Gardening, Anniversary, Giveaway (GAG)

The start of the year signals my gardening obsession returning. So, all my seed packets have arrived and at some point I’ll log them onto an Excel spreadsheet (the only opportunity I allow myself for super-nerdy listing – those vegetables… Continue Reading

Top 10 Winter Fragrances 2009

Along with Now Smell This, Lee and Nava will be attempting to refine, reduce and produce a ten item perfume list that represents the best of winter.  This particular winter, at any rate. Lee’s Turn Now, I’m not a lister… Continue Reading

12 recent releases

Paco Rabanne 1 million: From your ad I would’ve thought You’re butch and young and streamlined, But you’re more the zaftig sort. I don’t like Aedes de Venustas Eau de Parfum that much. You probably don’t agree But it strikes… Continue Reading

Paris and the plummeting pound

Matt and I had a romantic weekend get away in early December – beautiful hotel on the Ile St Louis in Paris, foul weather, and lots of, well, nothing. We ate well, slept well (except for the first night when… Continue Reading

Caldey Island Lavender

I’m not the most settled of sleepers, so lavender is amongst many of my friends in trying to find a better shut-eye rhythm at night. Hops, valerian – you’ve had your turn too. So that, along with the five star… Continue Reading

Manly Trio

I’m going to try to write about perfume, but I’m fuming at the moment. The kitchen looks like it’s been set up for a toddler group’s first experience of paddling – puddles everywhere. There’s a leak under the sink I… Continue Reading

Dithering and Deferral

Do you put off buying things for no good reason other than you can? Or do you just buy on impulse? I used to be the total buy on impulse type, but slowly I´ve been a-changing and now, well, now,… Continue Reading