One of my favourite things to do while watching any of the Real Housewives is to see their vanities, bathroom counters or dressers. I want to see all the beauty items but mostly the perfume, especially of my fav HWs. I don’t ever recall seeing a perfume in Carole Radziwill’s gorgeous apartment, but somewhere in an interview she mentioned Annick Goutal Étoile d’Une Nuit. I’d never smelled any of the perfumes from the Goutal Oiseaux de Nuit collection but after reading the notes of EdN I foolishly bought it online, blind. I say foolishly as I currently have two blind buys I want to throw as far ..read more

I’m a lip balm/plumper/mask lover and am forever in search of the best. I’ve tried green, natural beauty that I’ve adored, like Kari Gran Cinnamon Tinted Lip Whip which is a lush and luscious balm. I’ve tried luxury balms like La Mer and the ( now discontinued) Christian Dior Crème de Rose. Both were gorgeous and felt like an upgrade from petrolatum but they weren’t holy grail status. Dior would actually still be a favourite if it weren’t discontinued. By Terry Baume de Rose would be the one that’s reached Holy Grail Status for me but it’s not sold anywhere near me. I get distracted by shiny t ..read more

One of my more ridiculous obsessions is perfume spotting in TV and film. If there is even a hint of a bottle on screen I have to pause and investigate immediately. Even more so when it’s one of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Near the end of last season we caught a glimpse of some toiletries on a bathroom counter and my eagle eye spotted perfume. I spy with my little eye a bottle of perfume I recognized that distinctive golden cap as my friend Henna of Canadian Beauty has posted HER bottle of this stunning perfume. Hello Sisley Soir d’Orient you gorgeous creature, you. I assumed it was ..read more

One of my more ridiculous obsessions is perfume spotting in TV and film. If there is even a hint of a bottle on screen I have to pause and investigate immediately. Even more so when it’s one of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Near the end of last season we caught a glimpse of some toiletries on a bathroom counter and my eagle eye spotted perfume. I spy with my little eye a bottle of perfume I recognized that distinctive golden cap as my friend Henna of Canadian Beauty has posted HER bottle of this stunning perfume. Hello Sisley Soir d’Orient you gorgeous creature, you. I assumed it was ..read more

I was so excited to get my most recent package from The Boxwalla with these goodies from Natural Logic as I’ve seen the LUNA mask all over social media and was dying to try it. Of course it exceeded all my expectations and was gorgeous. But I was also completely blown away by the Eternal Milk. In fact I loved it so much I used over the half the bottle before I could even photograph it. That’s a sure sign of true love. Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra in a milk bath… Natural Logic Eternal Milk $88 USD What it is: a weightless serum containing peptides, vitamin C, niacinamide, rosehips, squalene ..read more

Eau de Jane is the scent of the past, the present and the future. The scent of now. Eau de Jane is the fragrance of green grass, earth and the flower petals we held as children. It was always my dream to create a perfume that held my memories. The memories of my past and memories of the strong beautiful humans in my life. That is Eau de Jane. Eau de Jane opens with bright sparkling citrus notes, meant to evoke sunshine. Then the green galbanum comes to play, evoking a green forest. There is a blend of floral and leafy green notes that continue to play on the skin, dancing in and out of the gr ..read more

They had me the second I saw the drop of liquid sunshine in my hand. Blüh Multi C Serum uses the brightening power of the vitamin c in the Kakadu Plum, an ingredient lighting up the skincare world. And it could be the most concentrated form of vitamin C out there. A word of caution: be cautious using glycolic acids while using this serum. My skin felt sensitized to the acids until I reduced the Multi C Serum to a couple times a week. This stuff is powerful. The Blüh Multi C Serum won a Beauty Shortlist Award for Best Brightening Serum in 2020 and I can see why. I saw results after two weeks an ..read more

I realize I’m a little late to the party on this but better late than never, especially in the case of Sol de Janeiro. They may be my favourite new beauty brand and they certainly make the best smelling body cream I’ve ever used. The Sol de Janeiro Bum Bum Cream has reached iconic status for good reason. First of all, it smells like summer and happiness. Make that summer, the beach and happiness. When I opened the jar I could hear the opening bars of The Girl From Ipanema start to play in my mind and felt the warmth of sun on my skin, even as the snow was falling outside. Ok so there is defin ..read more

Chronotope is an amazing new perfume brand that you need to know all about. The perfumer, Carter Weeks Maddox, has created these amazing fragrances that speak to the heart, mostly because they come from his heart. Chronotope’s Carter Weeks Maddox There is a passion and cool elegance to the Chronotope aesthetic and it runs through the scents to the visuals. It’s fun and approachable but also feels like it should be revered. I think that’s because Carter really loves perfume so much that every drop of every bottle is a true ode to The Art Of Perfume. Chronotope isn’t just a New Brand with big VC ..read more

A Pays de La Fleur d’Oranger Eau de Madeleinestands alone, although if I had to compare it to anything, which is something I love to do with perfumes, it would be Balmain Ambre Gris. It’s not the same, and not really even similar, but it does have that magical non sweet yet still a gourmand vibe. It smells like smoke from a woodfire, sandalwood incense, with a warm base of vanilla and suede. Eau de Madeleine triggers a scent memory for me,  I’m sitting in my childhood living room, my dad is reading, my mother is embroidering, and my brother and I are sipping huge mugs of Ovaltine in warm ..read more