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: Weekday Thoughts
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.”
Charlie (Repost)
Thick, rich aldehydes surrounded by earthy flowers (particularily galbanum, jasmine, geranium and lily) comprise the iconic Charlie (Revlon 1973). Bold, big and somewhat unisex, Charlie asserts its presence. In the drydown sandalwood and musk are heavy notes with a lot of sound. Vetiver is also clear and luminous. Charlie is not a faint hearted fragrance.Continue reading “Charlie (Repost)”
Le De (Repost)
(Update from 2020: This post was from my early days of posting before I realized it wasn’t always obvious to everyone whether a fragrance was vintage or not. I later started specifying that more, although not enough. This is, of course, a mini vintage bottle from the 1960’s or 70’s.). Le De is fresh, elegantContinue reading “Le De (Repost)”
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”
Brisket (Potential Trigger Warning for Vegans/Vegetarians)
My husband’s father was raised Jewish and my husband’s mother was raised Catholic. His mother’s ancestry is less than fully known but my husband is certain that his mother had an Italian side to her family and that the rest were possibly Czech or German or both. But regardless, on his father’s side they wereContinue reading “Brisket (Potential Trigger Warning for Vegans/Vegetarians)”
Reading List Update
I’ve started out 2020 with a plan and part of that plan is to finish my 50 book list. First I read Me: Stories of My Life, which is Katharine Hepburn’s autobiography of course. It was excellent. Then I read Dubliners by James Joyce followed by Henry James’s Daisy Miller, and The American. Both ofContinue reading “Reading List Update”
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”
