A (happy) blue Monday: Incense on ice — Comme des Garcons Blue Encens

With the big holiday almost upon us, I was really in the mood for something different. And Comme des Garcons Blue Encens delivered. It just sounded so cool, pardon the pun, that I had to try it. I admit, I… Continue Reading

It’s beginning to look a lot like…

Yes, it’s the season. A very generous friend gave me an iPad Mini for Chrismukkah and so I decided that it needed a case. In my case, I decided the case I wanted was a Lilly Pulitzer one in one… Continue Reading

The Nutcracker Reimagined and Set to Perfumet – Plus Tauer Advent Drawing

  Andy Tauer has the best Holiday Tradition, the Advent Calendar Drawing. Each day of Advent, a different blog hosts the drawing. All you need to do is, of course, follow each blog hosting the drawing, enter on each one… Continue Reading

AirEssence Diffusers from Agraria – The Cat’s Meow!

I read a review of a Jessye Norman performance  I’d attended at Chicago’s Symphony Center – in it the reviewer talked more about the audience than Miss Norman, saying she could’ve sung the Yellow Pages and we would’ve given her… Continue Reading

Skin On Skin by L’Artisan Parfumeur 2013

Heya POSSEEEEEEE PEEEPS! Portia from Australian Perfume Junkies with one of the much hyped and chatted about Explosions d’Emotions set released this season by L’Artisan Parfumeur: Skin on Skin. I’m in early this week because Patty has something EXTRA SPECIAL… Continue Reading

Manic Monday: Scents that help curb/calm the chaos

Oh boy, now that we’re smack in the midst of the holiday madness, I find myself longing for a calm oasis, as I’m sure are many of you. And on a particularly crazy day that involves work deadlines, school activities… Continue Reading

Cologne pour le Soir by Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Maison Francis Kurkdjian is one of those houses that popped up in the last 10 years or so. You know the kind- very cool looking packaging debuting with several different scents at once and a very cool, elegant website. Unlike… Continue Reading