I’ve removed it from under all of my fingernails, but it’s stuck, godammit, under my left thumbnail. The dirt. So when I’m dressed up smart, advising senior leaders in schools, there’s always a reminder of my basic scruffiness underneath; that I am, to some extent, pretending my workaday role, and what I really am about [...]
Hey, how about a perfume post and a drawing today! Parfums de Nicolai’s newest entry in the perfume market is Vanille Intense. Notes of Orange, orange blossoms, immortelle, cinnamon, woods, patchouli, amber and musk make up this perfume. Okay, just love here, love, love, love. I have a love/hate relationship with Vanilla anyway, so whether [...]
Before getting onto my shopping trip last Friday, I just want to share some travel advice with you. If you´re longing for oakmoss and miserable at its disappearance from our perfumed lives, look no further than a trip to south west Scotland, at least until the anti-scent brigade bomb the place. I´ve never been to [...]
Item One: Sniffa attendees — you should all have gotten your email itineraries. I didn’t realize it was such a full schedule. What say we try to hook up during the two-hour cocktail deal Saturday night (6:30 – 8:30) at BlueMercury, assuming we haven’t met already? Everyone in the Posse wears a scarf or bandanna? [...]