy group of global banking elite, is preparing to use the tea party and patriot movement as a scapegoat to initiate mass gun confiscations, collapse the U.S. economy, and ultimately usher in a global currency and one-world government. [and from another] http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/19/17817173-one-boston-marathon-suspect-killed-second-suspect-his-brother-on-loose-after-firefight?lite The suspects are brothers of Chechen origin with the last name Tsarnaev, law enforcement officials told NBC News. The suspect at large, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is 19, was born in Kyrgyzstan and has a Massachusetts driver's license, they said. The dead suspect was identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, born in Russia. The brothers entered the United States with family in 2002 or 2003.
[Written 4/17 8:15 am and called into the FBI as a tip.] Despite all the conspiracy theories, the Boston Marathon bombing has a simple motive and the perpetrator's identity is obvious. Where the techniques used were typical of the bombs placed in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the recipe is broadly on the web for all to access, and the items cheap and available to anyone – a pressure cooker, nails, gunpowder, and an egg timer. This will prove to be assembled locally, with the perpetrator identified via store videos and a simultaneous purchase of all the items at once. The authorities will also likely have other evidence of the identity of the perpetrator, such as DNA or fingerprints, or photo recognition in association with placement of the bombs.
What was the motive? Despite all theories pointing to April 15 being tax day in the US, or a similarity of the marathon of 26.2 miles to 26 children killed at Sandy Hook, or a Family Guy episode where a bomb is set to go off at the Boston marathon, or various parties claiming their favorite villains must have done the deed, none of these theories is correct. It was not a false flag operation designed to incite Martial Law. It was not done by Muslims resentful of support for Israel or the wars imposed on the Middle East by the Bush administration and other western interests. It is not an attempt to influence the Stock Market or the price of Gold.
All these theories miss the obvious. The bomb timer was set to go off at the finish line at a time when the front runners were expected to be crossing the line. This scene was staged to disguise the murder and maiming of a runner and his family, who were expected to be clustered in the area at the time. It was punishment, for various slights and insults in the past. The perpetrator was trying to hide behind the assumption that the bombing was caused by Middle Eastern terrorists, due to the recipe being one used in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The perpetrator will likely be identified as a Boston resident, sullen and given to holding grudges, a failure in his own eyes and resentful of the success of others.
Recently there has been suspicious talk on the webs etc, discussing a little-known and science-befuddling substance known among the geology fraternity as "desert varnish", a strange iron-rich substance found coating rock-faces etc in many places on Earth. First out of the blocks on 3/22 we have NASA, via their "Astrobiology Magazine", asking the rhetorical question "Do Mars Rocks Have Desert Varnish?", apparently after finding an, for them, unexplainable coating on Mars rocks they had been shooting with their lasers etc. Of course anything which is spewed forth from the NASA is immediately eliciting a posture of suspicion among ZT fans, Truthseekers et al, said skeptical position intensifying when, three weeks later on 4/13, loyally trotting in behind, that doyen among British press Coverup conspirators "guardian.com" take up the baton with a twist, when they publish a most speculative piece; "Life on Earth… but not as we know it" Interestingly, included is an image of a native-American rock carving which is depicting electromagnetic spirals and what look like people and animals heading for where the mountain-goats are, i.e high ground. Bringing up the rear, a couple days later, we have "io9" (they come from the future), spouting the same line: "Is there a "shadow biosphere" on Earth? " I guess my Q is multi-pronged. ZT has revealed in the past that Man's science is unaware of most of the existing sub-atomic particles which surround him in this third density reality. Have they unveiled more stuff? What is the nature of the desert varnish? Could the iron-rich deposits be PX aka Nibiru tail remnants, i.e. trace evidence of that retrograde outlaw planet? Or is this "shadow biosphere" of which they speak just the attempted construction of another boogeyman, carbon belcher, with which to browbeat and scare the populace and try to perpetuate their global warming Lie? Would the Z care to shine a light into their shadows? [and from another] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_varnish The varnish is primarily composed of particles of clay along with iron and manganese oxides. [and from another] http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/5409/do-mars-rocks-have-desert-varnish Some people believe that rock varnish results from an interaction of small amounts of water from humidity in the air with the surface of rocks -- a chemical reaction that forms a coating. Others think there could be a biological component to the formation of rock varnishes, such as bacteria or fungi that interact with dust on the rocks and excrete varnish components onto the surface. [and from another] http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/apr/14/shadow-biosphere-alien-life-on-earth Across the world's great deserts, a mysterious sheen has been found on boulders and rock faces. These layers of manganese, arsenic and silica are known as desert varnish and they are found in the Atacama desert in Chile, the Mojave desert in California, and in many other arid places. They can make the desert glitter with surprising colour and, by scraping off pieces of varnish, native people have created intriguing symbols and images on rock walls and surfaces. Unexplained phenomena like desert varnish are important because they might provide us with clues about the shadow biosphere. We may have failed to detect the source of desert varnish for the simple reason that it is the handiwork of weird microbes which generate energy by oxidizing minerals, leaving deposits behind them. [and from another] http://io9.com/is-there-a-shadow-biosphere-on-earth-473003206 There's the phenomenon known as desert varnish (see photo). It's an odd geological phenomenon, found in California and Chile deserts, where a nacreous sheen forms on top of rocks and sand. The sheen is made up of manganese, arsenic and silica, and scientists have not been able to explain why it forms. One possibility are microbes whose digestive process produces the varnish as a waste product.
Desert Varnish is merely the traces of red dust from the tail of Planet X, melting in water vapor or fog and then baked by the Sun, repeatedly. The only mystery is where the red dust comes from, as the passage of Nibiru, aka Planet X, is denied by mankind who prefers to let the trauma of these passages slip from memory. Of course Mars rocks have this varnish on those rocks where the red dust clung and did not blow away, or where the fog or water washing them in lakes and rivers and streams did not wash the dust away into the subsoil. Early man on Earth discovered they could easily scrap designs into the varnish, and often reported the passage that had just occurred as part of the stories told by the designs.
Last month President Obama had a phone conversation with President Putin. Our friends often said that President Obama is in contact with the heads of countries about the upcoming announcement. A few days ago President Obama sent a letter to President Putin. Could our friends to answer - maybe I am wrong and this is the usual procedures, or really there is increased activity between the United States and Russia, and all this is due to the upcoming announcement? What is the position of Russia and president Putin in relation upcoming announcement? [and from another] http://news.yahoo.com/obama-sends-letter-putin-improve-relations-162410135.html President Barack Obama wants to ease diplomatic tensions with Moscow and had a letter hand delivered to President Vladimir Putin to propose new ways to cooperate. Obama's national security adviser, Tom Donilon, met with Putin and other officials and presented the letter in an effort to improve relations.
Why would one Head of State send a letter to another, rather than get on the phone? What can be put into a letter cannot be overheard, as even scrambled phone calls can, and can carry coded information. Coded information can be arranged in the order of words and letters, in the double meaning of words, and in the emphasis placed on words by repeated use of such words. If the letter is intercepted, this cannot be discerned on the face of the message, so all speculation is just that, speculation. What was being relayed? What would be so secret? There is only one issue not openly discussed by the media and openly admitted by Heads of State – the joint cover-up over the presence of Nibiru, aka Planet X and the cover-up over the alien presence.
Admitting the cover-up over Planet X is in the works, and because of the accuracy of ZetaTalk it is anticipated that the cover-up over the alien presence will simultaneously break. Russia will work closely with Obama on these matters, as they have been more open with their citizenry over both issues. Planet X, aka Nibiru, has been admitted on their TV and Nancy and ZetaTalk quite popular in Russia and likewise getting TV coverage in Russia. Russia will be countering the efforts by many clinging to the cover-up in the US by creating an Internet storm, with ZetaTalk at the center. The cover-up crowd would like to promote their own spokespersons, a matter Obama does not want to succeed.
There seems to be a relationship between the explosion in Texas and earthquake swarms in Oklahoma as per image below (almost a straight line). Has this got anything to do with the bow stress or land stretching and sinking on the left hand side of the New Madrid fault? http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10878312 [and from another] http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2013/04/17/288707.htm The U.S. Geological Survey says several earthquakes have shaken central Oklahoma. The temblors began about 1:45 a.m. Tuesday and all were centered northeast of Oklahoma City. She says the strongest was a magnitude 4.3 quake [and from another] http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Explosion-Injuries-Reported-At-West-Fertilizer-Plant-203505331.html Texas Commission on Environmental Quality cited the plant for failing to obtain or qualify for a permit in 2006. The agency investigated West Fertilizer on June 20, 2006, after receiving a complaint from a resident 11 days earlier about a strong ammonia smell. The building that's on fire is called the Dry Barn and that it contained ammonium nitrate. Anhydrous ammonia tanks are visible to the left of the building.
Are the quake swarms in Oklahoma related to the fertilizer blast in Texas? Without a doubt. Note that both are situated along rivers, with river bottoms that adjoin both locations via underground aquifers. As we have explained, river bottoms are weak spots in the plate crust, thin spots that sag and thus they are where water pools and flows. Thin crust also tends to shift and tear more readily. The fertilizer plant was cited in the past, and did not have a good safety record. The smell of ammonia in the days before the explosion is a clue that loose joints in the plumbing were already present. The swarm of quakes north of the plant in Oklahoma jiggled the joints further, until a spark set off the explosion. We have warned that explosive material and natural gas facilities would be deadly during the Earth changes, and this is yet another example.
Would the Zetas care to comment on this story that appeared today on news sites? Their explanations seem shady and it more looks like a cover for the increased quakes due to the bowing stress. [and from another] Hurricane Sandy Lit up Seismometers Across US http://science.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/18/17814561-hurricane-sand Hurricane Sandy's fateful left turn toward the mid-Atlantic Coast in October last year lit up earthquake monitors all the way to Seattle, according to results presented at the Seismological Society of America's annual meeting. When Hurricane Sandy veered on Oct. 29, the sudden increase in crashing ocean waves sent rumbles through the Earth detectable on seismometers. The wave-on-wave collisions created what are called standing waves, doubling the energy directed at the seafloor, scientists reported today. The ocean gave the seafloor a little shove, sending seismic waves through the Earth.
Hurricane Sandy occurred during the Earth wobble, which had been regularly sending Atlantic storms veering into the East Coast, as had occurred during Hurricane Irene the year before. The wobble affects more than the atmosphere as the globe lurches around beneath it. It also affects the plates, which are jerked around and smash into one another. Thus the notable increase in earthquakes as the Earth wobble increases. Of course there were minor quakes along the New Madrid Fault Line. Notably there were no minor quakes in the Appalachian Mountains or the East Coast! The quakes were hardly a result of a storm surge, they were the result of the wobble, which these scientists are not allowed to discuss.


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Forge of Darkness
Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson
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Biografia
Suo fratello minore Ron è stato a sua volta un allenatore di calcio e calciatore professionista.

Carriera

Giocatore
Harris esordisce tra i professionisti nella stagione 1960-1961, all'età di 18 anni, giocando 17 partite nella prima divisione inglese con il ; rimane ai Blues anche nella stagione 1961-1962, conclusasi con una retrocessione in seconda divisione, giocandovi 27 partite. Contribuisce poi con 25 presenze all'immediato ritorno in prima divisione del club, con cui poi nella stagione 1963-1964 gioca ulteriori 10 partite in prima divisione. Dopo un'ulteriore presenza nella stagione 1964-1965, nell'ottobre del 1964 viene ceduto al , con cui gioca da titolare per una stagione e mezzo in seconda divisione per un totale di 60 presenze, prima di fare ritorno al Chelsea, con cui gioca 2 partite nella Coppa delle Fiere 1965-1966 e 14 partite in prima divisione nella stagione 1966-1967 (nella quale il club raggiunge anche la finale di FA Cup, perdendola nel derby londinese con il ).

Nell'estate del 1967 viene ceduto ad un altro club londinese, il , con cui nella stagione 1967-1968 conquista una promozione (la prima nella storia del club) dalla seconda alla prima divisione, categoria nella quale gioca poi 29 partite nella stagione 1968-1969, conclusasi con un'immediata retrocessione in seconda divisione, categoria in cui continua a giocare (nuovamente in seconda divisione) fino al termine della stagione 1970-1971. Dal 1971 al 1973 gioca poi al , con cui nell'arco di un biennio colleziona complessivamente 64 presenze in terza divisione; dopo 6 presenze in quarta divisione con il  nella stagione 1973-1974 trascorre poi la stagione 1974-1975 con i semiprofessionisti dell', mentre nel 1976 va a chiudere la carriera in Irlanda al , club con il quale gioca 7 partite nella prima divisione irlandese.

In carriera ha giocato complessivamente 308 partite nei campionati della Football League, senza mai segnarvi un gol.

Allenatore
Harris inizia ad allenare nel 1976 come vice di Terry Venables (suo ex compagno di squadra per un biennio al QPR e nel St Patrick's Athletic) al , seguendo poi Venables sempre come vice anche al QPR (dal 1980 al 1984, dopo aver lasciato il Crystal Palace nel 1980) ed al  (dal 1984 al 1986).

Nel 1993 diventa allenatore dell', club della prima divisione egiziana (nonché uno dei club africani di maggior successo a livello continentale); qui, in due anni di permanenza (fino al 1995), vince due campionati egiziani consecutivi ed una Coppa delle Coppe araba (nel 1994). In seguito dal 2000 al 2004 è anche stato allenatore della nazionale della Malesia.

Palmarès

Allenatore

Competizioni nazionali

Al Ahly: 1993-1994, 1994-1995

Competizioni internazionali

Al-Ahly: 1994

Collegamenti esterni

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Streptococcus: Streptococcus thermophilus
R. Hutkins, Y. J. Goh
Streptococcus thermophilus is widely used as a starter culture in cheese, yogurt, and other cultured dairy products. Due to its commercial importance, the physiological, ecological, and metabolic properties of S. thermophilus have been well described. In particular, the molecular basis by which carbohydrates are fermented has been defined, including the unique route for lactose transport and metabolism. Exopolysaccharides produced by S. thermophilus are responsible for important functional properties in cultured dairy products and several have been characterized. Protein metabolism and protocooperative growth with dairy lactobacilli also have been studied. The means by which S. thermophilus defends itself against bacteriophage is the subject of much current research, in particular the CRISPR system. Recently, the genomes of several strains of S. thermophilus have been sequenced.
Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology
Elsevier Inc.
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384730-0.00325-6
Streptococcus thermophilus
Cultured dairy products
Exopolysaccharides
Lactic acid bacteria
Hutkins, R., & Goh, Y. J. (2014). Streptococcus: Streptococcus thermophilus. In Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology: Second Edition (pp. 554-559). Elsevier Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384730-0.00325-6
Streptococcus : Streptococcus thermophilus. / Hutkins, R.; Goh, Y. J.
Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology: Second Edition. Elsevier Inc., 2014. p. 554-559.
Hutkins, R & Goh, YJ 2014, Streptococcus: Streptococcus thermophilus. in Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology: Second Edition. Elsevier Inc., pp. 554-559. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384730-0.00325-6
Hutkins R, Goh YJ. Streptococcus: Streptococcus thermophilus. In Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology: Second Edition. Elsevier Inc. 2014. p. 554-559 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-384730-0.00325-6
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AU - Hutkins, R.
AU - Goh, Y. J.
N2 - Streptococcus thermophilus is widely used as a starter culture in cheese, yogurt, and other cultured dairy products. Due to its commercial importance, the physiological, ecological, and metabolic properties of S. thermophilus have been well described. In particular, the molecular basis by which carbohydrates are fermented has been defined, including the unique route for lactose transport and metabolism. Exopolysaccharides produced by S. thermophilus are responsible for important functional properties in cultured dairy products and several have been characterized. Protein metabolism and protocooperative growth with dairy lactobacilli also have been studied. The means by which S. thermophilus defends itself against bacteriophage is the subject of much current research, in particular the CRISPR system. Recently, the genomes of several strains of S. thermophilus have been sequenced.
AB - Streptococcus thermophilus is widely used as a starter culture in cheese, yogurt, and other cultured dairy products. Due to its commercial importance, the physiological, ecological, and metabolic properties of S. thermophilus have been well described. In particular, the molecular basis by which carbohydrates are fermented has been defined, including the unique route for lactose transport and metabolism. Exopolysaccharides produced by S. thermophilus are responsible for important functional properties in cultured dairy products and several have been characterized. Protein metabolism and protocooperative growth with dairy lactobacilli also have been studied. The means by which S. thermophilus defends itself against bacteriophage is the subject of much current research, in particular the CRISPR system. Recently, the genomes of several strains of S. thermophilus have been sequenced.
KW - Bacteriophage
KW - CRISPR
KW - Cheese
KW - Cultured dairy products
KW - Exopolysaccharides
KW - Lactic acid bacteria
KW - Metabolism
KW - Starter cultures
KW - Streptococcus
KW - Streptococcus thermophilus
KW - Yogurt
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-384730-0.00325-6
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-384730-0.00325-6
BT - Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology
PB - Elsevier Inc.
10.1016/B978-0-12-384730-0.00325-6