First, some BPAL notes from the weekend:
Yggdrasil: smelled nice and piney in vitro, but on me it was somewhere between being lost in a forest and being drenched with Pinesol. Alas.
Nero: Love this stuff! Something resinous--rosemary or pine, I can't tell--with some citrus and other things I can't tease out. I tried to look up the scent notes on ( Read more... )

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All I want are the cut scenes to DMC3, so that I can gratify my shallow desires for white-haired, sword-wielding, demon-kicking booty. Is this really too much to ask for out of life ( Read more... )

Today's scent is Queen Gertrude: "Imperial violet softened by wisteria and chrysanthemum, but edged with the regal iciness of delphinium" according to the BPAL description. I love this stuff--I've been looking for a good violet for years, as my supply of Crabtree and Evelyn Violet Toilette Water is running dangerously low and violet--Alas!--is not ( Read more... )

I grabbed Euphorosyne (the Grace of Mirth) this morning: Gardenia, tea rose, vanilla and jasmine. It weirdly smelled almost citrusy when I applied it, but maybe that was the gardenia messing with me. Now it is a pleasant vanilla-floral blend; more subtle than the vanilla-based perfume I already have. I like it, but so far it hasn't made my 'I ( Read more... )

I tried the High Strung Daisies last night and I'm not sure I like it. I wanted to like it because I could just catch the daisy in the mix, but there was something fruity (the pink sugar?) in there and I do. not. wear. fruit. I'm going to try it again later, because there's always body chemistry to consider--some of my perfumes smell slightly ( Read more... )

My package arrived today! Squee ( Read more... )

Today is Gaudete Sunday, the third Sunday of Advent, and it brings with it a host of important questions: How am I working to bring the light of Christ to my life and the lives of those around me? What is the proper response to the rampant commercialization of the Christmas holiday? Where is my creme of tartar ( Read more... )