I tried a few fragrances for the first time last week at the Make Up Store at Paddington. Their latest perfume release is a Fragrance Library which are "written as a personal ad that describes the user of the fragrance". I don't care about that, I just care about the scent. :) I wasn't expecting to be crazy about any of them; as for the most part, ( Read more... )

In less than two hours, I will be in a dental surgeon’s chair, being drugged in some sort of manner so that they can pull out my impacted right bottom wisdom tooth. Standard procedure, nothing to be afraid of…yes. But I don’t really like going to the dentist (add me to the list of billion and two people who don’t!) and my jaw is small and clicks ( Read more... )

I couldn’t decide what to wear this morning. I wanted something light and fresh as it was going to be another hot and sticky day. I spritzed on Miso Pretty Peony Body Mist (pretty sweet greenery), Gabriele Strehle Strenesse (light ‘n’ lemony), Bvlgari Eau Parfumee (green ‘n’ fresh), Comptoir Sud Pacifiqe Musc Alize (lightest pink airy musk) and ( Read more... )

I mainly wore two scents today. I know…a miracle! Although this evening I'm wearing BPAL La Fee Verte and Midway, inspired by this post and this post and also Heaven and Earth Essentials Wizard’s Emissary and Wizard’s Messenger. These four are all goooood, but these are the two from today:

Elizabeth Arden ~ ardenbeautyI got this as a GWP in the ( Read more... )

After being well fed and relaxed from lounging about at High Tea (see previous post), sis and I walked to Martin Place and Castlereagh Street, where there’s a bunch of exclusive shops, such as Paspaley, Chanel, Gucci, Hermes and Escada. We didn’t look in them all, just Prada where my sis wanted to look at the bags, while I sniffed their new perfume ( Read more... )

Continuing with the foody…my first birthday meal and shared with M, was pizza. For me, pizza and a funny video are a most excellent antidote to the first working day of the week. When you just want to come home and not think about anything.
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These are just a few of the reasons why I continue to be so addicted to perfume...

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Firstly, back to that classroom…

As I sat there shrinking into my old and splintery wooden chair, praying that my scary long-nailed teacher’s nose would not lead her to the culprit, I had no idea that one day, what I just thought was a nice smell for an AUD$2.50 body spray, would blossom into a passionate love of musk, either as the feature of a ( Read more... )