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Casanova
A name synonymous with seduction and licentiousness. From childhood aspirations of seclusion and priesthood came Giacomo Casanova, the self-styled Chevalier de Seingalt, the most notorious debauchee and playboy of all time. His memoirs, Histoire de Ma Vie, enflamed the Enlightenment with scandal and tales of sexual conquest. His restless nature and flair for sensationalizing his adventures drew him into and out of fortune, through numerous careers and affairs, and led him into a brief altercation with the Inquisition and a conviction on the charge of witchcraft. Though he had a life rife with drama and intrigue, he died peacefully at the age of 73, librarian to the Count of Waldstein. Who says librarians can’t be sexy? A rakish blend of leather, anise, lavender, bergamot and amber with tonka, lemon peel and lusty patchouli.


The lavender hits first, right out of the bottle, with just a hint of anise, enough to make me go huh? I don’t know what made me decide to try this scent on today, but woah! I’m loving it. I’m normally not big on lemon, but there’s just the barest whift of it winding through the scent - it’s pretty much hidden in the bergamont, which I adore. The leather comes out once it hits my skin, and it’s an elegant leather, the kind you’d bind a rare, expensive book in. There’s a deep note anchoring the whole thing, must be the patchouli. Looking forward to see how this matures on my skin…

Well, the lavender and bergamont are just a hint of a memory, and the patchouli’s gone, too. I’m getting a yummy mix of amber (which my skin tends to amp), fine leather and a hint of spice. Definitely will wear this again and want more.

4/5



rating system:

1. Bleh.
2. Interesting but not fer wearin’
3. Nice, will wear it.
4. Lovin’ it. Want more.
5. Adore it. Must slather. Must get more.

Okay, so it's a rainstorm, no biggie, right? The winds are even close to howling yet. But they were strong enough to take down the large, dead branch (which should have been pruned years ago) from our neighbours' tree. No damage that I can see, though it sure riled the dogs. Thankfully the wind was mostly norwesterly -- there's power wires near that tree that the branch could have clipped if it had come down any other way. Actually, it came done in a way to cause the least possible damage and inconvenience -- it mostly fell on their lawn, with a few stray bits on the sidewalk and nothing at all on the road.

Still pouring...