I need some advice...

I don't own many bottles of perfume, as I may have said before. Of those I do own, Diptyque's Tam Dao is one of my favourites.I haven't worn it in a while, so imagine my dismay when I tried it this weekend to find that the sprayer isn't working! Now that may not be a train smash, but it is a bit frustrating.I'd be grateful if someone could give me some advice on how to fix the sprayer, or failing that, how to store the bottle and use it going forward.I...

Creed Royal Oud

Just a quick post today. I was at John Lewis at Bluewater today. For those of you not in the UK, John Lewis is a large chain of department stores, while Bluewater is a large shopping centre just off the M25 London Orbital, south-east of London.I noticed that John Lewis is stocking the latest Creed, Royal Oud, so I tried it. Creed tends to be hit or miss with me. Some I love, but many, particularly in the millesime format, leave me cold. Happily,...

Perfume perplexity

I'm really struggling to find time for perfume these days. Lord knows I'd like to, but time is at a premium and work commitments drain my energy.So I've dragged myself to the computer to write a load of nonsense. Forgive me....I've hardly worn anything over the last few days. In fact, I can't actually think of the last fragrance I wore. Oh dear.And as for blogging, my writing has dried up too. Double oh dear. And I'm hardly reading anyone else's...

Quote of the day...

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." -John WoodenI couldn't resist. This is probably doing the rounds on Facebook, but still, thinking about it, it is very true indeed. My contribution to the world of positive thinki...

Six Scents Series 1 - No 1

I tried a couple of samples from Six Scents a few months ago and was struck by how unusual they were. The packaging and design, pictured left, look quite slick and 'urban', at least to me. I tried no 1, from series 1, which according to Luckyscent include notes of erogenous cedar wood, amber fond, lemon, cassis de bourgeons, lime, green apple, apricot, jasmine, tagete, freesia, cinnamon and musk....

Holidays are over - the mid-July blues

As you may have judged by the title of this post, my two week holiday ended on Sunday and I'm back to the grindstone. It was a lovely holiday and just in time too, because I was on the verge of serious mental fatigue. Still, there is plenty of pressure to come, as the next three months are likely to be my busiest, work-wise, of the whole year. But I don't want to bore, or depress you, so I'll move onto perfume matters. Actually, except for my...

London perfume journeys 2

I was in London again today, this time with my whole family. It was a good day out, but exhausting, exacerbated no doubt by the effort of trying to transport two children in a double push chair (pram/buggy) on the London Underground. I don't know how families and disabled people get around London on a regular basis. Honestly. None of the Tube stations we used had any effective disabled access, with no lifts or ramps. We had to resort to carrying...

London perfume journeys

I was in London again yesterday, this time for pleasure, not work. I was showing my sister some of the sights, trying to focus on areas she hasn't seen before, in particular Notting Hill and the Portobello Road Market. It was fun. Markets aren't really my thing, although I do like food markets, but nevertheless we enjoyed ambling along, enjoying the quirkiness of this market. I last visited Portobello Road almost a decade ago, amazingly (it seems...

Work, perfume, life

And not necessarily in that order. In fact, definitely not in that order. Not usually. The last week has been a bit of a hellhole for me, work-wise. Deadlines galore, working until 3 in the morning to get work done and then cranky bosses who don't seem to appreciate all of this. Office politics can be a nasty, nasty thing and I am so glad that I am now on holiday for two weeks. My sister is visiting us for a few weeks and I am taking this time...