What I Wore Wednesday: Perfume Advent Calendar 2021, Introduction
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned my plan to do a Perfume Advent Calendar, and I’m doing it! Because of all the holidays, December is my favorite month of the year, and I realized that didn’t want to...
View ArticleSaturday Question: Do You Mind Revealing What You Are Wearing?
We all participate in different forums, blogs, groups, etc. And discussing our SOTDs is something mundane. But how do you feel about telling somebody in real life what perfume you’re wearing? Saturday...
View ArticleScent Semantics #2: ANGELIC
Today is the second episode of the collaboration of six bloggers: Portia (A Bottled Rose), Elena (The Plum Girl), Sheila (Alembicated Genie), Daisy (Cool Cook Style blog and IG), Old Herbaceous...
View ArticleWhat I Wore Wednesday: Perfume Advent Calendar 2021, Week 1
The first week of December is behind us (I can’t believe it!), and here’s what my Perfume Advent Calendar helped me to choose for each day: Day 1: Mona di Orio Vanille Les Nombres d’Or My perfect...
View ArticleSaturday Question: What Are You Looking Forward To This Holiday Season?
Holiday season is in full swing, so I thought it would be nice to talk about nice things that are either happening already or being anticipated. We don’t need to limit ourselves by just perfume-related...
View ArticleCheap Shit Portia Loved 2021
Hey Crew. This year I used a few new bargain basement things from the fragrance arena. There were some heavily discounted or generally bargain basement shower gels, perfumes and soaps. There’s...
View ArticleWhat I Wore Wednesday: Perfume Advent Calendar 2021, Week 2
As the year is coming to the end and with my Christmas vacation time approaching, the level of the work-related insanity got up to eleven. So, the help from my Perfume Advent Calendar in making a daily...
View ArticleSaturday Question: Which Perfume Gets You The Most Compliments?
Today’s question is, again, courtesy of Brigitte. Saturday Question #95: Which Perfume Gets You The Most Compliments? I realize that the last two years weren’t the best in terms of sharing your...
View ArticleWhat I Wore Wednesday: Perfume Advent Calendar 2021, Week 3
Even my Perfume Advent Calendar was no match to my last work week this year: I was so busy that I couldn’t concentrate on anything else. The Week 2 post included 8 days, and I noticed that only after I...
View ArticleSaturday Question, Rusty’s 13th Birthday And Merry Christmas to All!
If any of you are allergic to cats… stories, feel free to jump to the end, to the Saturday Question part. * * * We all have witnessed that scenario in real life, on TV or maybe even participated in it...
View ArticleI by Costume National
Hi All, I by Costume National is not one of my new perfumes. It was given to me by the Australian Libertine Parfumerie crew as a Press Bottle a couple of years ago. Right now I’m thinking it’s...
View ArticleSaturday Question: What Are Your Top 5 Perfumes of 2021?
So, we’re in 2022. I think, by now we all learned to be rather cautious than optimistic about the year to unfold. But at the same time, in the beginning of something new (even though in this case it’s...
View ArticleScent Semantics #3: LUSCIOUS
Today is the third episode of the collaboration of six bloggers: Portia (A Bottled Rose), Elena (The Plum Girl), Sheila (Alembicated Genie), Daisy (eau là là !), Old Herbaceous (Serenity Now Scents and...
View ArticleSaturday Question: Do You Keep Any Perfume Records? (And My 2021 Year...
A couple of weeks ago, in another SQ post, Jyotsna suggested this question. And I decided it was a good idea to combine it with my yearly statistics post. Saturday Question #98: Do You Keep Any...
View ArticleBaiser Volé EdP by Cartier
Hey there Crew. I’m so sorry this post is late and I have no excuse at all except my organisational skills have taken a beating over the summer break here in Sydney. It’s finally got really hot here...
View ArticleSaturday Question: What Perfume Bottles Got Better After The Re-design?
We habitually lament perfume reformulation of perfumes. Change in packaging often goes hand-in-hand with the changes in how perfume smells (and almost always it’s not a positive change). But what if we...
View ArticleBrand Appreciation: INEKE
Many years ago, I planned to run a series of posts to feature brands that I wanted to spotlight – not because they’ve released the newest popular perfume or got some award but just because. It didn’t...
View ArticleSaturday Question: Do You Wear Perfume When Working Out? (And Are You Working...
By now, New Year resolutions about getting fit, if any of you had made them, have been already broken, and most of us should be back to the “status quo” (whatever it was pre-resolution), so it should...
View ArticleUp To 11?
Yes, it has been another year. Today Undina’s Looking Glass turns 11. Since my blog’s anniversary falls that close to New Year, by this time, as usually, I’ve already published my yearly perfume stats....
View ArticleSambaka by Pierre Guillaume Paris
Hi Crew, I have been pretty much out of work since Christmas due to C19 club staffing issues and the general low level of customers. One gig is still going each week, which is just enough to keep me...
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