Am out of town and can't get laptop to cooperate. Will be back late tonight or early tomorrow morning.
Chocolates & perfumes, part 2 ~ coffee, cacao nibs
Man cannot live on perfume alone; every so often, we must talk about chocolate instead. Continuing with the same theme as my last dark chocolate with “stuff” added post, here are a few of the chocolates I’ve tried recently, and once again, I’ve sprinkled in a few perfume recommendations in a vain attempt to keep things on topic.
First, let me just say: OMG, OMG, POCKET COFFEE!!1!!1! Where have these been all my life? I had never even heard of them until Kevin sent me a generous handful. Pocket Coffees are bite-sized chocolate cubes lined with caramelized sugar and filled with sweetened espresso. They’re made by the Italian company Ferrero, and they’re apparently only sold during cooler months (no Pocket Coffee for you in August, sorry). They seem to be marketed for the caffeine jolt as much as anything else…
Now Smell This on Twitter
I've resisted Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and countless other social networking endeavors, but I've succumbed to Twitter. If you're on Twitter, you can follow me here. I'll be posting links to all the articles that appear on the blog, but will also post about the fragrances I'm testing, late breaking sales and news items, and so on.
If you don't know Twitter, you can read the Twitter entry at Wikipedia or see What is Twitter, and is there any reason I should care? at The Guardian.
Update: since many people assume a kind of “follow-me-I'll-follow-you” policy at Twitter, I should have mentioned that I'm not planning to follow everyone who follows me…
Update ~ Prix Eau Faux voting
The Prix Eau Faux poll was supposed to be open until midnight tonight, but due no doubt to some mistake on my part, it closed early. I've reopened the poll, so anyone who didn't get a chance to vote, you can do so now and I'll leave it open until the morning. Update: poll is now closed, thanks to everyone who voted!
Chocolates & perfumes, part 1 ~ Dolfin
We try to stay on topic around here. I did blather on about teas recently (see red & green, oolong post still to come), and today I'm going to blather on about yet another of my favorite addictions: chocolate. Dark chocolate, to be more precise, and dark chocolate with “stuff” added, to be even more precise. I like plain dark chocolate, but I like flavored dark chocolate even better. To keep this vaguely related to perfume, I've included a few “what to wear while you eat” recommendations.
One of my favorite brands for flavored dark chocolate is the Belgian company Dolfin. They've a wonderful selection. I recently sent March over at Perfume Posse some little Dolfin squares, including their Noir Cumin. March commented that “while we can’t decide whether we really like the cumin bar, it is strangely addictive”, and that is entirely true…