Recently I had the most fun I’ve had all year. Where? At South Africa’s first Lush store, which has been in business for about six months. Now, I’ll declare my bias: I love Lush. They don’t always get it spot-on,… Continue Reading
It’s almost two years since I got to know Andy Tauer and experience Tauer perfume. In that time I’ve run through many, many sample vials. Recently, my lovely friends bought me a full bottle of my favourite: the delicious and… Continue Reading
While the northern hemisphere has heat waves, Cape Town is stuck in the tail-end of winter. Even the northern parts of South Africa already have hot spring days, but down here at the southern tip, we still slog through (what… Continue Reading
by Hester I knew L de Lolita Lempicka (not the Fleur de Corail version, the original) to contain vanilla and, vaguely, immortelle. After struggling mightily with my new mini’s stopper, I discovered to my delight a more wearable, cuddlier… Continue Reading
So these gaudy Big Pony scents by Ralph Lauren. Could a batch of perfumes (there are four) be calibrated more perfectly to annoy me and prevent me from ever picking them up in a store? And yet…They are what I… Continue Reading
Eaudemoiselle de Givenchy is the kind of scent that makes me want to slap a bumper sticker on myself: My other perfume is a chypre! Continue Reading