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>28 La Pausa – Chanel Les Exclusifs
> This winter I’ve been trying out the scents of the Chanel prestige line, Chanel les Exclusifs and I can’t help myself but thinking of them as different archetypes in the life of a make believe...
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I seem to have a bit of a perfume identity crisis at the moment. It began this spring, suddenly I was craver lighter florals. The ones I’d previously sorted into ”boring” suddenly became ”nuanced”,...
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Ma Plus Belle Histoire d’Amour by DSH
Imagine a train at night. A woman silently crying, her image softly reflected in window against the rainy cityscape passing outside. Apple trees and wild blueberries growing between skyscrapers and...
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At the moment, January 2014
I trust you all had a great Christmas and New Years Eve, I sure had. After my traditional Christmas cold and lots of problems upgrading my home internet connection from lousy ADSL into fibre, I’ve...
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Thoughts on Miss Dior Chérie EdP
During the winters, whenever I’m having a rough day at work, on my way home I sneak into one of the mainstream perfume stores and spray on some lots of Miss Dior Chérie. She’s everything that I’m not...
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A rant inspired by Frederic Malles Portrait of a Lady
I really should love Portrait of a Lady. A near-smothered rose, barley hanging on under a ton of peppery incense and patchouli. The darkest rose scent that I’ve encountered that I still consider being...
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Palettes – an alternative approach to describing perfume
A while ago I came across a couple of great posts on the Bryan Ross blog From Pyrgos, namely Implementing a New Fragrance Comparison and The Scent Prism Guide. To sum things up, Bryan introduces...
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L’Heure Bleue and nails to go with it
The Ten Largest, No. 1, 1907 Last year, me and my son visited an exhibition of Hilma af Klints paintings. She was a Swedish artist, born in 1863, a pioneer in abstract painting very much ahead of her...
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Happy New Year 2015
Starting out with my Arduino I hope that everyone has had a great holiday and celebrated the hell out of 2014 yesterday! I know I did. Today has been a quiet day, full of thinking of in what direction...
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Reading about Africa, part 1
Countries visited by book so far I think I’ve mentioned before on this blog that I’ve been reading a lot about Africa lately. It started with me reading Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,...
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