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”
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”
Scent Therapy: Al Rehab Al Sharquiah
Here’s a fun exercise in futility: look for a list of fragrance notes for Al Sharquiah perfume oil. Al Rehab, “one of Saudi Arabia’s leading perfume manufacturers,”… Read more “Scent Therapy: Al Rehab Al Sharquiah”
Scent Therapy for the Work Week
It’s 15 degrees outside, and no matter where the thermostat is set inside the house, this kind of cold gets into your bones. My lips are painfully… Read more “Scent Therapy for the Work Week”
What does cold smell like?
Birgit posed this question yesterday in her post, “New Year, New Perfume, New Love,” and today I attempted to answer it. The hubby and I started 2011… Read more “What does cold smell like?”
beauty on the outside 