I love a good cookbook—I’ve got a shelf full of some of the best—but how I use them probably isn’t quite what the culinary authors had in… Read more “The Flavor Bible”
Category: Recent Acquisitions
A Few of My Favorite Things: Dior Mitzah
Mailmen Beware! Enthusiastic Perfumista Resides Here. Recently I participated in a bottle-split of Dior Mitzah, and my package finally arrived! My Scent ‘O’ the Morning still going… Read more “A Few of My Favorite Things: Dior Mitzah”
1st Quarter Perfume Buying Begins
Drumroll please… the first fragrance purchased in 2011 (by me, anyway) was: Yves Rocher Vanille Noire, swiftly followed by Voile d’ambre… From the Secrets d’Essences collection, Vanille… Read more “1st Quarter Perfume Buying Begins”
2010, A Perfume Retrospective
There were tons of fragrance launches in 2010, both in the mainstream and from niche houses, and I sampled (or bought) very few–comparatively speaking. I smelled lots… Read more “2010, A Perfume Retrospective”
Prada L’Eau Ambree, or, Infusion d’Iris goes Brunette
I can’t remember how I ended up with the original Prada Amber (Prada EDP), but end up with it I did, and grow to love it I… Read more “Prada L’Eau Ambree, or, Infusion d’Iris goes Brunette”
beauty on the outside 