The Taste of Autumn: Parsnip and Hazelnut Puree
I have been a bad blogger – no post yesterday and I even cannot blame it on the Greek crisis. But let me tell you, organizing a dinner party for 12 people can mess up your schedule even worse than the lack of fiscal discipline in Greece. Fortunately, it also..
Three Iris Fragrances I’d Rescue from a Burning House
Iris is perfume shorthand for elegant. Although it’s a flower, this note in perfume is not really floral – its source is the iris root that produces the ridiculously rare and expensive iris/orris butter used in fragrances. To me, the mood of iris has more in..
The Instant Update: A Skinny Scarf
Do you ever get those urges to buy something, anything, simply because everything you already own seems entirely unexciting, useless and soooo last season? No? Oh, well. But in case you do, you know these are dangerous moods that in most cases have nothing t..
Slow-Roast Pork with Whiskey and Honey
It’s amazing how a pair of flavours can immediately conjure a place: rose water and sumac, galangal and lemongrass, rosemary and garlic, chilli and lime… These combinations have a meaning for most people, even if our knowledge of the Middle East or Southea..
Caudalie Make-Up Removing Cleansing Oil
I don’t often do one product reviews, as it’s not the most exciting of genres, plus I usually don’t test things systematically enough to talk about them in depth. But occasionally, I do get sufficiently excited about something and this has recently happened ..
Spring/Summer 2016: 9 Shows to Remember
I’ve been following the fashion weeks – thanks to the miracles of modern technology – for something like 15 years now, maybe 18. I must admit that the thrill is no longer quite the same as in the early days and there seem to be more shows and less fashion ev..
The Benefits of Complimenting Strangers
I was not in a particularly good mood last Saturday. My inbox was full of unwelcome work e-mails and I was on the metro, hungry and annoyed and behind schedule with everything. There was a young lady sitting opposite me, with beautiful dark skin and pretty e..
Cool Girl Beauty
I have no first-hand knowledge of this topic, as I’m way too enthusiastic to be a cool girl. But I have enough experience observing cool girls in their natural habitats (by which I mean Paris and Instagram) that I feel like I can make educated guesses about ..
Sweater Weather
I should post more often about cold weather-related phenomena: as soon as I start taking illustrative pictures, it’ll turn sunny and warm and generally lovely. So here I am, feeling a bit awkward to write about chunky sweaters when it’s almost 20 degrees out..
Vintage Clip-On Earrings
Earrings are my favourite type of jewelry, so it figures that my ears could not stand being pierced. I suffered for years, but even tiny pure gold studs were too much for me and the piercings never healed properly. I do wear clip-on earrings, but to my const..