By March I had fun doing random candy samples the other day. Here are some more, in order of personal dislike (worst to best), which I selected mostly by rummaging in my handbag, just for fun, to see what would turn up … Jimmy Choo – my most common perfume change-of-heart is when something I [...]
I´m staying true to my promise of introspection (and also filling in for Patty whilst she suns herself in warmer climes) by writing about one of my favourite Bond No. 9 concoctions, Andy Warhol Silver Factory. I am not what you would call an art aficionado by any stretch; I consider my greatest piece of [...]
Sometimes, a big city can be welcoming, and sometimes it can wallop you with an urban blight that impacts you so profoundly, it makes you scratch your head and wonder why you love that particular place so much to begin with. When I crossed the border into Ontario for the first time since my enemy [...]
As we´ve complained ad nauseam, we’ve barely had a spring here in the east, only to suddenly wake up to ninety degree temperatures. It´s been a bit disorienting to say the least, but it definitely puts into perspective the approaching misery of summer. I say misery because my bikini beach days are decades behind me, [...]
Bond’s newest release hits the streets in March of 2009. Brooklyn is based on that “now-is&becoming-hip” neighborhood in NYC and will retail for $220 for 100 ml and $145 for 50 ml at the Bond store and Saks Fifth Avenue. Notes are cardamom, geranium leaves, cedarwood. graperfruit, juniper leaves. South American guaiacwood and leather. It’s [...]