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My Morning Skincare Routine Now That I’m 45
As I mostly write about books these days, I tend to forget that statistically speaking, it’s my skincare posts that have the most readers. I looked at my stats recently, after perhaps a year of not paying any attention, and it’s frankly insane that there are more than 100 000 people who have read me going on and on about The Ordinary. Most of the top 10 posts are about skincare, with a couple of perfume ones thrown in. So I thought it may be time for a skincare update, as it’s been almost a decade since I wrote some of these articles.
10 Fragrances I Cannot Live Without
The title is of course a lie – I am currently out of at least two perfumes mentioned here and I am still very much alive (although perhaps this explains my recent health troubles…). But a follower on Instagram asked me to provide such a list and I thought: why not? I have enough experience with wearing and paying attention to perfume by now to select scents that I’m reasonably confident I’ll not change my mind about any time soon.
Getting Ready for Autumn: Perfume
My perfume collection numbers 50+ bottles (I’m not counting decants and samples) and I wear all of them whenever the fancy takes me. What I do, however, is that I have an „immediate“ drawer and a „general“ drawer and I move fragrances between them depending ..
Byredo Unnamed and 10 Violet Fragrances to Try
Violet is one of my favourite perfume notes*, especially if it’s blended with wood, or green notes, or moss, or leather. It is therefore relatively – but not entirely – understandable that I bought Byredo’s unnamed scent pretty much as soon as I tried it. I ..
12 Perfumes for Spring
I usually like to have a concept to my posts, some over-arching idea or a point I’m trying to convey. This article has no concept whatsoever. It is just a list of fragrances I’ve worn most this spring and will keep on wearing in the near future. With 1.5 exc..
Pastels, Again
I would never describe myself as a pastel person, but the evidence says otherwise: I’ve just searched the blog and in less than a year, I’ve written posts on pink, lilac and light blue. Similarly, there is no denying the fact that I’ve merrily worn pastels f..
5+5 Autumny Autumn Fragrances
I don’t believe in perfume seasons. As with anything else, I think people should find out what works for them and then do/wear whatever they like – be it dark leathers in summer or colognes in winter. So it’s with some embarrassment that I admit to wearing q..
Fräulein of the Manor
Despite a steady diet of English literature, my first association with the word ‘manor’ is always German. Estonia is dotted with hundreds of manor houses, left behind by the Baltic-German barons when they returned to Germany before World War II.
I am cert..