Better Than Star Wars: Saga vol 1
I am not a huge graphic novel/comic book reader – I do get through enough of them to prove that I’m not one of those elitist snobs who disregard comics on principle, but not much more. This means reading mostly Alan Moore* and of course Neil Gaiman’s Sandman..
A Box of Delights: Valentino Couture Spring 2016
The couture shows are coming to an end in Paris – compared to fashion weeks proper, couture takes so little time that I almost miss it every year. But not quite. I love looking at these incredible displays of unnecessariness, season after season. It is for m..
The Smell of a Very Handsome Man (a.k.a. Arquiste Art Deco Velvet Candle)
My sister, who isn’t easily impressed by frivolous luxury products, took one sniff of the Arquiste Art Deco Velvet candle and exclaimed: “Oh, it smells like a very handsome man!” I believe this to be very close to the original premise of the scent – Art Deco..
The Winter Garden
I’m very much with Miranda Priestly on florals: “Florals for spring? Groundbreaking.” Traditional floral patterns in traditional context don’t seem that exciting to me – too predictable, too pretty, too not-statement-making.* Now, winter florals are a differ..
10 Things I Found In My Kitchen Cupboard
One of my 2016 resolutions was to use if not all, then many of the mysterious spices, condiments and liquids found in my kitchen cupboard(s). To get going, I carried out a comprehensive inventory of the edible stuff. The things below are of course not the on..
How to Organise 500 Perfume Samples
I’m afraid this post is going to be of interest only to serious perfume enthusiasts who know what it means to have an embarrassing amount of chocolate boxes full of samples. Or possibly to other obsessive collectors who experience compulsive periods of organ..
The Perfect Casual Lip
As I’m on a self-imposed make-up, skincare and perfume buying hiatus this month, I have no new products to show you. There are, however, a few older ones that I’ve wanted to write about for a while, so I’m using January to catch up.
I almost included the..
Probably the Most Expensive Matches in the World
One of my first blog entries last spring was called 4+ Things I Definitely Don’t Need. After a little detour to The Land of Reasonably Priced Objects, my love for the superfluous returns with a vengeance in today’s post, where I’m covering possibly the most ..
8 Cheap Things I Like
It seems very unlikely I will ever stop buying luxury products, unless forced to do so by financial circumstances (so pretty likely then, in fact?). There are things I enjoy and use enough to make spending what others consider unreasonable amounts of money s..
Winter Whites: Floral Perfumes For Cold Weather
Years ago, when I was still at the beginning of my perfume-blog-reading career, I happened across a comment where someone described wearing Frederic Malle’s Carnal Flower in the deep winter of Moscow. While I didn’t categorize perfumes by season, it had neve..