Perfume Bites the Dust (Part 1)
Having been a perfume lover for most of my life and more recently a Grand Amateur (in the French sense of being a huge fan and/or student or fancier) of perfume in the past ten years, I find myself...
View ArticlePerfume Bites the Dust (Part 2)
I went through a period a number of years ago when I was so put off by new scents that only vintage perfumes smelled good to me! I am not exactly anti-synthetic, but the contemporary crop of perfume...
View ArticlePierre was painting this while I was making my last blog entry........
.........maybe we are feeling the same things at the same time, which only happens about 50% of the time here! In direct relation to daily life we have very similar reactions and takes on what is going...
View ArticleHCG Diet Tips for Food Lovers
I detest food limitations, so you can imagine how I fare on the HCG Diet, but I felt it necessary and it works* so here we are. Luckily I live in France so the little food I DO eat tastes...
View ArticleThe Natural State of Perfume (According to Me)
I moved to the French Province of Brittany over a year ago and it which had a profound effect on my sense of smell, and I started to crave natural scents or natural smelling scents more than ever...
View ArticleA Conversation with Mandy Aftel: Essential Perfume Ideas & Ideals
As promised, here is the transcript of my (long) conversation with Mandy Aftel ... there are lots of gems in here, grab a cup of tea and get comfortable for a good read, a sip, a sniff, and a think!...
View Article1960's Shoe Memoir .... and intro to Roger Vivier
I have been sketching a Fashion Memoir on my ipad since I have been living in France, with the wonderful program Paper 53. So when I went to Paris recently and saw the stupendous show of Roger Vivier's...
View ArticleRoger Vivier: In the Footsteps of a Shoe God
The word Artist has become ubiquitous in the 21st Century. Everyone is now an Artist, from Doctors to Scrapbookers, so I try to use it sparingly! Now you know I mean it when I state here that Roger...
View ArticleThanksgiving in France with Cuir de Gardenia
I got my Christmas present to myself on Thanksgiving, three minis from Aftelier, and I had to open it! Living in France, where we are not celebrating this wonderful American holiday, it took the place...
View ArticlePerfume in Berlin: Who knew?
We went on a great trip to Berlin last year, and having done my homework beforehand I had two indigenous perfumeries on my list of places to track down. Here's a little report on the suprising things I...
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