On bread

Happy autumn? In the comments on last week’s post, Tom noted how annoying some people can be about New York bagels. I don’t think I’m too bad, but I do have strong opinions on them. In any case, this led… Continue Reading

Eris Parfums Ma Bete and Night Flower

For forty day and forty nights … No, not really. Just overnight for a deluge, like a serious one where the creek is at its banks and the field is saturated. We’re back to wet and grey, though not terribly… Continue Reading

More Teo Cabanel

More hot weather… We’ve had a rather strange summer. It’s sort of been, when it’s hot, it’s outrageous for here, and the rest of the time, it’s been cool/grey/wet/humid to the max/windy and gales. This past week was hot. Like,… Continue Reading

Time off

Happy September? I’m emerging from a week’s holiday at home. As I said last week, it’s been more than a year since I’ve had time off. So, this past week was really really necessary. About half way through it I… Continue Reading

Teo Cabanel sample set first half

So, as I write this I just really want to take a nap. I’m now officially on holiday for a bit over a week, the first real time off in more than a year. I’m sort of astonished at how… Continue Reading

Serge Lutens Écrin de Fumée and Cannibale

Last week, for some reason, I rewatched the Bourne films, including the weird sort of related one with Jeremy Renner rather than Matt Damon (that one did not work, but I guess that sometimes happens when you decide to patch… Continue Reading

Tauer Perfumes Golestan

Right, last week, I made noises about a load of samples dropping through the door. And they did. I received three samples from one provider plus a large sample set from a house I am not familiar with. I was… Continue Reading