Areej le Dore War and Peace – and some books

  After Patty’s post on By Killian Love Don’t Be Shy I went off looking for a sample. None of my regular haunts stock it. So, I took a deep breath and used a site I’d never heard of with… Continue Reading

Grumpy … and roses

Sigh … I’m now in the countdown to returning to house-house (early October — pic to left is a ways ago). I am very pleased (I’ve been happy in the rental but all of a sudden I’m ready to go… Continue Reading

Vero Profumo Rubj

I received four samples last week which I had intended to write about today. But, three were scrubbers – quite literally, as after 10 minutes I gave up and washed each off on successive days. I can’t recall the last… Continue Reading

Befuddlement

The past week felt very odd. Too many things to be stressed about; very grey and humid weather which wasn’t terribly pleasant; badly handled school results for 18 year olds (a friend’s daughter who was predicted very high grades missed… Continue Reading

You say tomato and I say …

The focus today is tomatoes. The plants are everywhere here right now … in pots, in the local allotments down near the estuary foreshore (can tomatoes take in the smell of the sea?), in grow bags in front of houses.… Continue Reading

Strange Invisible Perfumes Magazine Street

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

One of these; one of those

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