Happy … spring? Winter? Spinter?

Hey everyone! Well it was in the 70s, until it snowed (again) on Saturday, melted yesterday, lather rinse repeat.  Our official last frost date is mid-May, which I abide by; I had a friend who pushed it last year and… Continue Reading

Story of Your Life: March’s Turn

Hi friends – a quickie today. Cinnamon inspired me to try ELdO Story of Your Life because her review made it sound like something I’d love, and also: so, so weird. Which is funny, because LuckyScent (where I procured my… Continue Reading

Hey Let’s Try Some New Stuff

Carolyn was placing an order for some samples from LuckyScent and asked me if I wanted to throw anything in there so she’d get free shipping … I mean, I was doing her a favor, amirite?!? Rather than spend hours… Continue Reading

Green, Green, Green

Longtime readers know I’ve never been a lover of galbanum-forward Big Green Meanies like Vent Vert and Jacomo Silences – and that’s fine, right? We all have our personal preferences. I admire them, but I have no desire to own… Continue Reading

The Indoor Garden

My nose is on strike* – allergies? Dry climate? Ancient mummy curse? Who knows. So today you get a brief (well, brief for me) natter about plants. Specifically, houseplants. If that bores you to tears, no worries, please come back… Continue Reading

Amouage Guidance and 46 Extrait

I’m not on social media much – even less in recent weeks – but it came to my attention that a newish Amouage was all the rage among some online perfume fans, and the algorithm bearing that information managed to… Continue Reading

It’s the Little Things

When I started this post last week, we were headed for a brisk 1 degree morning, -14F real feel (that’s -17/-25C). We’ve had an unusually warm fall/winter and my silly daffodils were up in the front garden and getting ready… Continue Reading