We Broke Our Shiny Toy. Sorry.

Hello, poppets! Well, this blog host transitioning hasn’t gone quite as smoothly as one hoped.  On the upside, apparently I’m back to being able to upload images — that’s Daphne Guinness right there in all her streaky, feathered glory. On… Continue Reading

Taking the Cure?

March issued her challenge last week – take the consumer cure, stop buying anything that was not an essential for one week.  I’m thinking, how hard can that be?  It’s seven days. I just write the stuff down I want… Continue Reading

Consumed

This isn’t the post I’d planned, but it’s the one you’re getting. After Louise left Paris, Angie and I spent a fair amount of time on our long walks those last few days talking about what we were bringing home… Continue Reading

Who am I and What is that Smell?

It is officially official; I spend way too much time on the Internets. I started off the year thinking that my introspective meanderings would shed some light on my mercurial fragrance collection, but no such luck. If anything, I find… Continue Reading

The Journey

This is not a perfume review. So, I guess le chat is out of le sac, oui?  (Ma French, it is merde, non?  Oui?)  It’s true – I’m leaving for Paris next week with Angela of Now Smell This, along… Continue Reading

Untitled: March’s Turn

Unfinished business:  first off, regarding yesterday’s post on tattoos: y’all are freaks.  And I love you.  I knew I could count on you!  I knew everyone would be lifting up their shirts and dropping their drawers and offering helpful advice… Continue Reading

Random Sunday: Ink

I’ve been thinking about getting a tattoo.  In some discreet spot, probably a place that nobody would see unless they shared a locker room (or a bedroom) with me.  Why have I been thinking this?   I have no idea. There… Continue Reading