Penhaligon’s: Amaranthine, Limes, Gardenia

The first time I entered a Penhaligon’s store several years ago, it confirmed the vague suspicions in my head – upscale Caswell-Massey-type old fashioned scents, with names like Elisabethan Rose and Victorian Posy.  It wasn’t love at first sniff.  Some… Continue Reading

My internets hates me

It’s one of those technical questions that seem to have no answer. When our website was going down last week, I tried to log onto it from two different computers, and they eventually sent me all sorts of error messages.… Continue Reading

Top Ten Scents of Spring

(FOLKS —  Let’s try again, with comments working this time.) It’s hard to believe, particularly after the winter some of us had, but it’s time (almost past time!) for the Top Ten Scents of Spring.   As usual, our peerless pals… Continue Reading

Random Sunday: Nude — Lips, Nails

Comments are fixed — YAY!!!  Come back tomorrow, let’s take another crack at the Top Ten of Spring, which I’ll re-post.  In the meantime… In the past two years, we’ve tackled all sorts of makeup/lipstick issues – red lips, YLBB… Continue Reading

We Broke Our Shiny Toy. Sorry.

Hello, poppets! Well, this blog host transitioning hasn’t gone quite as smoothly as one hoped.  On the upside, apparently I’m back to being able to upload images — that’s Daphne Guinness right there in all her streaky, feathered glory. On… Continue Reading