Avid readers of my scribblings (both of you) will know that this perfume thing kind of hit me at a young age. When other teens were spending their hard-earned (or pilfered) cash on fripperies like pot or Boones Farm, I… Continue Reading
Well, firstly, while you’re reading this in 2024 I am typing it on the Friday before Christmas. Why this sudden spurt of getting things done early? Efficiency? Heck no. I have made an early New Years resolution to go through… Continue Reading
I received an email today from the House of Lutens telling me that Muscs Kublai Khan was back “for a limited time.” Not “Muscs” but the whole name and it’s to be hoped the whole 100% musk experience. I don’t… Continue Reading
Happy Kwanzaa! Portia just recently wrote about this one, and as soon as I read “clary sage” and “samples available at Surrender to Chance” I was off ordering. I love clary sage- that herbacious greeness that’s also bone dry is… Continue Reading
Cinnamon covered these pretty extensively a couple of weeks ago, but since I am nothing if not a follower I had to pop for the sample set and put in my two cents. First off, I get the idea of… Continue Reading
Well, I am coming to the end of the dastardly Flu and the old honker isn’t up to 100% yet. I’m not dying or anything (the dramatics were thankfully brief and happened last week. I had a few posts saved… Continue Reading
Remember the tale of the squirrel who saved up all his nuts for the winter? I think there was some sort of lesson about saving for a rainy day, being prudent, not wasting one’s resources on frivolities, blah, blah, blah.… Continue Reading