Jun 152011
 
 Posted by on June 15, 2011 51 Responses »

I give up.  I was told that MDCI Promess de l’aube was reformulated, but I’m smelling the old version and the new one and can only pick up minor differences on the open and maybe a little less powderiness in the new version.  The new version seems to last longer and have more strength in [...]

May 102011
 
 Posted by on May 10, 2011 76 Responses »
May Candy

By March I rooted around in the collection of vials and decants sitting near my computer, I haven’t done a random candy samples review in forever! Also:  I’m thinking we should do another Swapmania, in June, maybe?  I promise not to do it on a holiday weekend this time.  Would you funsters prefer June or [...]

Jul 132010
 
 Posted by on July 13, 2010 47 Responses »

It’s our last day in London, and we go home tomorrow, and I am sad and happy. At the end of every trip is the time when it is almost over and you think of all the things you have seen and done, but you also yearn for home. For me, it is right at [...]

Apr 062010
 
 Posted by on April 6, 2010 41 Responses »

Sorry this is late – I’m still getting the hang of things. <sigh>  Lord, I love a fruit.  I do.    I have run through nearly every lemon, lemon/lime concoction out there  and  I was Jo´s  Grapefruit gal back when you could only get it in London and her husband would take orders over the phone. [...]

Apr 292008
 
 Posted by on April 29, 2008 76 Responses »
Jo Malone Wins Me Over

Anyone keeping an eye out for alarming signs indicating the coming of the End Times need look no further than my recent infatuation with some Jo Malone scents. I gave up on Jo Malone quite awhile ago, not too far into my fragrance addiction – somewhere after French Nectarine, Verbena & Lime. Or maybe it [...]