Can We Please Just Agree That Women Watch Football Too
I have not written about the World Cup so far, as there’s so much excellent commentary out there and from a personal perspective, I don’t have much to add to what I said two years ago. If I have one observation, it’s that for a great World Cup (and this one ..
6 Books I Read in June
World Cup’s impact on my reading is plain to see (I’ve tried to watch every single game and haven’t missed many), but apart from that, I’m rather pleased with this month. It included one of the highlights of my reading year so far and I enjoyed the rest as w..
8 Perfumes for the Summer in the City
In Brussels, summer has decisively arrived. It’s been exceptionally warm for a week, with temperatures rising over 30 degrees Celsius today. The perfect time, then, to take a look at the summer perfumes I’m currently loving. As always, this is not a complete..
The Making of a Witch: Circe by Madeline Miller
When you are very young, every book can be a miracle, if you’re so inclined. It’s always a new world, exciting and unique, something you haven’t experienced before. Your mind is blown and then blown again. Nothing exists but the book in your hands, you are c..
Persian Pistachio Soup: A Bowl of Beauty
As has been often remarked on this blog, I get easily exited. I can be enthusiastic about almost anything, from ancient Mesopotamia to a specific tone of red lipstick, from fiscal policy to biathlon. Among other things, I’m a big fan of food: making it, eati..
A Perfect Summer Cologne: Chanel Paris-Deauville and Friends
A perfumista’s life tends to go through phases: frantically sampling and testing all the perfumes in the world; buying everything that seems interesting; being disillusioned and bored with the entire scent thing; cutting down the collection and only wearing ..
Five Reasons To See Avengers: Infinity War
This piece was supposed to go online very soon after my second (yay!) guest appearance on the Estonian radio programme Popkulturistid, where we discussed this very movie. That was a month ago. I wasn’t exaggerating when I said it’s been a bad time for bloggi..
June Memo: Football, Skincare News and How to Eat a Peach
We are entering this time of the year when I would ideally spend all my days lounging in the garden with a book, eating peaches and goat cheese with truffle honey. I might break that routine occasionally to have friends over for a negroni and scallops with b..
On How to Sniff
A little while ago, I wrote a piece about perfumes men “should” try. This prompted a surprising amount of conversations both on and off line, with men and women alike – about why and how to smell, about the experiences with scents I suggested, about perfume-..
Nine Books I Read in May
May – a bad month for reading, a horrible one for blogging. I knew it was going to be suboptimal, but it turned out worse than I expected. The pace at work combined with losing my iPad meant I didn’t manage to post even the things I had half-prepared and tak..