Victoria on EauMG is celebrating Valentine’s Day with a post full of great gift suggestions, including Velvet Rose, and with a week of rose perfume reviews. Today she posted a lovely review of Velvet Rose — thanks so much, Victoria! Glad you’re enjoying it! The shea body cream in Velvet Rose is popular at Valentine’s Day.
This is a hard post to write. I’m making some major changes in my life this year, and I wrote this post to explain my plans as well as a little about the reasons behind them. I apologize that this news will come as a surprise, but this seems like the only way to handle things….
We had a nice response so I picked four random numbers instead of just two; third place can pick one 5 ml spray and fourth place can pick any four samples. I assigned numbers based on your posting order and then used random.org to pick four numbers. Here are the winners with their lucky numbers:…
Here’s a nice review just posted for Sienna Musk: http://perfumeshrine.blogspot.com/2008/10/sienna-musk-by-sonoma-scent-studio.html The Perfume Shrine blog has a number of in-depth series devoted to various notes such as vetiver, jasmine, leather, incense, etc. Vetiver fans will enjoy the most recent series, ending here with vetiver part 5 (I love FM Vetiver Extraordinaire and TDC Sel de Vetiver!): http://perfumeshrine.blogspot.com/2008/09/vetiver-series-5-straight-strange-sweet.html…
Here’s a picture of some fall hydrangea blossoms. I cut them to bring in before a much-needed rainstorm here in northern CA. If all goes well, my plan is to put samples back up for sale late next week and bottles the following week. I’ll post again next week about that. Still working on the…
Several years ago I switched labdanum suppliers and worked the new labdanum into most of my formulas that have labdanum (Incense Pure, Winter Woods, etc). I have not yet adjusted the Champagne de Bois formula for the new labdanum, and the older one is no longer available. I’ve had this on my To Do list…
Many thanks to Ida for her beautifully written review of the new SSS Equestrian on Fragrantica! I loved reading her memories of barns and horses, as well as her experience with the scent.
Mals mentioned SSS Velvet Rose in her comment in Ari’s post on roses and Valentine’s day as well — here:
http://thescentsofself.com/2012/02/05/rose-perfumes-and-valentines-day-giveaway/#comment-3519
Thanks, Warum! That was a nice comment by Mals.
I have a long list of rose scent loves. I just received a sample of the new Diptyque rose yesterday and want to try it tomorrow. It sounds pretty! (I liked Jessica’s review of it on NST.)
Yes, I want to try that one as well! 🙂