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Greetings fellow Portlandian! I was at WLF last night too! Such a great atmosphere!

Years ago I got to visit the perfume lab at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, where students learn about making perfumes.

It was kinda like this! They had rows and rows of little bottles all filled with concentrated oils of different aromas. Probably the weirdest one I remember is “money”. I cracked it open, and sure enough, it smelled just like a stack of well used bills.

Was a really cool experience. Maybe see if there’s a perfumer anywhere near you who would let you come explore their lab?

As an out and proud gay man… I’m kinda with the city council on this one.

I’m curious what flags that “represent the international character” means, but otherwise it seems like they’re only allowing official government flags on government property and banning everything else. That seems fair.

Representation is nice, but I don’t need to see a pride flag hanging from every corner to feel seen. The only thing the government owes me is my civil rights, liberties, and basic human dignity. Slapping rainbows all over everything is just kinda performative lip-service, and is frankly cringy half the time.

Also, fuck the misleading clickbaity title of this article.