Hey, everyone – thanks for all the wonderful warm anniversary wishes, I really enjoyed reading them upon my return. We decided not to take the laptop because there we’d be, on our trip, compulsively checking it since we’re both kind of addicted. Instead we devoted ourselves to eating embarrassing amounts of sushi, and lipstick shopping. [...]
Acorelle Organic Eaux de Parfum
It´s only fitting that two weeks after begrudgingly parting with my gas-hogging, decidedly environmentally unfriendly SUV, I discovered a really intriguing line of organic fragrances. I must say, this discovery has somehow softened the blow of once again being behind the wheel of a Toyota Corolla – which also happened to be my very first [...]
Parfum de Nicolai Vanille Intense
Hey, how about a perfume post and a drawing today! Parfums de Nicolai’s newest entry in the perfume market is Vanille Intense. Notes of Orange, orange blossoms, immortelle, cinnamon, woods, patchouli, amber and musk make up this perfume. Okay, just love here, love, love, love. I have a love/hate relationship with Vanilla anyway, so whether [...]
House of Ghosts
Assuming I haven’t been hit by a bus, I’m off to an undisclosed location with the Big Cheese for the rest of the week celebrating our 20th anniversary — which is, in fact, today. It’s hard to believe we’ve been married 20 years; it feels like three years and 70 simultaneously. His brother is watching [...]
Long Holiday Weekend Over – Lazy Poll Post
Okay, I indulged in too much planting/painting/drinking this holiday weekend and find myself with no perfume review for today. So it’s been a while since we’ve done one of these, but they never stop being fun. You have been transferred to a hut in the Congo for two years – a very small one, with [...]



