After dinner tonight, Mika and I somehow got off on the topic of libraries and books and our shared love of same.. around that time, Mika wondered out loud if I Hate Perfume, her perfumery of choice, manufactured anything which smelled like books or libraries. While she checked I bounced over to my favorite supplier of decorative scents, Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs to see if they had anything along those lines. On a lark because I haven't been to their site in a couple of months I hit the link for their limited edition catalogue and was shocked and amazed …

There's a new perfume for women on the market called Alien, as photographed a few weeks ago at Tyson's Corner Mall. Fan of the science fiction series Babylon-5 will notice the spray bottle's resemblance to a certain ambassador aboard the station.

As for the scent, I'm not much of a fan. It's a bit too musky for my tastes.