perfume whisperer
Guerlain has done it again. By “it” I mean they have managed to delight and surprise with a unique and gorgeous makeup collection, but it’s not just any makeup collection. Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Makeup is a collection of lip and nail shades that are delicately fragranced with La Petite Robe Noire perfume, and…
Guerlain changed the way we add a glow to our skin with their Météorites powder in 1987. They had already revolutionized our tans with their Terracotta, which is to this day the best bronzing powder. So with Les Météorites, they took the neutralizing colours of the makeup palette, and put them in one powder package…
Guerlain Mahora is a reviled Guerlain offering from 1999, partially I think because it should have been release in 1985. Or maybe even 1965. It’s lush, animalic, unapologetically rich and, to me, absolutely gorgeous. Mahora is Jacques Guerlain’s last creation for the house, released after Guerlain’s other weird and divisive Samsara. I happen to love…
Music: I have really been loving my smooth seventies rock playlists – “Yacht Rock” on Songza is a favourite, but yes I have my own as well. Now, if I can only figure out the latest iTunes iteration and My Music, hopefully I can find them. I’m not sure why, but this music just feels…
I find tea based perfumes so easy to wear. They are perfect for when I’m looking for that Goldilocks perfume in my collection – not too strong, not too soft, not too floral, not too woodsy – just right. A tea perfume is perfect for any time of day and any occasion. Perfumes with tea…
Sometimes all it takes is a little beauty treat to lift our spirits and make us feel pampered. And lifted spirits and pampering are good things. Taking time to treat ourselves, or someone we love, or even better, treating ourselves and someone we love together, is an important part of feeding our souls. It can…
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Mark Twain Oh the sweet little violet. I’ve always loved violets, and my favourite colour has always been purple, but I’m not sure which came first. Violet perfumes, at least the ones I love, are simple affairs, with very little…
Lately I have been thinking about my perfumes in groups. Like, these are my favourite roses, these are the violets, these are the skin scents, these are the rainy day perfumes, these are the divas etc etc. As I lit my Sage Lifestyle candle last night, I started thinking about perfumes that make me think…
Oh, the siren call of the perfume counter. I just love to wander the department store cosmetic floor, playing with the newest perfume and beauty releases. I take my time, sniff this, try that, and often fall in love. The new, the old, the classic and the modern. I have tried two lately that are calling…
I have a foot thing. I want them to be pretty and/or groomed. That’s all. It’s not hard to do, and the rest of the world will thank you. There is no need to be uber high maintenace – trust me, for a beauty obsessive, I am probably the laziest around. It’s not about the…
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