Annick Goutal Eau de Camille

For whatever reason, my wonky nose seems best able to discern Annick Goutal scents.  So when I’m really coming up empty-handed (-nosed?) I work on filling in the gaps in my AG collection. I’ve set aside my new-to-me bottle of… Continue Reading

Sniffage at Tysons Galleria

It all started off with my burning desire to eat just one more slice of mille crepes cake (yep, the same cake Anita put in my birthday post) from New York’s Lady M pop-up boutique before it disappeared from our… Continue Reading

When Life Gives You Lilies

Walking home I caught the scent of lilies and stopped dead in my tracks.  They were stately Casablancas; I could smell them ten feet away.  I made a hard left, leaned over the iron fence into my neighbor’s garden, and… Continue Reading

What About Tea?

I was on a trip last week.  My sense of smell was frustratingly wonky (plane travel? allergies? who knows) which I dealt with by ignoring it, mostly.  But I also tried sniffing some new, different things, on the theory that… Continue Reading

Goutal and Glass Skin

Six months after surgery, my sense of smell continues to come back in fits and starts.  I’ll go through a day or three of quasi-anosmia, especially with perfume, and then suddenly – the scent is back, or at least most… Continue Reading

The Fragrant Air Around Us

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/does-this-train-station-smell-like-grapefruit-how-the-air-around-us-suddenly-became-so-fragrant/2019/05/14/b70d429e-66d1-11e9-82ba-fcfeff232e8f_story.html?utm_term=.8c815e233b4b

Cloud of Protection

I’ve had a rough couple of weeks.  First there was the health scare involving one of my boys, which isn’t entirely resolved yet.  It was grim enough that my daughter flew home to join us bedside at the hospital, and… Continue Reading