I have no review today, and no excuse other than sheer laziness. Just as well then that I am off on vacation. Am wearing Les Bains du Marais Fleur d'Oranger, and looking forward to a relaxing week. My plans: eat french fries, sit under a beach umbrella and finish the Billy Strayhorn biography I've been neglecting all month, eat some more fries, and take my son to the boardwalk to ride the bumper cars.

I am trying to limit the number of fragrances I bring, because if last year's beach vacation is any indication, I won't end up wearing any of them anyway. In my bag so far: Carthusia Mediterraneo, L'Eau de L'Artisan, yesterday's Parfums de Nicolai Eau d'Été, Un Jardin Sur Le Nil, and Creed Jasmal. No doubt I will throw in a few more before I leave.

If it turns out (and I suspect that it will) that I do in fact have to come back home, I will post again on Tuesday, August 9th.