There are FIFTEEN Shunga scents this spring. OMGS. There's only one way to winnow them down - IRON SHUNGA DEATH MATCH!!

Harimise
Rice powder, osmanthus, rose geranium, magnolia, khus, and chestnut.Rich and warm even in the imp, very nutty and almost sweet. The chestnut is definitely the major note and grows almost buttery (or maybe creamy - the ( Read more... )

It seems so strange, to be so far into January, and to see mulched beds when I look out my office window, and not banks of snow. I was talking to my father this morning, and he says its been a very English winter - damp and cold and occasionally frosty with rimed trees, but little snow. So why did I have this urge to make porridge this morning, old ( Read more... )

Why, exactly? Because some day fortunes had to less than stellar? Or did they just want something to rhyme with go? Older versions of the song/poem had Friday as the bad luck day. Just something I was pondering as I headed off to the dentist this morning. The hygienist was a wee bit ungentle, but otherwise the checkup was unremarkable. Yah me ( Read more... )

... and all that jazz, I'm going to try very, very hard to post more regularly. Sometimes there'll be substance (one hopes). Sometimes not. We'll see ( Read more... )

Remember...


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 Both my parents are veterans, and blessedly still living. I have grandparents I never met and those I barely remember, and among them, vets of the war to end all wars. It didn't, and people are still dying in service.

www.cbc.ca/news/background/afghanistan/casualties/list.html

Remember.

www.cbc.ca/remember

 So I've been feeling poorly (and kinda grumpy as a result) and in an attempt to seek comfort (or at least some company in my misery), went into my stash of the precious and slathered Bah! (turkish coffee and whiskey and mocha, oh yum!) and it now its gone all plastiky on me.

WaaaaahhhH!

Hopefully it's just a temporary body-chem change... but in the ( Read more... )

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...because I've been overwhelmingly busy and thought I'd ease back into this posting thing...

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SMOKEY MOON  Soft sandalwood, nicotiana, and velvety orris drifting over lustrous pale musks, stephanotis, elemi, and cyclamen.  Torn about this one... I love smoky scents, but pale musks often go soapy on my skin and the floral notes aren't among my favs.

THE FEAST FOR THE GREATLY REVERED ONES (live until Aug 8) Cacao mixed with ground ( Read more... )