The beginning of a new month means taking stock of how I’m doing on Project Pan, the group that sets goals to monitor how many beauty products each of us has used up in the past month. And like any empties post, it makes sense to give an assessment of the product. I started August …
Two Spicy Oriental Fragrances from Scentbird
I have customized my fragrance subscription from Scentbird so that I get 4 fragrance samples (a one-month purse spray) a year. You can get one scent of your choosing every month, two scents if you like, or you can buy your entire year’s list at once at a huge discount. My past two choices have …
A Blast from the Past: Nordea’s Soaperie Hippie Chick Perfume Oil
As I mentioned a few times this past year, fragrances just aren’t lasting on me for very long. It’s not my sense of smell deteriorating, because my nose is as acute as ever. So I decided to go back to a powerhouse scent that I discovered almost a decade ago. Back in 2012 maybe, Jeff …
Another Benefit of Scentbird Membership: Helping to Choose a New Fragrance for Launch!
I’ve been a member of Scentbird, a subscription service that started out as a monthly fragrance subscription, since its inception at least 5 years ago. I have written about Scentbird and some of the fragrances I’ve purchased. For $14.95, I can select a 30 day purse size 8 ml atomizer of the fragrance of my …
Longwearing Natural Farm + Sea Vanilla + Patchouli Roll-On Perfume Oil
In late September last year, two of my friends and I took a drive to seaside Newburyport MA to spend the warm, sunny, late summer day browsing and shopping in the boutiques in that super cute historic town. We didn’t go crazy spending money. In fact, each of us only bought a couple of inexpensive …
Self-Care with Roses
I’ve been working so hard, not only in my yard and gardens, but in the gardens in the front entrance to our neighborhood. My talented friend, Sue, has agreed to take care of our gardens this season for very little money. Because the gardens badly need some updating, TLC, a new design, and new plant …
Elisire Ambre Nomade: My Sample from Scentbird
I’ve been a subscriber to the monthly fragrance subscription, Scentbird, for many years now, but I haven’t gotten a sample every month for ages. I have set my subscription to every 3 months at this point. I’ve had more misses than hits with Scentbird, but in spite of that I have discovered some fragrances I …
Grand Soir Eau de Parfum by Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Because I wrote about the different strengths of perfume yesterday and I mentioned, Grand Soir from Maison Francis Kurkdjian, I thought I would post about it now. First, a word or two about the creator of the scent, Francis Kurkdjian. “Francis Kurkdjian (born in Paris on May 14, 1969) is a French contemporary perfumer and …
Perfume Concentration Definitions: What’s the Difference between EDC, EDT and EDP etc?
In one of the fragrance enthusiast Facebook groups I belong to, one of the members shared a blogpost from ACHARR, an online retailer in Malaysia that explained the different strengths of fragrances. I thought I would summarize it here since it seemed like useful information. Overall, the difference in fragrance strengths has to do with …
Try It Before You Buy It: Fragrance Decants from The Perfumed Court
I belong to a couple of different fragrance enthusiast groups on Facebook, and I am a big fan of the website Fragrantica.com. The groups on FB and the reviews on the Fragrantica are a terrific way to find out about new scents, particularly ones that are out of the mainstream. Have you ever done a …
Project Pan Update: November ’19 Beauty Empties
It’s empties time again. Time for an update on my Project Pan empties progress. You will remember that I met my goal of using up 100 beauty products in 2019 a couple of months ago, and I revised my goal to 125 empties by year’s end. So what did I use up in November? Skincare …
Beauty Empties for September: Project Pan Update
Even though last month I met my goal of using up 100 beauty products in 2019 (I’m at 101 actually), I’m back again with my empties from September. I’m hoping that maybe I can tack on an additional 25 products by year’s end. Here’s what I used up last month: Neocell Ceramides Skin Hydrator (capsules): …
New Guru Nanda Body & Room Sprays!
Summer colds are the worst. I’ve had this one for almost 10 days. Most of last week, I stayed at home because I had no energy at all. Plus 3 days of a sore throat and 3 days of a fever. Ugh. Now I’m on to the congestion phase with a stuffy and runny nose …
Beauty Empties for July 2019: Project Pan Continues
Have I met my goal of 100 beauty products used up? Do I have any more products to purge even though I haven’t finished them? Let’s see how I fared in July. Bath and Body Sol de Janeiro Moisturizing Shower Cream Gel and Bum Bum Cream: I bought the SDJ Jet Set at Sephora during …
Winter Witch Perfume Oil from Spirit Nest
Fragrance is my jam, but lately nothing seems to last on me. Not eau de parfum, not eau de toilette, not straight extrait de parfum. Everything disappears within a hour or even less, including my signature scent Musc Ravageur by Frederic Malle. I’m not sure why this is happening. I’ve tried layering my perfumes over …