April 2008

New York by Parfums de Nicolai

April 30, 2008

My box of samples arrived today from Lucky Scent. I immediately tore it open and selected New York by Parfums de Nicolai. I wanted to experience the idea of New York that a perfumer would think to bottle. At first, it didn’t really bring to mind anything except that it’s a nicely balanced fragrance — [...]

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April 30th, 2008 : Alber Albaz Gets the Blues

April 30, 2008

Alber Albaz, of the much hyped (and much loved, at least by this writer) Lanvin line, has been coaxed into designing a line of jeans for trendy Acne (I can’t believe I just used the words “trendy” and “acne” in the same sentence). “What if you don’t want to wear a skinny jean?” (Albaz) asked [...]

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April 29th, 2008

April 29, 2008

For the first time in my life, I threw my back out on Saturday morning (but isn’t that why I work out five to six days a week? So that I can keep my body in proper enough condition to AVOID throwing my back out? *hmph*) and so had to spend the last several days [...]

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The Worst Chili In The World?

April 27, 2008

Brian does pretty much everything right — he’s brilliant, funny, has fantastic taste in wine, can navigate his way around a foreign city as if he’s lived there his entire life, can talk politics, business and the latest video game technology with ease, and he somehow knows how to speak the language of computers in [...]

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April 25th, 2008

April 25, 2008

Okay, we’ve been watching the news for the last several days, and all this hype about food shortages and food riots and rising food prices and blah blah blah . . . I mean, c’mon people. Once our corn farmers figure out that they can make much more money planting wheat, or spinach, or legumes [...]

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Thierry Mugler ‘Angel Men Pure Coffee’ Fragrance

April 24, 2008

I’m not a perfume person. Ok, maybe I should rephrase that and say that I am of the type that formerly eschewed wearing fragrance, since this post will tell the brief story of my recent conversion from fragrance-free to in fragrante (and yes, I realize that’s not a real term, so don’t bother sending any [...]

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Back From Prague (Part 3)

April 22, 2008

There was a little book that I found myself relying on quite heavily while staying in Prague — ‘A Hedonist’s Guide To Prague‘ by Paul Sullivan. It’s a gem of a book for anyone wanting to avoid the usual over-trodden and tourist-trappish restaurants, bars, clubs, cafes and sights in Prague. It only steered me wrong [...]

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Back From Prague (Part 2)

April 19, 2008

We didn’t do much in the way of shopping in Prague, as the prices for clothing, shoes, accessories, etc. are about on par with the prices here in the U.S., and not being a fan of decorative glass does limit one’s ability to bring a souvenir back from what seems like a city full of [...]

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Back From Prague

April 18, 2008

Returned on Wednesday from a 9 day trip to Prague. I’m still jet-lagged and reeling, but this was the first time I’d ever visited the Czech Republic and there was a lot to like about it. It is, however, exceedingly nice to be back in my own comfortable home in the United States with our [...]

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April 14th, 2008

April 14, 2008

Costco Shoppers Stumble Into Luxury:“Costco — that emporium of oversized merchandise like flats of tampons and gallon jars of capers — is now selling purses by Fendi and Bottega Veneta. And guess what? . . . compared with prices at Neiman Marcus, the deals are quite spectacular.” Karl Lagerfeld Gets the Icon Treatment in the [...]

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← Previous Entries

April 2008

New York by Parfums de Nicolai

April 30th, 2008 : Alber Albaz Gets the Blues

April 29th, 2008

The Worst Chili In The World?

April 25th, 2008

Thierry Mugler ‘Angel Men Pure Coffee’ Fragrance

Back From Prague (Part 3)

Back From Prague (Part 2)

Back From Prague

April 14th, 2008

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