Man, I’m sorry. I only write once every two weeks, but I’m sat here, looking at a blank screen on Friday morning, having realised time’s run away with me. Work is SO busy right now and I’m either training or driving or mailing or phoning. Roll on July 22 when British schools are out for [...]

Do you list? I don’t in any other walk of life except my obsessions hobbies. And these days the listing is not generally of what to try, but what to buy. You see, I attempt to limit myself to one new bottle a season, and summer seems like the season for which I have least. [...]

First things first – LindaB, Zazie and Daniele are the winners of the Bois Naufrage samples, as selected by random.org. The delightful Andreas of Humiecki and Graef sent me a sample of all the H&G scents to try, including the two latest, Clemency and Bosque. This review’ll be about Bosque, with a word or two [...]

Parfumerie Générale were kind enough to send me some samples of Bois Naufragé, Pierre Guillaume’s limited edition number for 2010,  released alongside Gardénia Grand Soir, which I haven’t smelled. The perfume was apparently inspired by Lucien Clergue’s Le Nu au Bois Flotté , a photo I can’t say I’m drawn to. Okay, it works as [...]

It’s election night and the buffet’s all lined up, even though it’s a love/hate thing for me. My stupid elbow is on a slow recovery route and that means limited extra-curricular typing (can’t do much about my actual workload though, eh?).  I thought I’d share a couple of thoughts with you. Current garden highlights: It’s [...]