Author: Cinnamon

Ah, those best laid plans. I keep going on about house things that need doing this year and needing to save for a Europe trip in 2026. But life always changes, doesn’t it, even in small ways. The dog had… Continue Reading →

I am perplexed by Memo Paris Perfumes. Their output is huge – around 70 fragrances that I can see – and around 11 of those are leather based. It’s a brand I wasn’t particularly aware of, and it was one… Continue Reading →

My Word has this new weird thing called Copilot that pops up when you open a new document. I do not like it. Sam I am. I’m not prepared today. I was hurrying the end of January along and distracted… Continue Reading →

(*Shameless ripoff of Crosby, Stills and Nash song I don’t like.) We had a named storm last week and what appears to be an unnamed one moving through today and tomorrow. Gales and heavy rain. I wish it would blow… Continue Reading →

Today’s post is courtesy of HemlockSillage’s comment/question on last week’s post: What are scents that seem cold and winter-y to you (HS noted Frederic Malle L’Eau d’Hiver and CdG Zagorsk)? I am going to go a bit broader and look… Continue Reading →

We had a number of days of ‘real’ winter last week – ie, very cold, and it even tried to snow. A good time to be testing the new-to-me concept brand Ffern. And we’ll get to that. First, though, a… Continue Reading →

Happy, and welcome to the, new year. 2025. It’s been raining – and uncharacteristically cold. However, we had a couple of days of brilliant sunshine and early frost which looked so completely otherworldly and gorgeous. I started this post on… Continue Reading →