Get Figgy?

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

Serge Lutens Rose de Nuit

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

To travel

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

I am stuck on …

… 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

In the garden …

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

Uh, no…

I had plans for this week’s post, to write another perfume review – which went out the window. Last week was a bit difficult. I had a health emergency, ended up at A&E, had a load of tests which all… Continue Reading

Arquiste Ella

My samples arrived. I’m afraid only one is a recent release. I dislike the shop I bought them from. Of the three places it’s easiest to get samples from in London, this is my least preferred. Once on a sniffing… Continue Reading