Hello fronds — so, my increasingly-constant headache-thing was becoming a problem, and then we discovered that my normally low blood pressure is suddenly quite high… like, borderline hypertensive-crisis head-straight-to-the-ER high. So that’s being managed aggressively (it’s better, but it’s not…great)… Continue Reading
It’s hot as balls here and other than spraying myself with my lightest possible fragrances, nothing about this weather inspires me to embrace perfume. I was rooting around trying to find something to write about. And Andy, bless him, comes… Continue Reading
Back to perfume next time, I promise. But I wanted to talk about something else today. I used to cycle on and off antidepressants. Things got dark, I took medication, things got better, I told myself I was fixed, I… Continue Reading
The first time I smelled Diptyque was in Paris. I was early into my perfume addiction, and of course Diptyque was on my to-sniff list. I can still conjure up the sense of beautiful unfamiliarity the line held for me;… Continue Reading
According to the Lancôme website, the company “has appointed some of the greatest contemporary perfumers to pay homage to Lancôme’s founder, Armand Petitjean. The result is Maison Lancôme, a new collection of fragrances that so exquisitely touch upon and carry… Continue Reading
I spent a week in Chicago recently, much of it wandering around with Anita. I mulled the option of organizing a perfume get-together like we did a few years ago, which was a blast, but I desperately needed some downtime… Continue Reading
Sometimes my kid asks me what superpower I’d want. He doesn’t know it, but I already have one – invisibility. I didn’t used to be invisible. I was young and girl-next-door pretty and petite and I got the attention (positive… Continue Reading