Update on the VI Peel – yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!  I had the peeling I expected on Friday and Saturday, which was like a sunburn peel.  Then Sunday and today is a whole different level of peeling on certain areas – around the mouth and the chin.  Not sure if they are more sensitive or what, but it’s [...]

This is a little bit of a meander through the new L’Artisan Havana Vanille as well as perfumedom´s vanilla fields (although not Vanilla Fields), so if vanilla scents don´t interest you, you might as well move on, nothing to see here today.  Can you tell I´m looking forward to fall? I was an early, frequent [...]

Well, I did it; I moved to Toronto. My furniture and the rest of my belongings won’t arrive until Monday, but I’m here and it’s still a bit surreal to think that this is now my home. I realize I was only granted Canadian citizenship in June, but there really is no time like the present. [...]

Calice Becker did Back to Black for By Kilian, their newest release.  Made up of Bergamot, raspberry, blue chamomile, cardamom, coriander, saffron, cedarwood, vanilla, almond, vetiver, cistus labdanum, patchouli, and oakmoss. I’m really most cross with Kilian.  The first few fragrances I thought were fine, but other than the nifty bottles, I just couldn’t justify [...]

I´m in the middle of a work project and the twins are underfoot this week, so this post is going to be a quickie.  Let´s talk about Guerlain´s Les Secrets de Sophie, a limited edition (natch) white floral with a hit of violet.  The thing apparently retails for roughly $400 in one of those fussy, [...]