I am lucky enough to have a store on nearby Melrose Place that carries the delightful smelling pot pourri put out by Santa Maria Novella, which I fell in love with years ago. Normally I am not a fan of… Continue Reading
This past week I was invited to the new home of Eric Buterbaugh line of scents. the scents are florals and quite lovely- I’ll be going into them more in the future as I live with them, but at first… Continue Reading
I am afraid this is going to be brief- I have a friend visiting from New York City and one of our ritual things to do is to take the coast road up to Santa Barbara and have lunch in… Continue Reading
Since yesterday Portia tortured us with a description of one of Brent Leonesio’s discontinued “smellies”, I’m going to write about one that is available, and really good: tok’yo mama fizzzzz. The original tok’yo mama was really good: fizzy yuzu and citrus. tok’yo… Continue Reading
It’s the 4th of July weekend here in the US, which means we celebrate our independence by eating way too many hot dogs and perhaps an alcoholic libation or 12. Whether you’re in the States or not, I hope you… Continue Reading
It is not exactly a state secret that I am a big fan of Los Angeles based perfumer Roxana Villa and her perfume line. She specialized in botanicals and tries to use local ingredients, including ones from her own garden and… Continue Reading
First off. I’m going through Keikp Mecheri Les Merveilles and they’re brilliant, but I want to wear them more before seriously posting on them. Second, after a very weird period where I just wasn’t hungry (like eat a bowl of… Continue Reading