Fashion Hits and Misses

Musette’s here a-visitin’ this week (woohoo!!) so I’m writing this ahead of time and it’s also off topic. Let’s chat about fall/winter clothes, I’ll be on here responding to comments. If that bores you, see you next time. It’s getting… Continue Reading

Influenced: Phlur Vanilla Skin

I like to relax in the evenings with some skincare / makeup / fashion YouTube, and if you spend much time on that kind of content, they’re often gushing about Phlur, which makes fragrance (plus the same scents in hair/body… Continue Reading

Whoa, horse-y! Pierre Guillaume Arabian Horse

One of the joys of house-sharing with a fellow perfumista is sampling all sorts of fragrances I haven’t tried and didn’t expect to like (which is often why I hadn’t tried it.) This is a quick post about one of… Continue Reading

The Staycation

Hey friends – it’s the tail end of the long Labor Day weekend in the U.S., maybe some of you are reading this at the beach? Or stuck in traffic trying to get home (if you’re driving, put the phone… Continue Reading

#influenced

It’s mid-August. If it’s summer in your locale, folks are on vacation, at the beach, at the pool, stuck at home or the office, eating fresh, ripe tomatoes and the last of the peaches … you get the idea. (If… Continue Reading

More Miller et Bertaux — yea or nay?

After my recent write-up of the wonderful Green, Green, Green, I ordered some more Miller et Bertaux samples from Surrender to Chance. As I settled in for a sniff, it occurred to me: I’m way overdue for some fangirling over… Continue Reading

Dupe-ish: Baccarat Rouge Redux

Can I tell you how thrilled I am that my little jasmine plant is blooming? (here’s a photo). I bought the most cold-hardy I could find, which still isn’t hardy enough for our USDA zone 6b location (-5F / -20C),… Continue Reading