Candles, Perry & beauty blogs

I promised to report in on the Seda France Belgian Marigold candle.  Their description “The bright, sunny yellow hue of the Calendula flower was the inspiration for this crisp creation. Piquant citrus notes of bitter orange and tangerine are combined… Continue Reading

Alleriges are a job hazard

Hey, it’s spring, and my allergies are running wild thrugh the upper half of my head, which is just superfun.   So I can’t smell a thing, unless it is strong things or bad things. I did get curious when Jessica Simpson’s… Continue Reading

California Dreaming of Strawberries, but not Melons

To all of our L.A. Enablers:  You were great companions, especially Tom, who made sure we saw all the best of L.A., and Robin, who kept us company, and for both of you for keeping us laughing in your warm,… Continue Reading

Something Different Today

Over the past many years, we’ve all shared a lot of things on this blog – cooking, reading, hobbies.  I will get to a perfume review today, but first I wanted to talk about my new favorite toy,

Iunx

Monday was horseback riding day.  I started lessons about 5-6 months ago, and we had to quit just when it was getting good because the weather was too unpredictable.  We had spent a lot of our time on the intricate dance… Continue Reading

Evody Parfums

  One of my favorite new websites, This is Why You’re Fat.  Ponder the Turbaconucken, which is chicken inside a duck inside a turkey, covered in bacon.  Seems maringally more healthy than the deep fried s’more on a stick. Evody… Continue Reading

Shocking Schiaparelli

I finally scored one of those cute vintage bottles of Shocking Schiaparelli on eBay. You know the one, in the glass case, the woman’s partial figure with flowers at the neck.  Notes on one site list hyacinth, bergamot, narcissus, and… Continue Reading