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About Me

Jhames in cherry blossoms
Jhames in cherry blossoms

You have arrived at the personal website of one James Robert Elliott III. “Jhames” is a nickname given to James during 7th grade by another classmate in their French class. Yes, a man with a classic Scottish name that goes by a fake French nickname which happens to be a common Filipino given name. The easiest way to pronounce Jhames is to combine “Zsa Zsa” with Hermès: Zsa·mès. Voilà.

I reside in Seattle with my husband and our feline belovedaries.

Perhaps this man doesn’t know how much he impacts the people around him. It’s possible that he dances through his days (in the way that only he can) without any knowledge of who is caught up in his wake – for a moment or more – and changed to a different person. He’s at once compassionate and passionate, attentive and detentive, aware and beware. He’s alpha and omega so much as is allowed without crossing into heresy.

That and he’s probably either an utter bastard or a cherished gift to humanity. A distinction I don’t wish to make.

When I’m not creating perfumes at Filigree & Shadow, I enjoy learning new languages on Duolingo (Deutsche, español, français, italiano, e Português) in my spare time.

Keep an eye on me, I shimmer on horizons.