The garden and Nigel Slater

Today’s post was going to be on a sample I’ve been … sampling. But it’s not working. The perfume never settles well enough on me to write something useful or interesting. In fact, it makes my eyes hurt and makes… Continue Reading

Easter … ish

We’re three days into the long Easter weekend. In the past when I’ve posted around Easter time I’ve added pics from the village of tableaus – eggs, chicks, bunnies, baskets. This year, except for Saturday it’s been either wet (which… Continue Reading

Christian Dior Cuir Cannage

This is the last of the samples/decants from my (fairly) recent parcel and it’s nice that things are finishing with a sort of bang … because Cuir Cannage is both very good and a bit unsettling. But … it appears… Continue Reading

Guerlain Metallica (Metalys)

Sunday was the first day in a long while of calm warmth. Sunshine. I did a big clear of the garden, took the first walk where I didn’t wear a woolie hat and coat (a fleece sufficing). The news here… Continue Reading

Connections

I did one of my flying visits to London Thursday and Friday – to visit with several friends I hadn’t seen in person since Covid. Of course, there’d been contact on phone, online, etc, but we all know that’s not… Continue Reading

Zara Vetiver Pamplemousse

The world here is slowly moving towards spring. March can be an all-over-the-place month but at least we are seeing a lot more blossom (magnolia, cherry, in addition to a load of daffodils and other bulbs) – which helps regarding… Continue Reading

A bit of not a lot

This past week has been … a bit of this and that. I found myself only wearing Perfumer H Smoke even though I’ve got four samples sitting on my desk waiting to be worn and thought about (I really like… Continue Reading