Author: Cinnamon

This ended up being a side-by-side post rather than just a review because once I had on what was meant to be the focus of the post I had this ‘oh, is that it?’ thing going. Sadly, I felt a… Continue Reading →

Well, January. I haven’t bought samples in a while so looking at something that came in an xmas box of lovely stuff from a friend. Illuminum isn’t a house I’ve ever paid much attention to. I will say first off… Continue Reading →

So, a new year. Hoping for good things. As of 6 pm UK time today (Sunday) I’m officially retired. Anyway, I was thinking about what to do with a first-of-the-year post and decided I didn’t feel the least like looking… Continue Reading →

I thought about doing this tomorrow, and then later today. But we are all in different time zones and, to mess with Robert Frost, “I’ve got things to do and promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep”.… Continue Reading →

Hannukah finished last week (see pic of last day candles below). It’s the last week before Christmas. So far, work has been decent but not mad. But I looked back at late December 2022 and for unknown reasons there were… Continue Reading →

In places where it gets cold and snows I expect green, sappy, spring-ish fragrances are very welcome during autumn into winter. Well, here – where the road into the village just flooded for the fifth or sixth time this rainy… Continue Reading →

Happy December? It’s been very cold here – like unusually – for the past few days. But we’re back to milder and wetter mid-week. I don’t have much today. I am waiting for a sample order and am now into… Continue Reading →