Welcome, fellow perfume aisle cruisers. This time round, we’re doing the do on two CB I Hate Perfume scents, Violet Empire and Patchouli Empire. Lee’s particularly excited, as these are no longer available anywhere, as far as he’s aware, in… Continue Reading
My body’s been telling me I’m stressed for oh, I don’t know, the past two years or so. I’m not a good listener. Pneumonia and pleurisy – sorry, what was that? Repeated chest infections – did someone say something? Alopecia… Continue Reading
(Forgive me if this post ends up brief – my computer seems to be dying and has crashed three times, losing everything I’d written. Nyaaargh!) My mother seems to have assumed that the death of my gran meant that she… Continue Reading
This time round, we’re trying out our threesome in a butch style, reviewing two iconic men’s scents (P: Is this mantalk for phallic?): Chanel’s à‰goà¯ste and Creed’s Green Irish Tweed, both frequently the subject of discussion over on Basenotes. How… Continue Reading
There’s nothing fair about house-hunting, and it does lead to civil strife. Our current home has just gone on the market; it seems we have a buyer. So far, so good. But the problem comes in finding a new place;… Continue Reading
Because I’m still waiting on my Chanels (damn you transatlantic mail!) and because I want to write something on Hermà¨s but am running low on energy juice, I’m going to save both of those things for a later date. I’m… Continue Reading
One of my very true best friends lives a long way away from me: she’s a hop, skip and a jump from Stanford University, whereas I’m in the rural heart of Suffolk, England (unfortunately now more known for its serial… Continue Reading