Does anyone else think Uma Thurman looks like a praying mantis?

Or that in certain photos Brooke Shields looks like a man dressed as a woman?

Do you ever wonder why there are blush sticks that say on the label that they can be used for "cheeks, lips, eyes?" Who wants to put any shade of pink or red on their EYES? That's just icky, people. You'd look like a white rabbit--or like you have the flu, an eye infection, or stayed up all night crying. With pink eyes you become the person no one wants to get in an elevator with. Strangers hand you a kleenex.  Co-workers hope you won't use their phone. If you're lucky, someone will make you chicken soup.

What's your favorite fragrance?

Since Lynn and I's visit to the perfume factory in Namur, I've been obsessed with teasing out the various scents that make up the complex oriental fragrance we both purchased. Orange blossoms? Musk? Amber? White lily? The perfume guy told us this unisex formula called Passion  includes many elements and has notes of chocolate and coffee in it. No wonder I love it. It's so rich and mysterious and the scent lasts  forever on the skin, and while the coffee scent escapes me, I CAN smell the chocolate. Thankfully, I haven't done anything freaky like lick my wrists when I'm wearing Passion, but I do sniff them a lot, which I suppose looks just as freaky.

Other fragrances I like:   Red by Giorgio, Romance by Ralph Lauren, So Magic by Lancome, Noa Fleur by Cacharel, Tommy Girl Summer Cologne 2005, Bobbi Brown's  Beach, Clinique Happy  and assorted cheap but fabulous Avon colognes: Skin to Skin, Individual Blue, Rare Ruby.

Are you bored yet? Yeah, me too. Let's wrap this up--but don't forget to tell me your favorite fragrance--it doesn't have to be one you wear, just one you love to encounter.

August 4, 2006