A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

Home › Glossary › Letter L

Linalool

Perfumery
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A common aroma compound with fresh floral, citrusy, woody, and slightly herbal facets.

Detailed Definition
Linalool appears in many fragrant plants and contributes a clean, floral freshness with soft citrus and wood-like nuances. A poem may invoke it when wanting nature to feel both immediate and chemically legible: lavender crushed between fingers, leaves warmed by sun, or a room cleaned before guests arrive. Its broad presence makes it a useful emblem of hidden continuity, the shared molecule linking garden, soap, medicine, and memory.
Example
Example in poetry:
Linalool is a floral and slightly citrusy aroma molecule found in materials such as lavender, rosewood, and bergamot; A poem may use linalool to connect lavender fields with clean, airy brightness; “The breeze lifted a linalool note from crushed leaves” gives a scientific term a sensory setting; Mentioning linalool can suggest the hidden molecular architecture beneath an apparently simple garden scent.
Additional Notes
Linalool occurs naturally in materials such as lavender, bergamot, rosewood, and coriander. Its fresh floral character helps connect citrus, floral, and woody accords, making it a versatile building block. Because it is widespread in essential oils, it often contributes to a fragrance’s recognizable natural freshness.
Also Known As
3 7-Dimethyl-1 6-octadien-3-ol
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