Twilly d’Hermes

I’m still working on the Colour Theory post. I’ll get there – probably a couple more weeks. Happy May. We’ve had glorious weather in the past week: warm and sunny, with only one day verging on hot. Really proper spring… Continue Reading

Some more Lush: The Olive Branch and Wasabi Shan Kui

I wrote a whole post called Colour Theory (not the proper theory itself but my thinking on how our approach to colour changes over time). It got ditched. Is this something you’d be interested in reading about? If yes, I’ll… Continue Reading

Madonna Truth or Dare (discontinued)

Last week was busy. I’m not used to being that busy anymore. So, positive and negative. Anyway, I was in town on Friday and had originally planned to find something perfume to write about from our one remaining department store’s… Continue Reading

Thrrrrifting … or in search of that perfume gold nugget

I finally did a concerted (ie, focused) trawl through the charity shops in the neighbouring town. Through the end of the year, I am only ‘allowed’ to buy full bottles of perfume from such places (ie, so I can pay… Continue Reading

Should it stay or should it go?

Happy April! I mean, it’s really spring – and March (the month, not our March ?) didn’t go out like a lamb but reasonably close. Spring and autumn are weird smells times for us. This is still farm country, though… Continue Reading

Ffern perfume Spring 2025 / Vernal Equinox

As I finish this post up, here, we’ve done the winter to summer time change over Saturday night into Sunday morning. I am hugely discombobulated. Not only is my brain in a bit of a muddle, once I was up… Continue Reading

Do you ‘journal’?

It’s now spring. Thank. Goodness. Celebration of the Vernal Equinox included pizza from farm shop (artichoke hearts and goats’ cheese) and their special ice cream (banana bread and tiramisu). For reasons I am not quite sure about as I finish… Continue Reading