Just a quick recap of my most worn perfumes of last year…. I am still a chypre fan, which is reflected in my choices. I wore Scherrer EDT, Roma, Givenchy III, Aromatics Elixir and Fidji the most of all scents.
This week it was L Air de Rien, Perles de Lalique, Agent Provocateur, Lovely Sheer and Paradoxe. I tested Tiziana Terenzis Dionisio, but this would have been a scrubber, if it had been scrubbable. This scent did not want to leave me! I had high hopes of a nice musky vanilla note, but it was a super-woody oudy mess with a bit of vanilla on my skin. And i am not a lover of wood. I guess it will go to another home soon.
I got my knitting mojo back and finally finished the boyfriends cardigan, that i knit during the summer holidays. The pattern is the „Mille for men“ and the wool is some swedish superwash that i bought for cheap on the net. The boyfriend was grumbling, because he had to sew on the buttons himself.
I have now started another cardigan for him, a topdown saddleshoulder construction, that i am designing myself. Hopefully the swatch didnt lie and my numbers are right. This will be the first time doing a topdown set-in sleeve, wish me luck.
I am doing a book challenge for myself this year, hoping to finish at least 40 books (audiobooks included). I dragged myself along to finish Gideon the Ninth, which was described as lesbian necromants in space in a castle, but did not enjoy it. The world-building was not explained early enough and left me guessing too much, and there was too much fighting and gore for my taste. I also disliked the end after slugging along for at least 50pages of the final battle and will certainly not read the next part.
But i am listening to Stephen Kings 11/22/63 in the german version. The story is a great time-travel theme, and there are often references to his other works, especially IT, which is another one of his books i really like. Even people who dont love the horror genre could enjoy this, and the description of the late 50s and early 60s is very good and makes me a bit nostalgic, although i was only a baby in 63…
My kitchen mojo is not what it used to be, but i made a big pot of borscht yesterday and oven baked vegetables with gorgonzola.
Maybe i will switch to a monthly format for the next time and do something extra if the need arises. The weekly format is stressing me out too much at the moment.
Old Ladys Musings 