Vacation ran over!

Oops, sorry, my vacation time ran a bit over and left no time to put a post together. To make up for it, I’ll give away to four commenters a sample of the new L’Artisan Nuit de Tuberose that just… Continue Reading

Random Sunday: Happiness, Sizes S to XXL

It’s Memorial Day weekend here and between today’s event at Art With Flowers (familiar and new faces there from the blog, so much fun!) and also Diva’s 16th birthday today, and her party, and All That Entailed, including brunch for… Continue Reading

Odd birds in the bush

First things first – LindaB, Zazie and Daniele are the winners of the Bois Naufrage samples, as selected by random.org. The delightful Andreas of Humiecki and Graef sent me a sample of all the H&G scents to try, including the… Continue Reading

Perfume/drinks for the summer

As I’m sitting here sipping my newfound drink love, Kir Royale, I started thinking about what raspberry perfumes there were out there and came up pretty blank.  Are there any, I wondered?  And I thought I’d ask all of you… Continue Reading

The Bird in the Hand

1) For unknown reasons, the comment notifys that come to my email inbox when you comment are a little spotty, so apologies if I missed you.  While we’re on the subject, I’m slamming through a couple of work-related things right… Continue Reading

Summer floral bouquet in a bottle

Few notes capture spring as brightly and beautifully as lilacs. I have three lilac bushes around the front of my house that I’ve been nurturing for years, and they are surrounded by those monstrously big old-fashioned iris. Lilacs have that… Continue Reading

Guerlain Chamade

Quite some time ago, Angie did a wonderful post on Now Smell This on becoming a perfumista – from Stage One (strong interest) to Stage Four – connoisseurship.  I think NST’s Robin later added a quasi-joking stage five along the… Continue Reading