Change?/Rest?
(it is hard to see but this is loads of bugs and butterflies in the window) There’s a saying here (at least I hadn’t heard it till I moved here): A change is as good as a rest. Indeed. Returned… Continue Reading
Incense, how do you?
Hi Posse, Recently on a faceBook perfume group one of my mates, Alice, asked about incense. There were so many questions running through my mind beyond what the initial question was. Do we use it? Does anyone have favourites? Is… Continue Reading
This ‘N That: Going Out and Maison Louis Marie No. 04 – Bois de Balincourt
Well this was a week. After being hermetically-sealed in my house (well feeling like it) for the past two years I actually ventured out. There is going to be a City Council election in town come June and a couple… Continue Reading
Up Close and From a Distance
Spring in the Washington, D.C. area, where I grew up and where I lived for the last 20+ years, is astonishingly beautiful – the profusion of flowering bulbs and bushes and trees, the sudden vigor and the lushness of it… Continue Reading
Bad mood
It’s been one of those weeks so forgive me a messy post. Started last Sunday, when new DIY guy came by (previous one has disappeared) and didn’t wear a mask. I wore one. I wear them everywhere and with anyone… Continue Reading
Jasmin et Cigarette by Etat Libre d’Orange
Hi Posse. Jasmin et Cigarette was on my radar long before I ever tried it. What a terrific name. It conjured such beautiful opposites in my brain. Then when I tried it the surprise at how springlike it is was excellent.… Continue Reading
Hermès Terre d’Hermès, Eau d’Hermès, and “The One In the Green Bottle”
Well my inbox and facebook feed were bombarded over this past week with the notice that there was a new mens Hermès fragrance, available at Nordstrom, called H24. Despite the fact that there is a Norstrom right down the street… Continue Reading