Gardenia Monday: What are your favorites?

Don’t you just love it when you get an unexpected fragrant treat? Looking out the back door of my office the other day, I was thrilled to see that three of the four gardenia bushes at the edge of the… Continue Reading

Spring improvement: Body products to smooth, firm

Sigh. I’ve just had another of those “Oh, no, I’m really starting to show my age” moments. My DH and I have both noticed that the texture of our skin is not as smooth, sleek and firm as it once… Continue Reading

Surviving the crush: How do you cope with the holiday madness?

For those of you who celebrate Christmas, what fragrant, beauty, or relaxing rituals do you employ to help you keep your sanity during this season of holiday madness? Or for those of you who don’t celebrate it, how do you… Continue Reading

Stocking stuffer Monday: Goodies for mini gifting

One of our family’s fondest holiday traditions is opening our stockings on Christmas Eve. We originally started this years ago to help placate the overexcited kiddies, to help tide them over until the Big Event of Christmas morning. Even now… Continue Reading

The changing shape of fragrance: Product scents, fine fragrance, auxiliary products

I love to see fragrance lines expanding and offering us more and more products to love. Kai is a master of this, having branched out over the years and offering its tropical beauty in practically any form you can think… Continue Reading

(Slightly) Off Topic: Bubble Bath

One of the unfortunate things about my last couple apartments is that they have wholly inadequate bathtubs- low and short, so that I can’t really soak in them: I look like Rock Hudson in “Pillow Talk”. Well, if only in… Continue Reading

Hooray, hallelujah and a happy dance, too!: Frederic Malle Carnal Flower shower gel

Whoo-hoo!! If I were physically able, I’d be turning cartwheels, flips and other cheerleader-like, jump-for-joy moves because I recently saw in an e-mail that Frederic Malle has launched Carnal Flower shower gel. Which I (and probably many of you) have… Continue Reading