Unpacking my luggage from last week´s trip to New York, I found myself (surprise, surprise) trying to find the source of some unidentifiable, wonderful scent. I´d bought tea and goodies at Takashimaya, and chocolates, and I tend to have random… Continue Reading
It’s a girl… with a wicked bad cold, feverish, sniffling hacking, drooling. Yup, that’s me. Shortly after our return from New York, I sneezed twice, and then my head blew up and went off the cliff with one of the… Continue Reading
Some random details from New York City: Regarding the two new Armani Prives, Rose Alexandrie and Vetiver Babylone – they´re in clear glass bottles with black stone tops (picture the original Prive bottles recast in Jo Malone glass and with… Continue Reading
I’m not feeling brilliant but I need to write a review – I’ve been dithering with other stuff here for way too long. But, given my febrile state, there’ll be no preamble (other than this, erm, meta-preamble), no discussion of… Continue Reading
I defy you to look at that bottle and not want to possess it. The bonus is that the juice inside smells pretty great. Both March and I had to wear it for a while before making sure we weren’t… Continue Reading
What does happiness smell like? It smells like the weekend in New York, starting with a hotel less than two blocks from Bergdorf. Patty and I are in NYC and attending a lunch Monday for Chandler Burr´s new perfume book… Continue Reading
Ten things you probably don’t know about me: Desserts left in the fridge after bedtime are prey and should not be suffered to live until morning I almost never talk politics. The discourse has become either so superficial, angry or uncivil that… Continue Reading