We are finally having some legitimate August weather – in the 90s and humid.  I am not even complaining.   Now is the time for all the summer greats – fresh fruit and vegetables, straight from the garden (even if it´s not your garden.) To honor high summer’s arrival after a very long wait, I thought [...]

Just got a sample in the mail last week of the latest Bond No. 9 scent, Andy Warhol Success is a Job in New York. What up with the name?  Let’s just call it Success and have done with the longer bits. Notes of  coriander, cardamom, mandarine, bergamot, jasmine, tuberose, rose, plum, pimento, vanilla, patchouli [...]

You know what I love about perfume?  And friends? And perfumey friends?  Someone (in this case Louise) magically shows up (in this case, back from her European Grand Tour) with something worth reviewing (in this case, Serge Lutens´ Fille en Aiguilles, which I believe is joining the export line and thus will be available outside [...]

My children walk away from me down our narrow road into the green-gold haze, toward the ice cream promised from the market around the corner.  The sky overhead is white, silver and dark gray along the margins, a thunderstorm looming.  The air is absolutely still, like the afternoon is holding its breath.   A neighbor mows [...]