I’m writing this on the summer solstice. I hadn’t realized it, but I should have. I’ve felt … something, some faint magic, shimmering in the air around me since last night. So, today I went and smudged my new rental… Continue Reading
As I write tomorrow starts summer – just as the weather here has decided to return to late spring. Things should turn again later this week, with warmer, sunnier weather. Today, however, while it decided to warm up in the… Continue Reading
Hi there Posse! La Vierge de Fer isn’t one of the revered Serge Lutens fragrances. Patty loathes it and March loves lily as a note. When it was released in 2013 the reviews were very mixed and I wasn’t looking for… Continue Reading
Dusita is a line that I loved immediately. Not everything was my favorite, but I really thought I had written about them in the past, and come to find out, I don’t think I have or I only did it… Continue Reading
Most guests who come to my Summer garden are gobsmacked by the ridiculous profusion of lilies, peonies and roses – and for good reason: I haz a LOT of them and the sight and smell is outrageous. But a select… Continue Reading
This is the new-to-me house I mentioned last week. I had done one of these (bought all the samples from a new-to-me house) a month or so ago and the results were so meh and pedestrian that I didn’t bother… Continue Reading
Hey posse, Le Galion doesn’t get the love it deserves. Beautifully crafted, elegant, seamless fragrances that are so refined and balanced. It’s easy to miss how gorgeous they are in the rush for new and weird. I’m seriously surprised that… Continue Reading