Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Weariness

Did you ever get a kind of weariness? That kind of weariness of what's going on in the world. That is why I just gave up on the news. I don't watch it anymore, I don't really read it anymore as well. I am beyond sick of hearing about Covid-19, I am beyond sick of the political climate, I am just sick of how people are behaving.

My other weariness is about my dog, Jake. It's been a long few days and was finally able to get to the vet yesterday. It was hard dealing with the diarrhea that turned bloody on Sunday night. We did take him out quite often but it was still happening in the house. Hardwood is pretty easy to clean, carpets are another matter. The cleaning wore me out and we are hoping that the medication works. We were told that there was nothing in the blood work that showed a why.

I was looking forward to having my parents go to California for 10 days but that didn't happen. My mother didn't think it was such a wise idea with Jake being sick. It is the what if he takes a turn for the worse? She cancelled her part of the trip and sent my dad. I was looking forward to being on my own, doing some projects without someone breathing down my neck, wearing what I want, burning the candles that I want. I am really starting to burn the candles that I have. Having 34 candles is quite a bit and I am running out of room to put them. I am hopping to have about 4 or 5 finished in about 10 days. I want to have a little more space in my room to display my Galileo thermometer collection.

Monday, June 22, 2020

Molinard Vintge Habanita EDT Review

I have finally found a spare moment to blog. It's just been a little strange around here. I have been having a little trouble trying to find the time and even more trouble getting to have more than 30 seconds on the computer without someone needing to use it.

It has been years since I have worn Molinard's Habanita. Almost 10 years and it was in the beginning of being a perfume fiend. After being a perfume fiend for around 10 years, my nose and tastes have changed and will keep changing. I remember liking Habanita and have a small decant of the vintage EDT. I am not going to yap about the history of Habanita, well not really. I don't know how old my vintage decant is but it probably is a fairly new vintage, if that makes any sense.

I get a slightly fruity type of oriental. I am not talking the fresh type of fruity smell, more like a cooked type of fruit. My nose can't pick out any one kind of flower but it does have a floral aspect to it. I think the flowers keep Habanita from going straight up Shalimar. What bothers me the most is that distinct plastic, powdery doll smell. I keep wanting to say Barbie but my nose leads me into the baby doll type of deal that I probably played with when I was really little.

Vintage Habanita was a bit of a let down for me. I wanted something maybe a little more on the skanky side, a little smokier, just a little different and maybe a little more complex. Maybe I am so used to my older perfumes being more complex and having more working parts. Maybe it's because smoking doesn't shock anybody anymore, especially a woman smoking in public. Women smoking led to the development of Habanita and I think that Molinard dropped the ball a little bit when creating something for skin.