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Light and Shadows: Ineke Idyllwild
I’m a city person. I grew up in downtown of a big city, and I still would prefer to live in one of those. Moving to the Northern California suburbia wasn’t a conscious choice: work-related...
View ArticleEntertaining Statistics: 2017 Year Round-up
Strictly from the personal prospective, 2017 wasn’t a bad year: it had its share of unpleasantness and hardships but nothing to be really unhappy – so I won’t complain or even mention that. Instead, I...
View ArticleSecond Sunday Samples: All that Glitters is not Gold
Two samples that I’ve chosen for this SSS post were on my mind for the last couple of months. Originally I planned to write about them in December but then plans changed, and I moved these to January....
View ArticleMy Blog’s Rainbow Anniversary
Rose, Oakmoss, Ylang Ylang, Galbanum, Bergamot, Iris, Vetiver… How do you like it for a rainbow colors mnemonic perfumista-style? I came up with it while thinking about my blog’s 7th anniversary...
View ArticleA Month of Irises
In my recent anniversary post (the link is for those last two readers who missed it somehow) I’ve shared with most of you the idea to designate February as a Month of Irises and invited you all to...
View ArticleMonth of Irises: Week 1 (Feb 1st – Feb 7th)
Welcome to our Month of Irises project! This post will be updated continuously during the next 7 days. For more details see here, but in short – come back every day to read something new I added for...
View ArticleMonth of Irises: Week 2 (Feb 8th – Feb 14th)
This post will be updated continuously during the next 7 days. For more details see here, but in short – come back every day to read something new I added for the day, see what perfume I chose to wear...
View ArticleCrossover Episodes of SSS and MQS
This month Lucas (Chemist in the Bottle) and I decided to run our regular features – my Second Sunday Samples and his Monday Quick Sniffs – on each other’s blogs. Just in case you do not subscribe yet...
View ArticleMonday Quick Sniffs, part 46
Undina: I think most of my readers know Lucas and his blog Chemist in the Bottle – but if no, Lucas is one of rare perfumistas who went beyond just perfume appreciation: he works in the industry, and...
View ArticleMonth of Irises: Week 3 (Feb 15th – Feb 21st)
I’ll be adding something new in the end of this post during the next 7 days. Come back whenever you remember (WordPress doesn’t have an option to inform the subscribers about the updates) to read...
View ArticleMonth of Irises: Week 4 (Feb 22nd – Feb 28th)
I’ll be adding something new in the end of this post during the next 7 days. Come back whenever you remember to read something new, see what perfume I chose to wear, share your SOTD (even if it has...
View ArticleEntertaining Statistics: Februiris 2018
I want to start this post with saying “Thank you” to all of you who participated in the Month of Irises project. I had fun but without you it would have felt really strange to keep updating those posts...
View ArticleSecond Sunday Samples: Blocki
I’m not a big fan of resurrected perfume brands: in many cases there is nothing to really connect the reincarnated entity and the brand, from which the history was taken, other than a desire of new...
View ArticleCelebrating Missed Opportunities
As I’ve mentioned more than once, I live in the area where we have two seasons: summer and the rest of the year. I do not complain: I love our weather (even when I wish we’d have more rain) and think...
View ArticleSOTD: Choice Overload
Overchoice or choice overload is a cognitive process in which people have a difficult time making a decision when faced with many options. Many years ago, when my collection was less than 10 bottles,...
View ArticleIn the Search for the Perfect Mimosa, Take 5
Not counting roses and irises that got all the attention (and posts) during the corresponding Months, there is no other note about which I’d write that many times. Not only I like mimosa and its scent,...
View ArticleSmall Things That Brighten Life: Wildflowers
I can’t believe it has been more than six months since I published something in this series. It was not because nothing good was happening but somehow I would get distracted – and then some other topic...
View ArticleSecond Sunday Samples: Parfums de Marly Meliora and Athalia
With the flood of new brands appearing every year now, it is almost impossible to even be aware of them – leave alone smell their offerings. Some brands make it to the perfume blogosphere, others stay...
View ArticleGift that keeps on… lathering
Traditionally, before a concept of unisex perfumes appeared, or the notion that everyone can wear what they like re-emerged, perfumes were subdivided into masculine and feminine groups. In my native...
View ArticleToo Special to Enjoy … Ever?
Recently I read an article in NY Times “Aging Parents With Lots of Stuff, and Children Who Don’t Want It” As baby boomers grow older, the volume of unwanted keepsakes and family heirlooms is poised to...
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