by “is it May yet?” Musette
Winter nights find me in bed, with hot tea and my picture books of warmer climates spread all around me – by 7pm. It’s barbaric, I know, but I Just Hate Winter. We will go into the pathology of my living in the Midwest at another time, thank you. Ignore the fact that it’s 50F in Cannes right now. So what? A gal is dreaming of Summer on the Riviera.
Bruno Acampora didn’t dream it – he lived it. A handsome, jet-setting fabuloso, it seems he was Everywhere Beautiful
– and mostly in the sun, returning again and again to his best love, Capri. Capri, with its sunny ,carefree beauty, is evidenced in all 7 of his Essences. Carol Sasich (WAFT by Carol) sent me this charming sample pack and I admit to a bit of trepidation. Full disclosure here: Carol and I are well on the way to becoming ‘real’ friends and she reps Bruno Acampora and she sent them to me to review. That’s a beautiful thing! But what if I hated them? What if they were awful, made me break out in hives and babble in tongues? What then?
Well, I’m pleased to say that not only did they not hive me, they did the unexpected: They put mein a baby-blue convertible, on the road from Cannes to Monte Carlo clad in a New Look summer dress, Hermes scarf and Pucci sunglasses, a snappy soundtrack….uh, you know this picture, right? That’s Seplasia, (awful name, gorgeous scent). This is absolutely lovely, all golden light and beautiful flowers – but not ‘twee’. Notes are violet, rose, orange blossom, geranium, tuberose, jasmine, Lemon, bergamot, musk, patchouli, vetyver, rosewood, ylang ylang. For me, the geranium and ylang really shine in this one, with the lemon giving it that sunny, carefree elegance.
Oooh! … Joao Gilberto. Suntan lotion. The gentle clang of sailboat masts and zippy little speedboats headed to the mouth of the harbor. That’s Blu. It’s – hey, you know how you are in shallow turquoise waters and there’s a sudden drop off and suddenly it’s that deep jeweled turquoise-blue? yeah, it’s just like that in color and idea – but that’s the only marine-y reference. Blu is straight-up tuberose with a big dose of reflective heat. Cocktails on the terrace. Bridget Bardot in white sharkskin, Sophia Loren in midnight blue. Tuberose always smells ‘dark’ to me (which is what I love about it) – and very structured. This tuberose is the first ‘sunny’ and carefree (there’s that word again) tubey I’ve ever sniffed. It’s ultra-feminine without girlishness. Blu notes are: Tuberose, Orange, Sandalwood, Ylang Ylang…..I have it on right now and am in an oceanview suite at the Hotel de Paris. And Rossano Brazzi just sent me a box from Bulgari. Ooooh, Rossano! You really shouldn’t…
There are seven …..but y’all have lives so I’ll just do one more: I took one for the team and tried Musc. Cary and Sophia (she gets around) yachting from Monte Carlo to Tunisia. Can you imagine what that cruise might’ve been like? This is that first kiss after a long grown-folks flirt. Not at night – high noon on the deck, with the sun-warmed teak radiating heat through the soles of your bare feet. This might actually get a gal to think about coming out of a couple layers of fleece.
And yes, like the rest of this line, there’s a charming, sunny cheerfulness about it that is very beguiling. Musk, Rose, Violet, Vanilla, Cloves, Amber, Sandalwood. Personally, I think it’s the cloves. Y’all know I have that Constant Comment love-thang going.
In fact, the whole line – all 7- are carefree. I don’t mean ‘cheap and cheerful’ – far from it. These are elegantly, gorgeously crafted, of excellent materials. These have the heft of serious perfumery – but the inspirations are from a privileged life, at a time when the world seemed sunnier and way less terrifying. Right now, in these dark days and darker times….well, a yacht with Cary Grant sounds just grand.
I’’ll share the sunshine with one lucky commenter. Just drop a line letting me know if you think I should be committed for living in the Midwest. Just kidding. Really. Hey! Just tell me your favorite place, that says ‘summer’.
Caveat: these are concentrated oils. When I first got them I was all “you sent me dregs?” Haw. These ‘dregs’ will last forever. One touch of the wand gives you enough scent for the entire day.
image: french-riviera-hotel.net some rights reserved
other image: Bruno Acampora ca. 1965, courtesy WAFT by Carol
I live in the Midwest too. Lovin’ the 30 degree weather this week! One of my fave summer places is Harbor County, Michigan. Not too imaginative, I know, but the smell of the fresh fruits and vegetables is so refreshing. There are plenty of wonderful bike trails and lovely sunsets on the lake.
Similar to what Mark Twain said, the coldest winter = summer in San Francisco (and I can personally verify his findings). That being said, I’d have to choose Stockholm. Please enter me in the drawing as well.
It might sound crazy but I like the cold weather. And the snow. I just hate the dry skin. :)
The only time I miss the summer it is in the winter. When the summer comes I regret I missed it. Too hot. Too much sun. Dust. Humidity. In 2 words: NY summer.
Las Palmas is my favorite place. Perfect weather.
I would love getting those samples.
Chongqing China! A furnace in August but lovely in winter…
Hawaii is summer nearly all year round, its usually in the low 80s this time pf year.
Oh goody, a draw! And I’ve been wanting to try Acampora for a while. Hawai’i and Greece say summer to me. It was almost summery today in NorCal, and the dogwoods are blooming already. And daffodils, too! Could summer be far off? :)
I’m in Cali, it’s above 60, it’s sunny, but it still doesn’t FEEL like summer. I’ll say the sunny season is a state of mind, not a place. :)
Oh the pain of living in the midwest (Missouri for me) Although I’ve also lived in Vermont and I’ll take this anyday.
Any-whoodle, I love summer on the East Coast, Cape Cod, Maine etc.. Warm days, cool ocean breeze, crab salad on those lovely “hot dog bun” type rolls. It’s all good!
Oh, I’m WAY late to the party!!! You may be crazy to live in the midwest, but I hear Chicago is an awesome city, so it can’t be all that bad. ;-) I’ve only been through the airport. I really should make it a destination and stay awhile sometime.
Favorite place that says summer? Locally, it would have to be the ice cream shops. Only open in the summer!!! As soon as they open, we know summer’s coming. :-) Otherwise, take me to the Caribbean, baby, and I’m happy.
Summer is Benidorm (Spain). It’s not a glamourous place, but it is a city with huge beaches with white sand and clean water. It’s near Alicante, where I live, so I go there often in summer.
Another beautiful places which mean summer to me: Mallorca, Calpe, Altea… all are Spanish places, I know. They are the Mediterranean summer I have always known and loved.
Summer on a Spanish beach sounds pretty darned fabuloso to me~
xo
Summer, hey? I don’t even remember such a thing.
No, I love summer here on the west coast of Canada, I really do; I just wish they were longer.
I find myself longing for the south pacific lately. Or North California in June.
sometimes I look at the frozen tundra out here and wonder how I ever could’ve imagined a green lawn, flower borders….:-?
it doesn’t seem possible.
xo >-)
Palm Springs makes me think of summer. I know it gets hotter than haties but I loove the warm evenings. The days are spent in the pool or inside under the AC.
Please enter me in the draw. These perfumes sound inticing.
I think it’s always summer there, isn’t it? 😉
xo >-)
Thanks for the draw;)
Love the BA sample of Jasmine, which is so far the only one I’ve tried..exquisite just begins to describe, if a jasmine fan its a mus sniff..the musc sounds fantastic. If still open, would love to be in the draw.
Hawaii describes summer to me. The water is warm, and the
drinks are tropical.And,if you don’t like the weather, you
just get into your car and drive somewhere cooler or hotter.
I’ve lived on the coast of California my entire life, so the thought of Midwestern weather is more than daunting.
I’d love to be in on the drawing. Thanks.
I would move to Hawaii tomorrow afternoon, if I could figure it out!
xo >-)
For me, summer will always mean East Hampton-Amagansett in the 1960s, when I was a child before it was ruined by all those Wall Streeters. Asparagus Beach packed with nearly nude sunbathers stacked on end like — asparagus! Dustin Hoffman at Fromm’s bakery gettring his coffee and cookie. Grey Gardens still a magnificent pile and inhabited by Big and Little Edie and their hundreds of cats (you could see Little edie’s ghostly hand opening the door for them). Suntan oil and European pretenders. Women in Lilly Pullitzer smocks. And me, a blond child.
oooh!
xo >-)
Oh gosh Musette, I’m wish you all the way on that “I Hate Winter” thing. It’s right now -29 degrees (-20 F) in Ottawa. It was -35 this morning. Essentially, my face fell off from the wind on my walk to work. So, I’m like you, I’ve got tons of pictures of warm, sunny places. The Maldives in particular look glorious. My favourite summer place that I’ve actually been to is Nice, France. Even during a busy tourist season, it has a great laid-back vibe, and really, there’s just something wonderful about swimming in the French Riviera.
Btw, if you really want a shot of summer, watch “Summer Lovers”. It’s corny, but it practically radiates sunshine and glorious summery-ness.
*I’m with…
I got it 🙂
And I am now jonesin’ for the Riv. Luckily I don’t have to cry too much – it’s still pretty chilly there.
xo >-)
Musette, I love your posts! Your personality just shines through and makes ‘me smile like I am having a chat with a friend. These sound gorgeous and I would love to try them!
I grew up in NH and moved to England when I met my husband so summer for me is both sitting outside on the back step late at night talking with friends, listening to the ‘buzzies with a warm breeze blowing and making the trees shimmer in the moonlight and being out picnicking in the park eating pastie and sausage rolls with Pimms and listening to the excited chatter of all the people
Revelling
Darn Safari on iPhone! …revelling in the sunshine in Hyde Park. Ooh and eating freshly picked strawberries with cream for dessert… Come on summer! My girls want to picnic!
FW,
That sounds sooo lovely. I love cities in the summer, provided folks aren’t feeling too :-l
I guess I love Nancy Meyers’s movie summers! There’s never any trash and everybody is always so well-groomed. Bless you, Nancy.
xo >-)
I won’t say you should be committed, but I’m beginning to understand Canadian Snowbirds. This winter is butt cold, even in Georgia. My favorite summer place, hmm. Tied between Appalachicola, Florida and the mountains just north of Asheville, North Carolina. Stay warm.
Especially in Georgia! What on earth did you guys do to piss Ma Nature off so much? You are getting hammered!
Is the Asheville area where Mt Airy is? I’ve wanted to go there for ages!
xo >-)
Sign me up for the draw please?
BTW -Musette do you also like Celestial Seasonings Orange Spice tea? If you do you really should try Urban Rituelle Siam Ginger.
I love CS orange spice tea but shhh! don’t tell anybody – I am a tea piker. I can just manage the whole Constant Comment/CS thing – after that, I am in the dark.
Oh, wait! It’s not tea! Then I’m in! That stuff sounds great!
thanks!
xoxox >-)
I often find myself astral traveling when I read of the woes of the northern hemisphere in the opposite season! I live in a beach resort town in northern New South Wales (Australia) on the same latitude as about northern Florida. The climate is just about perfect, enough change between the seasons, cool enough for an open fire in winter, months of beach and humid green in summer, etc. But to get to the snow in winter its either get on the road for a day, or conversely fly north for a day at this time of year!
I’m looking out the window watching the birds get my ripening ‘Carolina Black Rose’ grapes. I was going to net them but have found I enjoy the darn birds antics too much. The cicadas are still going. The frogs are deafening at night. Yup, summer is still my favorite season but I love the others too!
I’ve nearly thrown these into the Luckyscent cart a dozen times! I think Musette you have tipped me over! If that jasmine turns out to be THE jasmine…
Well, you just chap my cheese, you know that! :-w You have that totally cool gig down there and ……..I ……….I….hey, you don’t have a lot of poisonous snakes where you are, do you? That’s one of those really scary things about Australia (to me). The wildlife is just so ……….wild. Here, we have 3:-o. The occasional rattlesnake…very occasional…but they do everything but hold up a sign to let you know they are there.
xoxoo >-)
ps. you can get them from Carol as well – I think you will love the jasmine but I’ll be waiting to hear what you have to say about the tuberose.
I can’t bear it too hot so Galway in the summer is paradise for me, winters here in Devon are usually mild but we have had some minus ten days this year – unheardof!The only thing worse than your mid western winters for me is a mid western summer the air was so humid when I visited it was like breathing soup!!
But it’s great for the sinuses!
Devon……:x
xo >-)
Summer is sort of a place for me: a pergola, with grape vines, a glass of white wine, and a supper on the grill…
and your old pal Musette, hanging out in the chaise longue on the terrace, too, right?
xo >-)
Indeed! Need friends to share the wine, chat, etc.
You’re not crazy, Musette. My job brought me south but I miss the people and landscape of Illinois and Iowa. Still, I don’t miss the weather! and those overcast days that go on and on.
Fort Lauderdale says “summer” to me. Even in the summer!
We’re on day 239,000 of overcast, it seems. b-(
xo >-)
You poor thing. I feel for you–remember it well. I hope you’ve got one of those light therapy boxes. I hear they really help…when you can’t get the real thing.
Hugs help too!
I was born on this very date in Chicago, Illinois, epicenter of Midwestern lake-effect frigidity. I sought the heat by living in sunny Maui for a while, but tired quickly of island life. Over time, I’ve come to find that where I am now — silly old New Jersey — is where I like summers best. The Pine Barrens that surround me are gorgeously fragrant with blueberry shrubs, pine needles, and salt air come July and August. :)
Happy birthday, Meg! Hope you’re having a wonderful and fragrant day!
Happy Birthday!!!!
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xo >-)
*Sigh* A summer location? Hands down, for me, it must be Viareggio, Italy – the beach was divine :) I visited once, when I was on a study abroad in Florence, and the sand was warm, the water a bright blue, the sky clear, the sun so deliciously hot……. Ohhh I miss it! I must visit Italy again!! :)
take me with you. let’s go RIGHT NOW.
xo >-)
I would love to try these – they sound amazing! I live in San Diego – moved here 10 years ago, mainly to get away from cold weather (although DC area isn’t all that cold compared to Iowa)! Summer to me is a little different from our nice mild dry SD summers – growing up in MD, it was hot and humid and full of fireflies. I miss those guys so much! And it gets chilly here at night, even in summer (unless there’s a Santa Ana) – it doesn’t seem summery to me if you need to bring a sweater. Just got a big dose of summer in Zihuatanejo, Mexico – just got back from our honeymoon and it was all sun, sand, and fruity drinks brought to you pool or beachside.
Much happiness on your marriage! @};-
Hate you on the whole Mexico thing. [-( Especially as my next ‘trip’ takes me into the heart of frigid Iowa.
Maybe our next customer will be in Boca Raton and they will insist (INSIST, I say) that I come down there to meet!!!
[-o< xo >-)
Portland, OR realisticly doesn’t see spring until June. UGH. In the mean time I dream of LA and the desert. I just want to bake on a rock like a lizard.
I love that description. And I’m right there with you.
xo >-)
Hey, I’m in sunny California, not even the beachy southern parts. It’s gorgeous here in the SF bay area – sunny, thermometer says 67 degrees. I must need summer fragrances, right???
Suzanne M.
I. Hate. You.
:d
Go eat some dim sum at Yank Sing for me, willya? :-w
xo >-)
Oooh, oooh (waves hand wildly)! Yum, Yank Sing! Can I come, too?
Who am I to judge? I live in the Northeast, where it was 0 degrees this morning and we have had 4 snowfalls in January. I’d love to be entered in a drawing for something that would remind me of summer. Although the place that says summer to me is rather more prosaic than the French Riviera – it’s Ocean Grove, NJ, which holds a lot of happy memories for me.
I think wherever says summer IS summer, NJ, the Riviera…doesn’t matter! I just wish it would say ‘summer’ – right now. [-o< xo >-)
Oh my word. Musette, your post just took me straight into a sense-memory of Mediterranean France in the height of summer. I once had a French boyfriend (and everyone needs one of these at least once in their life) who used to rent a little place in between Marseille and Bandol. We would get to the gorgeous petit calanques for swimming by crossing through the garrigue behind some very impressive private homes — think dirt paths surrounded by wild thyme, rosemary, pine trees and dust in hot sun, with the salty smell of the water intermittent on the breeze.
If anyone could invent a perfume that really encapsulated this smell I would wear nothing else all winter.
please enter me in the draw! by the way, what is rest of M Acampora’s story? He was one fragrant hottie, judging by that photo…
My French boyfriend had lice.
😮
“Maurice, what is this lovely little blue bottle”
“oh, zat? Zat is for my lices!”
“oh. okay”
But charming (and SO hot) for all that.
xo >-)
ps. go over to Carol’s blog for more on Sr. A. I don’t know a lot about him (and that photo is way long ago, alas) but he def had a serious hottitude going, didn’t he?
Jean-Pierre did not have ze ‘ead lahces. He used to slap on Montana Pour Homme like it was Aqua Velva, and believe me, anything living would have been asphyxiated by toxic fumes. I used to make him take it off before we went anywhere in public. Until I oops, I accidentally spilled the bottle. Down the drain.
I think right here in Aotearoa is a pretty nice place to have summer most of the time! I’d love to be in the draw thank you
I think you should be a champ and trade places with me – for just a couple of weeks. Pleeeeeze?
;))
xo >-)
Of course, the sun burns, baby…
…hence I will always prefer my beaches to be freshwater, with cool green woods not far beyond. But I believe the word “sojourn” was created in order to make a space for me and Capri… ;)
Cary and Sophia? Ah, now that was a sadness. A beautiful, end seen from the beginning sadness.
Why’m I writing this way today? Hmmm. Maybe trying to reconcile Bruno Acampora with the bitter white chill outside my window? Maybe too much time out of the sun? ;) Your experience with his scents sounds quite happy; may the winner of the samples enjoy the same trip.
You need some hot chocolate.
I’m hearing a big ol’ dose of SAD here. Chocolate does it when the sun is far away. DARK hot chocolate – and plenty of it.
You can exercise it off later – that helps, too!
and here’s a sunshiney >:d< - we really do need the sun in our part of the Universe, don't we? I'm feeling much like Margot in All Summer in a Day. xo >-)
Nah. I won’t shy away from SAD if the shoe fits, but that right there was just Monday morning silliness. Cary + Sophia? They really were kinda doomed from the start, given their positions on the whole thing. But both were beautiful people having a beautiful romance.
And I really, really DO get burned by the sun. Bad. It usually skips a “kiss” and skips to “get out before you get poisoned.” Fair lass of northern latitude stock, I am.
But exercise I do need. Should get my feet into the X-C boots, snap into the skis, and go. Can’t do that on the Riviera. ;)
:”>
see, that’s what I get for projecting!
xo >-)
I don’t think you’re crazy. The Midwest is very nice with great people and a lot to do. It’s just those winters! I live there for 3 years in “mild” winters before I fled to CA..
See, it’s the ‘fled’ part that makes you sane.
xo >-)
Oh my when I read Tuscany — of course!!
And recalling old memories of summertime “down the shore” in NJ of all places with the sun, the surf and suntan lotion and sea air….hitting the “boardwalk for a slice of pizza or sausage sandwich smothered with onions….
Please enter me in the draw.
Thank you.
If you had to choose between Tuscany and New Jersey? 😕
xo >-)
There IS something about the Midwest. The people are rock solid, you know your neighbors who have lived there for years. It is a life of constants and a place where “we’ve always done it that way” is a good thing. The winters, however, can be horrifying. As the Buffalo-born poster above can apreciate, there are no two more fearful words in the language than ‘lake effect’. The snow that’s on the ground on Thanksgiving will still be on the ground until late March. There will always be one last knock-em-out snowstorm around March 23-25th to remind residents that Mother Nature is still Queen of this Empire. And there is guaranteed to be at least a few days in January when the mercury drops into the double-digit minuses.
But the Midwest is also the epitome of summer to me. I spent my youthful years summering in Ludington, MI along the shores of Lake Michigan. Midwest summers are all the more cherished for their brevity. But when I close my eyes and free associate, the word ‘summer’ conjures up the smell of the lake, the sound of the waves, WLS on the radio, tropically-scented sun tan oil, and the soul-restoring feel of the sun enveloping the skin after those long winters.
Please do enter me in your draw. I’m a big fan of the 3 BA scents I’ve tried up to this point.
OMG! WLS! The minute I saw those call letters my whole childhood flashed into view (though my dad was a WGN (Jack Brickhouse) fan). Michigan summers, especially on the peninsula, are magical. I spent some time up in the Traverse City area – so pretty….alas, now it’s All Iowa, All the Time. :-< xo >-)
ps. and nothing says b-( quite like those mountains of plowed snow that remain, long after the rest of it has melted.
Thanks for an opportunity!
I was actually quite happy when I lived in Midwest. I met my sweetheart there, that’s where our love was born… and what do you mean, nothing says Summer like 100 degree heat and 100% humidity in St. Louis! LOL. Just kidding.
Hawaii says Summer to me.
I went to school in St. Louis. I used to sit OUTSIDE at Duff’s (Central West End), in August, drinking iced tea and listening to the cicadas. They thought I was insane.
xo >-)
:d
yep, I know what you mean! Me and my sweetie sat outside Brandt’s in The Loop :x Ohh, cicadas! Weren’t they LOUD!
Did you go to WashU by any chance? This is where my DH went to grad school.
No! You did? Shut UP! Small world Webster for ugrad. WashU for grad. WAY back in the wayback machine….:”>
xo >-)
I live in Northern California where it is warm in the winter and cool in the summer. So to me, Cape Cod, Mass. and the islands, is the place that says summer.
I really have to visit the ECoast some summer!
xo >-)
Hey, I moved from South Florida (Boca Raton) to Dallas and actually LIKE having seasons so if anyone should be committed….And Hawaii says warm and summer and all things lovely to me, mostly because I’ve been there but not to Cannes. Yet. P.S. Thanks for the mini-vacation from reading your post!
Well, Dallas doesn’t exactly give you ‘seasons’ but it’s way different from Boca, that’s for sure! I would move to Boca so fast…..
and you’re welcome – we all need a little hollerday, don’t we?
xo >-)
Some sand, some waves, some sun. That’s all I need for summer. Can be a lake or even along a river.
We took a stroll along Cape Canaveral beach this weekend–very windy but beats the stuff that hit up north last week. Some samples of these would be most welcome to join me on my next stroll–Cocoa Beach perhaps? No where near as exotic as Capri, but oh so much more accessible!
Cocoa Beach was good enough for Jeannie and Major Nelson – it’s good enough for me!
b-)
xo >-)
Do I give away my age by saying I know exactly who you mean?!
No. TVLand has blurred the age-edges 😉
xo >-)
Originally from Buffalo, NY, but as a kid, the snow was fun. Grew up in Cape Coral, FL. (sun and sand!) Now in north Georgia! (brr!) With the threat of being snowbound AGAIN, as our curvy steep roads are unpassable with ice on them, I often find myself dreaming of the beauftiful serene Sanibel/Captiva Islands, which were only about 30 minutes from me when I lived in FL. Nothing beats that contented feeling of just the right amount of sun soaking into your skin as you hear the waves and seagulls and smell the suntan lotion and salt. Ahhhhh! Paradise. I took it for granted then, but not anymore! :)
Oh and btw, I tried a wee sample of the Bruno Acampora Musc and it is to die for and I would love to try the entire line. Thanks!
There are streets in Peoria like that, along the river bluffs. It’s always disconcerting to hear that they’ve closed a city street. Sometimes you just have to ^:)^ to Mother Nature. As long as you have a couple of bottles of champagne and a couple boxes of Mallomars you should be okay.
xo >-)
Samples of Bruno Acampora? Oh Musette you shouldn’t have! I’ve been wanting to try these for 2 years.
Summer? I like the mountains, and while winters are just too cold, summertime is just right. My choices are the White Mountains of NH, Sierra Nevadas of CA, or the Canadian Rockies.
Thanks Musette, and thank you Carol for your generous offer!
“I can’t abide a mountain”
;)) (that line is only funny if you’re a fan of Jane Austen)
xo >-)
I also love mountain summers; I second you on the Sierra Nevada and would add the Montana Rockies as well. (I’ve only seen the Canadian Rockies in ski season, but I’m sure they would win me over in summer too).
These sound beautiful…I’m almost sobbing over her in frigid NJ for the thought of summer. I can’t stand this winter at all. So done and over it. Last week, I scoured the beach house rental websites and booked a week at the end of June. I’m seriously counting down the weeks (22) and it’s the only thing that is going to get me through this cold – well, except maybe some summery samples (wink).
Summer to me is the beach on the East coast (NJ or Maryland).
I’ve been scouting real estate in Santa Barbara! ;))
Great minds think alike!
hang in there…
xo >-)
People always say that you’ve got to see New England in the Fall, but I disagree—I love it in summer. As a teen, escaping the city for either Newport, or Block Island (the Ferry rides are some of my happiest memories), or driving up to New Hampshire for a day’s hike, those are the best summer memories!
And yes, I can’t believe that anyone willingly stays where you are: too cold! I’d go crazy! :)
I AM Crazy! =))
xo >-)
I grew up in a climate of mild winters and long, hot summers, so you know summer is my LEAST favorite season. . . but there are some nice summer memories. How about a campsite on the Big Sur coast, with that lovely scent of redwood duff beaten into the ground and the splash of a moss-edged creek just right for wading? Here’s hoping I win one of the samples!
I’m totally with you on everything but the camping. I’ll meet you up at Ventana’s terrace after you put the campfire out, okay? 😉
xo >-)
I second Ventana’s terrace. Tested it last summer during my holiday.
Oh, it’s easy camping – little old-fashioned cabins (with kitchens!) dotted about under the redwoods. Utterly relaxing.
I hear you on Ventana, though. I attended a wedding there once, in sunny October weather with hundred-mile visibility. What a setting.
Hmmmm- well there is no place like home? I love the summer in OTHER STATES- but I am fond of fall and spring in the great state Texas. Summer is a SIZZLER! (and when you have to wear a SUIT rather than a New Look Summah dress) These do sound lovely ma dear- hope I am most fortunate to win a sniff!
I remember walking across the street (literally) in Houston in August…and wondering how I survived it! I do love an Austin summer, though…
xo >-)
While we certainly haven’t been as cold as say MN, here in central Ky. we do get the extremes of the weather, as well as tornadoes in between! And as bad as this winter has been, I’m not looking forward to another summer like last year. Besides, it’s basketball season! ;-)
Wonderful, evocative reviews, Musette.
My bestie wants to retire to KY – I plan to visit her there in late summers/early autumns, when it seems to be at its prettiest!
Good luck with your team!
xo >-)
We do get gorgeous springs too! Well… unless you have to dive for the ‘fraidy hole because of a tornado! lol! BTW, autumn (Oct. on) is pretty, but late summer here is miserable – very hot and humid. In the 90’s all last Sept. into Oct.
I love California in the summer. I did leave my heart in San
Francisco on my first visit.
sitting right next to mine 😡
xo >-)
Yes, yes, mine, too! My idea of heaven is to wander around in all the lovely shopping glory there for several hours, and then head down to the Ferry Building for some chow and chocolate from Michael Recchuiti.
Summer for me is sitting on the lawn with my toes in the grass. Cheering on my tomato plants and grubbing in the dirt, with a large iced tea and my favorite music on my I-pod. Please enter me in the draw. Our winter here is wet and gray. I would love to smell some sunshine.
This is the only place where the phrase ‘smell some sunshine’ makes sense! 😉
xo >-)
I’m a Carolina girl so Charleston SC because I can visit there alot, cant do that with the Bahamas. Those oils sound lovely. Ecume de Rose is my favorite summer scent, the oceanic salt air note is magically realistic like a Christopher Brosisus accord and then the delicate rose is so pretty and yes “carefree”.
I’ve heard so many lovely things about the Carolinas – can’t believe I’ve never visited!
xo >-)
Taiwan! if you’ve never spent a summer here in Taiwan you don’t know what hot and humid really means =)
Count me in!
xo >-)