Just a Fun Browse

Sometimes I want a good old-fashioned browse. You know, where I pretend to be a normal consumer of fragrance and go to a place and poke around as if I’m going to up my entire collection from two bottles to… Continue Reading →

CounterIrritant

Way back in the Jurassic Era, when Fiorinal (which nauseated me) was the only prescription out there for migraines & cluster headaches, I was sent to a Chinese acupuncturist.  It worked – but it hurt (a very little bit –… Continue Reading →

Ginned Up

I love me some words.  And I love weird, arcane phrases* (these two interests often make me… um… unpopular [?] … amongst my less-wordy pals.)  ‘Ginned up’ came to mind, when I was taking part in Arielle Shoshana’s Happy Hour… Continue Reading →

Hits and Misses this week (Patty)

Thanks for the good wishes for my little finger.  I wound up with a little divot taken out of it, but it’s better, though not overly fond of me banging on the keyboard yet. I will post the recipe for… Continue Reading →

Sample Grabbag

Well, as we wait for the new Le Labo L.A. scent to land (later this month?), I’ve got nothing big showing up, so I just reached into the sample grabbag to find some things that might be interesting. Farmacia SS… Continue Reading →