Holiday Yikes! Too: I’m Lazy and Violet Ida

Well, I am going to steal from Musette (if you’re going to steal, steal from the best right?) so it’s a Holiday Yikes for me as well. I did have a box of samples show up from StC on Friday… Continue Reading

What Ever Happened to Miller Harris?

Looking through my stash the other day I happened across a couple of Miller Harris frags- a bottle of Fleurs de Sel I had secreted and one of L’Air du Rien I bought at a ridiculous markdown at, I think,… Continue Reading

Iris Eyes Again, Lutens Iris Silver Mist, Malle Iris Poudre & Jovan Tropical Iris

So, I had earlier written something like iris didn’t agree with me. I should have learned from life that I should never write that about practically anything because in some way I will inevitably run across some version of said… Continue Reading

April New Idea 2023

Woo Hoo! Let’s see how my month went for April New Idea 2023. It’s only four months and I found myself really pining for the collection. Taking three days off after London and making sure I got to spritz from… Continue Reading

Rosy Outlook: SL Rose de Nuit, Atelier des Ors Rose Omeyyade and Tom Ford Rose Prick

It is not exactly a state secret that I love roses. I know they’re almost the cliché of the flower world but I love them in all of their permutations: the big jammy spicy ones with blooms practically bigger than… Continue Reading

March New Idea 2023

Woo Hoo! Let’s see how my month went for March New Idea 2023. February New Idea $50 Surrender To Chance Voucher Winner = Kathleen Email me: portia (underscore) turbo (at) yahoo (dot) com (dot) au I’ll send your voucher out… Continue Reading

Lazy, Lazy: TIGER POWERS’ STAR FU$%ER (a rerun, kinda)

Well, for those of you who have been hanging on with bated breath about my every report on the weather in Los Angeles and it’s environs, this weekend was finally gorgeous. We had rain (and a tornado!?!) earlier in the… Continue Reading