Quarry
Awaiting spring

For the past half year, I've been dealing with bladder cancer. A tumor was removed last summer, and biopsy showed it to be an aggressive form, so treatment would also be aggressive. A medport was surgically installed through which I received two months of chemotherapy. A few weeks after completing chemo, my bladder, uterus and multiple lymph nodes were removed. The day after this surgery, a stent shifted and punctured a ureter, requiring emergency surgery.

After some days in the

Read More

Originally Posted by Quarry

Given Basenotes' recent/recurring connection issues and the leveling off of participation in SotD threads, I'm going to cease dedicating a thread to SnS. Once upon a time, the theme subjects were discussed in depth, and we challenged ourselves to try new scents. These threads have become good reference resources, so, I'll blog the material seen below, in case anyone wants to again finds those links.

Thank you for contributing to the fun and knowledge, BNers.

See you in

Read More

★★★★★ FAVOR: Mild, low-pitched, green, citric, floral, and resinous scents; old-fashioned chypres.

★★★★☆ GOOD: Acacia, Amber, Angelica, Artemisia (Wormwood), Balsam, Basil, Blackberry, Black Currant (Cassis), Cade, Caramel, Cardamom, Castoreum, Citron, Civet, Clover, Coffee, Coumarin, Cucumber, Datura, Fig, Frangipani, Green Tea, Hazelnut, Immortelle (Everlasting Flower), Iso E Super, Lavender, Leather, Lemon, Linden, Mint, Musk, Myrrh, Oak Moss, Opopanax, Orange Blossom, Pineapple,

Read More

ANTHROPOLOGIE: • 5 O’Clock At Belvoir Castle • Silk Road Caravan • Hamarikyu Gardens • 1856 Darjeeling (***) • Cape Of Good Hope • Taverns & The Hague
BOURBON FRENCH: Perfume of Paradise (pretty, pretty), Eau de Pluie
Carre, La Vie Nouvelle, Kus Kus, 525 (better than 4711), La Pluie, Rum Royale (spicey like Pomegranate Noir), Eau de Cologne
BRUNO ACAMPORA: Profumi**
CALYPSO ST BARTH: Le'a (**)
COMME DES GARCONS: Holygrape (**)
DSH: Au Lait, Blood Orange, The

Read More