Let’s talk perfume. One note in particular is making me smile these days, and that is iris. Quite literally, anytime I have fallen instantly in love with a scent lately, it is chock full of iris. What is it I love so? Well, while iris is a flower, the scent is actually extracted from the [...]
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The Hand-Walking Queer
Posted in Beauty, Perfume, tagged iris, nerd, notes, perfume on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Baubles, bangles and beads
Posted in Antiques, Beauty, Chicago, Fashion, Perfume, tagged cocktails, perfume, Shopping, the Violet Hour on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What a weekend! Firstly, I’d like to welcome my dear dear brother in law, Adam, to our fair city. Until him, I’d never had a brother, and he is the best one could have. He’s just moved in down the street, and tomorrow starts his job with Americorps. We’re very happy to have him in [...]
Disenchanted, ladylike gem
Posted in Fashion, Perfume, tagged Estee Lauder, Macy's, Nordstrom, perfume, Sephora, Shopping on June 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well, while traipsing about the Internet I discovered this: http://download.cnet.com/Victoria-Clothes-Organizer/3000-2124_4-10588418.html. It’s a computer program to organize your clothes. Like on CLUELESS! I have dreamed of this since I saw the movie for the first time. I shall be downloading. Meanwhile, my essential oil love affair has centered itself squarely in the perfume aisle for the [...]
A deliciously fresh flight becomes hazy and sensual when the vanilla and powdery notes of its sweet, sensual base are discovered.
Posted in Books, Fashion, Perfume, tagged Bombshell Manual of Style, CVS, Diorissimo, drugstores, Guerlain, perfume, Shalimar, Shopping, Tabu, White Shoulders on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I done lost my mind. Will doesn’t read my blog so I don’t feel bad about writing this: I just spent exorbitant amounts of money on classic perfumes. I don’t even like one of them. I just wanted them on my vanity. My goal is to have a bottle of Joy by Jean Patou and [...]
It starts with Perfume
Posted in Beauty, Books, Inspiration, Movies, Perfume, tagged at home beauty treatments, eyebrows, perfume, Perfume (film), Visioning on May 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m going to have painters behind me all day fixing signage. (Signage is a word I never knew until I started working in the corporate world.) And here’s the thing. I kinda wanna help. I sort of love painting. It’s kind of zen. And seeing a wall change color by hand is kind of cool, [...]
