The first thing I do in the morning is get this blog running, so I did not even know about the terrorist attacks in London until I was finished. The Guardian blog is posting regular updates, and includes comments from people who were in the tube when the blasts went off. The Londonist blog is also posting updates and includes links to other news sources.
Blogger loses electricity for 17 hours…
We had a bad storm here last night, and our electricity has just now been restored. It is too late in the day for me to pull a decent post together. At the moment, I am just happy to have air conditioning and internet access again.
Please come back tomorrow, when Marlen, one of the moderators on the basenotes forum, will join me in a He Says/She Says review of Creed Royal Water.
Blogger gives up for the day…
I meant to post a review of Miller et Bertaux's new Green scent today, but I have wasted the morning trying to get the accent marks to appear correctly in the Guerlain post below, and as you can see, I failed completely. The blogosphere gremlins are against me today, so I am giving up! I need to get myself over to Trader Joes as we are completely out of chocolate covered cherries, and I simply cannot battle accent marks without them. I will post on the MB tomorrow.
In the meantime, for your viewing enjoyment I present this lovely old ad for Mitsouko. They don't make them like they used to, no?
If you are wearing something wonderful, please comment. I am wearing Tan Guidicelli's Annam, a very calming scent that is perfect for today's unseasonably cold weather. It used to be available at ccb-paris, but they have most unkindly ceased shipping to the United States, and it does not show up on their French site either so I assume it is discontinued.
More desktop wallpapers from basenotes
Basenotes has two more fun desktop wallpapers for free download: Go Guerlain, and iPong, which features the subtitle "Stink Different at basenotes.net".
Now Smell This takes a break…
I have no perfume review today, and I am taking the rest of the weekend off. Come back next week for reviews of the new L'Artisan by Olivia Giacobetti, Extrait de Songe, and Bond no. 9 Chinatown.
If you are wearing something fabulous today, or if you have tried something new & wonderful lately, please comment!