Happy New Year, everyone! (Ann here, playing swap-a-rama, filling in for Portia today.) As the holiday frenzy comes to a close, it’s nice to step back, congratulate yourself for getting everything done and making it into the new year. And… Continue Reading
It’s Tax Day here in the U.S. so what better to take your mind off it than fragrance? Have you ever tried a shower gel, soap, body lotion or cream and thought, “Hey, this reminds me a little of XYZ… Continue Reading
Our darling Musette posted last summer about how Frederic Malle’s Noir Epices fragrance didn’t move her, but its body lotion/cream sent her over the moon. Well, her experience inspired me to rethink several scents. Case in point: I wanted to… Continue Reading
Laura Mercier has always impressed me as a great brand: pretty, dependable, quality products, with nothing in its line too odd or weird. Just good, solid, wearable stuff, with fragrances and body items that lean to the gourmand. Not to… Continue Reading
We haven’t done this for a long while. Here’s the beauty product reviews (brief) for stuff I’m loving right now. Giorgio Armani Maestro Fusion Foundation. Holy hell, Hannah! I’ve loved the Armani foundations in the past, but this… Continue Reading
Chanel Les Exclusifs Fresh Body Cream The above e-mail header recently landed in my inbox (as I’m sure it did in many of yours), with the following copy: “Subtly scented to flatter any fragrance in the LES EXCLUSIFS Collection, this… Continue Reading
Amouage Memoir Woman Bath and Body Collection The nicest thing about a Beginner’s Mind is that it is open. Alas, most of us (well, me anyway) have to go through the various stages of Mindfulness before we can get… Continue Reading