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
It’s that in-between time. My Christmas eve perfume was Caron Bellodgia. Classical and if you’re looking for it ever so slightly naughty. Xmas eve was doing not much bar figuring out how to vaguely organise Xmas day and finishing one… Continue Reading
Happy winter solstice. We’ve now officially shifted from autumn and have another bout of gales. Not much rain and not a ‘named’ storm. Just wind. I remind myself to be thankful we’re now very slowly inching back into the light.… Continue Reading
Today, we start with a some holiday snark and then move briefly on to candles (there’s still a bit of snark regarding the candles). I no longer get dressed up for the holidays. I do try to be more presentable… Continue Reading
We had our third (maybe fourth) storm of the season. The reason I’m not sure is because this one’s name starts with D (Darragh) and I don’t recall anyone talking about a C named storm. Anyway, Darragh. On Friday night,… Continue Reading