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Entertaining Statistics: January 2015
For the first time in 165 years January in San Francisco was completely dry. A curious fact on its own, it gets a little scary when put into the context of three years of drought. If that wasn’t...
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A Simple Equation Or In the Search for the Perfect Rose
I deadened The sounds, dissected music like a corpse, Proved harmony by algebra. And then, Then only did I dare, with all my lore, Yield to the bliss of my creative fancy. A. Pushkin, Mozart and...
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A Postcard from Undina: Miss you
I realize that nobody is holding their breath waiting for a post from me so this postcard isn’t so much to inform you that I’m hopelessly busy and will post as soon as I have both something to say and...
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Entertaining Statistics: February 2015
In February we had a winter heat wave: the temperature reached +26C/80C. And we had just a single rain storm, which was better than nothing but not by far. We are not happy. I don’t know why this year...
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Tu-ti-tu-rum-tu-tu or Musical Perfume
In the comments to Tara’s recent beautifully evocative review of L’Artisan‘s Tea for Two (you have to read it if you haven’t read it yet – I promise: you’ll be charmed) several people mentioned they...
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Entertaining Statistics or Marketing Faux Pas de Deux
Try to remember what was the association that came to mind when you heard perfume name Swan Princess for the first time? Was it one of the images below? Or was it something else? While writing this...
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“Orchids haven’t started blooming yet…”
I saw my first live orchid when I was about twenty years old. I knew about their existence, read about them in books and maybe even saw them once or twice on TV (not sure about that part though) but...
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Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee: Caron Boutique – New York City
When I was nine, dad took my brother and I out of school to attend a pre-heavyweight boxing championship sparring match featuring Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, boxer in...
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Entertaining Statistics (and Social Psychology): April 2015
Caron is one of those brands to which I had a very little exposure. So when hajusuuri decided to write about her experience with Caron boutique in New York, I started thinking about a question for this...
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Orchids That Never Wither
After telling you the story of my fascination with orchids and unrequited love to them, I kept thinking that there were many aspects that I haven’t touched but which would have added more proofs to how...
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In the Search for the Perfect Berry: Raspberry
I picked up a large jar of raspberry preserves at a local ethnic food store. It has been a while since we had any so the moment we opened that jar it sent my vSO and me down memory lane. In our...
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Thinking outside the Box
Several years ago I read a post on Olfactarama blog about bottles collectors*. The following paragraph made me thinking: Even as a young girl I hoped to someday have a vanity, on which there would be a...
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Small Things that Brighten Life: Improbable Package
Either intuitively or from reading articles on the topic, we all know that negative emotions are stronger than positive ones and stay with us for longer. The brain handles positive and negative...
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Rusty has chosen the Winner
It took me a while to get results for the draw I offered in my 300th post. Not that I expected more people to respond (I rarely get any comments after 3-4 days) or didn’t have time to write this post...
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lebaB fo rewoT or Found in Translation
Not knowing a language usually creates difficulties in many aspects of life: doing business, traveling or trying to appreciate not visual forms of art. But sometimes the confusion of tongues produces...
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In the Search for the Perfect Lavender
Because of the perfume, war clearly was on my mind that day. When in my office’s vestibule I almost ran into a guy carrying a long box, my thoughts immediately went to the mall scene from Terminator 2:...
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Small Things that Brighten Life: The Beautiful Duck(ling)
Since most of my readers were there for the first post in this series, I won’t repeat the detailed explanation of the idea behind (if you missed it, you can quickly scant the first couple of paragraphs...
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WASH ‘EM CLEAN
Long Live Fluffy Towel And Toothpowder And Fragrant Soap And Fine-toothed Comb! Let’s wash and slosh, Bathe, dive and tumble In basins, in bathtubs, In ocean and river, Always and everywhere Hurray for...
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Mr. & Mrs. Tom Ford Noir
Tom Ford Noir released three years ago got mixed reviews (which perfume didn’t?) but since back then I was trying to test all new releases, to which I could get access, and I was a big fan of Tom...
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Brand Appreciation: Atelier Cologne
It’s a common practice these days for brands to run customers appreciation events and campaigns, such as loyalty programs, unexpected upgrades, special treats and customer spotlights. That gave me an...
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