It’s August. I can’t believe it’s August. I’ve never been to New Orleans. Always wanted to go when I still lived in the US – and I even have a relative now living there. Just never happened. Sigh. Too many… Continue Reading
I had three-quarters of a post written and ditched it. One of those weeks. A couple of things for today. First, Christian Dior Eau Noire (from Hedi Slimane’s La Collection Privée released in 2004 — a Francis Kurkdjian creation) which… Continue Reading
Visited the house-house last week. Getting there. Kitchen arrives in three weeks. House garden is a jungle. Bind weed everywhere, covering almost everything on the south side fence. I’m going to be grumpy here: the twits who live in the… Continue Reading
Once again, my subconscious decided to pop something into my head as I was just emerging from sleep. It did this mid-last week and because it was about perfume it was clear I was meant to write about it. I… Continue Reading
I woke up the other morning with non-holiday in my head. We were meant to be away the last two weeks of June, the second of two bucket list trips with my son (last year, after exams, was an island… Continue Reading
… another of the samples from my (fairly) recent sampling. I did a serious woo-hoo a bit ago on Arquiste Ella with its 1970s chypre vibe. I’m not so keen on Arquiste Nanban even though I found the back story… Continue Reading
I’m still not feeling 100% (though I’ve now gotten back most of the ‘investigations’ already done and they have all been ‘normal’ – awaiting one more and having bloods done this Friday) so I decided not to venture into that… Continue Reading