I read something else that made me think today about collecting perfume. It was written by arguably one of the most prolific and serious collectors of fragrance that I have ever seen. She claimed that the difference between a true collector of fragrance and a normal person is that a normal person would buy aContinue reading “My Perfume Collection”
Category Archives: Fragrances
Niche Surprise
My husband gave me Athalia for Valentine’s Day and it’s bizarrely perfect for me. I don’t usually fare as well with niche fragrances, however this is very becoming on me. And I truly love it now. Tons. So…since I’m too heartbroken to wear vintage No. 22 as my overall signature as it now has badContinue reading “Niche Surprise”
Bergamote Soleil Part I.
My husband and I have to devote time intentionally to be together alone. Our lives are just that busy. My husband decided to treat me to tea and finger sandwiches recently. Along with that he purchased a new fragrance for me from Sephora from the phthalate-free Atelier Cologne. No, I am not pregnant again. Ha!Continue reading “Bergamote Soleil Part I.”
Vintage Acqua Di Parma Colonia
I bought two bottles of vintage Acqua Di Parma Colonia a while back from a seller in Europe and I’ve had a chance to sample them now and have an opinion. First, they’re both testaments to the notion that vintage fragrances are not all just decrepit ghosts of their former selves but in fact someContinue reading “Vintage Acqua Di Parma Colonia”
Daphne Flower And Edelweiss
The Daphne Flower fragrance collection from Antica Farmacista was of course inspired by the Daphne flower. I was looking for a pretty smelling bath product to use while reading from my monthly reading list. The first time I read The Sun Also Rises back in 2009 for whatever reason I was obsessed with bubble bathsContinue reading “Daphne Flower And Edelweiss”
My New Signature
I thought about it some and realized my new “signature” should be…safe. As in, people can imitate it if they want (for the rest of my life) but it will never matter. Vintage Acqua Di Parma Colonia is perfect for that purpose. It was a favorite among the Hollywood Set of the 1950’s including DavidContinue reading “My New Signature”
My Signature
When I found a bottle of very vintage Chanel No. 22 from the 1940’s or earlier by chance in 2015 I knew after wearing it for a day or two that it was me. Yes. Me. My actual soul in olfactory form. Part of finding your signature fragrance is about being honest and having genuineContinue reading “My Signature”
Ten Years Later
I met Mark in November of 2009, Mark and I started dating in January of 2010 (I took the picture above in December of 2009), and we became very serious in the fall of 2010. Then we were married in the summer of 2011. All of the next ten years we spent together even thoughContinue reading “Ten Years Later”
Ten Years Ago Part II
Ireland, 2011. Did I mention my husband was once a playboy? Well, he was. And he played all over the world while we were first dating, despite the fact that he now says he was falling in love with me at that time. We even had an “open relationship” that was awful and didn’t work.Continue reading “Ten Years Ago Part II”
Ten Years Ago… Part I.
My love story with my husband has been far from perfect. But it has been an authentic and deeply felt one. Ten years ago we met while I worked at a coffee shop near my husband’s office where he worked as an actuary. Our first date was in January ten years ago this week. (OnContinue reading “Ten Years Ago… Part I.”
