What I did this Sunday (and some perfume too)

So this Sunday was spectacular: after a few rainstorms we had a weekend that turns out photographers both amateur and professional to get that shot of LA with snow-capped mountains in the background. Temps weren’t much above 60F so the… Continue Reading

Rainy Day

Well, the rains came finally. There’s a line in the beginning of “Sunset Blvd.” that’s something along the idea that the rains come in February: A big package of rain that floods the streets and causes traffic to back up… Continue Reading

Nail Polish- an experiment

I don’t normally wear nail polish (and the results will show you why I don’t) but there was a tic-toc thing going on about metallic nail polish and using an Apple Watch charger to manipulate the metallic flakes into French… Continue Reading

Stressbusters: Arpège

Well it’s been a few weeks. We have had a few things at work go wrong in ways that have had me seriously getting my inner Miranda Priestly on and one that made me almost get my Lucy Harbin on.… Continue Reading

Walking around..

After a couple of weeks of on and off rain we had a decent Saturday so I decided to go for a walk. Now, walking doesn’t mean not shopping, so there were a few stops. First was Santa Maria Novella… Continue Reading

Phantom Zone: Le Labo Violette 30

So, part of my StC order from last time included a le labo that I have never heard of (well, I never said I had encyclopedic knowledge of these.) Looking on the interwebs I found came out at the end… Continue Reading

Dearly Departed: SL De Profundis

Well I guess I will keep the Serge thing going here since one of my Surrender to Chance hauls contained a sample of this 2011 release. I wrote at the time that it gave me the same feeling as Serge… Continue Reading