As we´ve complained ad nauseam, we’ve barely had a spring here in the east, only to suddenly wake up to ninety degree temperatures. It´s been a bit disorienting to say the least, but it definitely puts into perspective the approaching misery of summer. I say misery because my bikini beach days are decades behind me, [...]
Gourmandish floral perfumes normally don’t do it for me, with a couple of exceptions like Lostmarc’h’s Lann-Ael. One recently just captivated me into swooning. MUA has been chatting this one up for a few weeks, so I had to try it. Carla Fracci Giselle has notes of ylang-ylang, cinnamon, freesia, jasmine, tuberose, vanilla, coconut, caramel, [...]
Hey, friends — I’m dealing with some unexpected family stuff today, an overflow from yesterday, sorry. So, hard as it is to believe, there are things that take precedence over fragrance, and today you bear the burden. The weather’s warm and weird and right now all I want are the perfumes that are my (seasonally [...]
Hello all. Lee here. On a Tuesday. I know. I’m feeling a little funny too. Let’s go with it though, eh? Just kind of find out what happens. You see, I’m off to Scotland on Friday and I have to take my sporran out of storage… Before getting to the review itself, can I first [...]
As predicted by me, we had our endlessly cold Spinter of Discontent through most of April into last week; then we went from rainy fricking 50 degrees to sunny fricking 90, thus transitioning directly from heat to A/C. Which is okay because everything outside is coated in the green stuff — whatever trees or other [...]