Tom Ford Vert de Fleur
I really dislike the man. Well, at least his public persona, though I would be extremely surprised if he happened to be in RL a nice guy and the last boy scout. Nevertheless, I like perfumes that this...
View ArticleHealing Bite
Biting your lips is one of the common causes of chapped lips. As well cold weather is. It’s never cold where I live, and I do not bite my lips. Nevertheless, I constantly have a feeling that my lips...
View ArticleBig Island Vacation, Episode I: Perfumes
Until recently I thought that Maui was my favorite island, so over the last many years that was our most frequent vacation destination. But this year we decided we wanted a change and, after a short...
View ArticleBig Island Vacation, Episode II: Perfume Testing
Usually I try not to bring with me new samples for testing on a vacation. The idea is not to influence my first impression one way or the other as well as not to change my usual testing routine. But...
View ArticleA Postcard from Undina: Happy Rainy Thanksgiving!
I know that for many people rain isn’t something pleasant or desirable. But here, in California, after several years of serious drought, rain is always welcome. But even more so today: it brought us a...
View ArticleBig Island Vacation, Episode III: Trivia Edition
As my friend Vanessa (Bonkers about Perfume) usually does it, here’s a disclaimer: this is not a perfume-related post. But you know what? If you read my “perfume” posts and are still around, I would...
View ArticleI did it again: NovAmber 2018
Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while might remember that just a couple of years ago I did a whole month of amber perfumes… At least I thought so until I checked: I published a post...
View ArticleSecond Sunday Samples: YSL Le Vestiaire des Parfums
I cannot believe it’s the second Sunday of December: where did the year go?! I was so busy recently that I skipped a couple of Sundays moving posts originally planned for this series to be just posts....
View ArticleOrange Cats in My Life – Part… X*: Rusty turns 10
As I told in the story of Rusty coming into our lives (Part IV: Those that have just broken the flower vase…), we consider Rusty to be our Christmas cat and celebrate his birthday on Christmas Eve....
View ArticleEntertaining Statistics: 2018 Year Round-up
Another year is behind us. Once again, it was not that bad for me. Would I want 2019 to be better? I would. But I would settle for it to be not worse than 2018. Perfume-wise 2018 was a solid year for...
View ArticleChange of Plans
For some perfumes you have a mental picture. For me Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess is strongly connected to a tropical vacation, Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt is a stroll on a NorthCal beach, and...
View ArticleInfinity in Blog Years, or Undina’s Looking Glass is 8
This year, as seven years before, I was thinking about what to do for my blog’s anniversary. And then I missed it. I didn’t forget about it, I wasn’t busy with something else (well, I was busy but it...
View ArticleGroundhog Day Perfume
Living in the area where the weather is great most of the time (if not to count drought that we had for several years, but it didn’t feel like bad weather, I just knew that it was bad for us), I have...
View ArticleIn the Search for the Perfect Magnolia
Those of you who like me grew up in pre-Internet era, probably can remember a phenomenon of knowing about something from books, articles or even songs but never actually seeing those thing or knowing...
View ArticlePerfume Roulette
In the post for my blog’s 8th anniversary I asked my readers to name a date from the last 8 years that had some significance for them with the idea of checking my records for perfumes I wore on those...
View ArticleSmall Things that Brighten Life: The Beautiful Duck(ling) 2
Almost four years ago I wrote about the unusual inhabitant of the nearby pond: a domestic white duck. Since then I kept watching him (for whatever reason I decided it was a drake) almost daily, feeling...
View ArticleIn the Search for the Perfect Daphne
Many years ago I told the story of me chasing Daphne Odora – both in perfumes and in real life. The plant that I got then didn’t survive. But a couple of years ago I got another one. And I kept...
View ArticleMimosa Week
Winter was uncharacteristically cold in our area this year, so we’ve got to experience almost real spring with warm rays of sun in cool air intervened by returning rains and cold spells. And since I...
View ArticleSecond Sunday Samples: Sylvaine Delacourte Vanilla Collection
Do you feel annoyed when brands suddenly come up with a flurry of new perfumes or even complete new lines? I usually do: not only there is no real need in that many new perfumes launched at the same...
View ArticleThat’s Why We Can’t Have Nice Things…
I thought hard but couldn’t find a slightest perfume connection for this story. So, this one is just a Perfumed Reflection of Life. *** In my “previous life” furniture was something that stayed with...
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