The Heeley line is a sleeper for me.  I keep finding a lot to love there at a reasonable price point – or they were reasonable, but I never put them at the top of my list, despite my admiration for many of their scents.  I remembered them being under $100 a bottle, so how [...]

As I type this I am reeking of Absorbine Jr., which my equestrienne sister-in-law assures me is in fact horse liniment, repackaged into a dab-on bottle for humans at 50 times the price of the per-gallon stuff you get for the pony.  I don’t care.   The sultry arms of Patou’s Joy may drive you [...]

Climbing School was this last weekend.  I wasn’t even sure I’d make it to the two-day outing, but I did, and I even rappelled down, which was something I thought I’d never be able to do. I wasn’t mindlessly afraid, just apprehensive.  The rock was really sharp, and I slipped just a little in one [...]

First, let me announce the winner of the Benefit sample set -  Pattie!   Contact Us with your address, thanks. Well – the weather is warm, sort of, and I think we’re really ready – in spirit if not in body – for a roundup of your favorite cologne and cologne-type scents. All this was brought [...]

First things first: an apology. It turns out that the vials I though I had in the place I had them in, are not in that place or any other place for that matter. This therefore means that sending out the samples of Eau Turquoise as promised, to the recipients who asked so politely, is [...]