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
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