Month: December 2005

I think I have enough now, mucho thanks to my awesome Candy Cane this year, to do the 12 days of Violets, which I’ll start on Christmas Day. For those of you not a fan of the lovely, shy violet,… Continue Reading →

fourfour: Beyond the fashion of the dolls Anyone else watching Project Runway? I seriously love this show. Catty, talented, schizo, overlaid by Heidi Klum’s calm viciousness and that “Auf wiedershen” as she crushes another designer’s dreams. Perfection. Even better than… Continue Reading →

Note to self — close tags and don’t type when you are in pain and should be laying down, you make a lot of typos. M reviewed Rose de Feu by Les Parfums de Rosine in November. Go there for… Continue Reading →

Hopefully a review of Rose de Feu from Les Parfums de Rosine and some thoughts on whether tomato leaf scent should go in a body lotion. And if so, should it only be in summer?

After reading the review of Bond No. 9 at beauty addict, I went in search of a bottle. It has .V.I.O.L.E.T.S in it, which is enough for me to order unsniffed. Notes are Linden, violet, mandarin, green moss, cashmere woods… Continue Reading →

Caron Coup de Fouet, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. You are deep and rich and spicy-peppery-liquid goodness, and I cannot live my life without you and cannot fathom how I existed so far without knowing… Continue Reading →

My uncle died this week, my mom’s brother. He was 74. Very unexpected, very quick. He had emphysema, and it was getting worse, but it was either a very quick, massive coronary or a brain hemorrhage. Then my mommy stepped… Continue Reading →