I must admit, it´s been a very long time since I´ve given anything at The Body Shop more than a passing glance. But, if I can wax nostalgic for a bit, I´ll tell you that years ago, I spent countless hours trolling in their New York City shop at Madison Avenue and 52nd Street. I´d [...]

Okay, I promise, no more deeply personal and downer posts for a while. Let’s finish up with the Cartier Les Heures.  I am very much relishing these as an artistic theme.  It allows me to overlay my own interpretation within the framework Mathilde Laurent has set out. There are only five of the thirteen released [...]

Wow, did you have as much fun as I did with the dress-your-age and related perfume post on Sunday/Monday?  That was some great discussion, eh? I had another post lined up for today, but after Patty’s excellent, introspective post yesterday I’m just not feeling the snark.  Look for it next week, no doubt I’ll be [...]

First — the other two winners of the MFK sample set:  Carter and Hilary.  In case you don’t know what to do, click on Contact Us on the left, remind me what you won and give me your address. Seems like I should leave a warning before I spiral off into something more personal, which [...]

I joked with someone recently that I was going to do a blog post of the fragrances I love that nobody else does.  I could list them, then quote from places like Perfumes: The Guide, or Makeupalley reviews, articulating the many ways people mock and dislike these sadly misunderstood gems that are dear to my [...]