kay's blog

I was given a fabulous gift of perfume a couple of weeks ago. All because of a cat, which I’ll get to a little later.

Detail of Calliope from "The Muses Urania and Calliope" by Simon Vouet, circa 1634 - Wikimedia Commons

^{Tea Plantation, Bi Luochun, Dong Ting Lake, China, by Windbell - Wikipedia}

When a perfume really connects with me, it’s permanent. I don’t fall out of love with the faves on my Five Star list. If anything, the love just gets stronger every time I spritz one of them.

^{Wikipedia - Five gems of antiquity, Rob Lavinsky, April 2010}

^{Campfire-pinecones - Wikimedia Commons}

Where there’s fire, there’s smoke. Some of our most favourite fragrances have fires within them, burning or glowing or smouldering, or simply imagined or remembered, and their smoky notes make these scents unforgettable and beautiful.

^{Image - wikipedia.com - "Up Helly Aa " - traditional Viking New Year's torchlight parade in Edinburgh, Scotland by D. Smith}

We're taking a holiday break with our families until January 12, 2017.

Please check back and see how we start the New Year in the 'Niche. We're all fired up so there will be lots to talk about!

^{Wikipedia image - Registan Square after sunset - Samarkand, Uzbekhistan - by Ekrem Canli, Aug. 5, 2012}

Omigod, it’s cold out there. Turn up the heat!

^{Caffe latte}

I was out early for an appointment this morning. It was cold and crisp, bits of snow floating in the air, the perfect weather for a walk, so I decided to walk home along the busy avenue that is the core of our neighbourhood.

^{Fundamental by Rubini Profumi - rubiniprofumi.com}

It’s Sunday morning around 10:00 am and I’m sipping a glass of wine, white wine, a pale straw-coloured Soave. It is delicious.