May

I must comply with Gale here. I was also expecting stong herbal - but it is not like that at all. I defintely get the hazelnut but it is not overpowering. There are spices present but it is not a fragrance that jars from note to the next - it is very well balanced. To me it is not totally round, there is a kind of nutty creaminess there, but there is also a little, and only a very little, undercurrent of spikness. It's very nice, it's not so loud that it will enter a room before you but it is very interesting and I imagine it would pull people into your personal space - in order to smell you better. It's quite an intimate number... May

Not every day, but we have just had a huge spate of it. It rains a heck of a lot more here than it does in the South. The Western edge of the UK tends to be pretty rainy. I would say rain-wise Glasgow is on a par with Southern Ireland. We got a lot of "soft" days - where the rain is so fine it is like a mist in the air the seems to permeate into everything. On the up-side we never get hosepipe bans or droughts as they do in London - where there seems to be a perpetual water shortage - even in January some years! May

Oh I love Arizona... I even like the insane heat.. I think nature planted me in the wrong country... as I get older I crave the heat more and more... *sigh* Roll on 2010 May

Yeah, but rain - almost everyday?? To be honest the only reason I want to leave Scotland and move back South is the weather... I need to be able to dry my socks out at least occasionally. May

Arts and Crafts wise I am totally spoilt here in Glasgow. My "office" (besides being a huge building) is pretty much bang slap across the road from where MacIntosh's house used to stand, and the School of Art is beautiful, and I get to drink tea in the Willow Tea Rooms. But, before you become envious, as it is Glasgow I do have to do all this in the rain... May

I get zero chocolate It's weird I love chocolate and my skin eats it... I love more the flavour of sweet lemon, you know in icing, lemon cake etc... and my skin eats it... I'm beginning to wonder it there is a link May

Phero Girl Dominance In the vial this smells like a divine combination of rose and chocolate. On my skin the chocolate dies right back and I get a heavenly cloud of incredible Rose Otto ( a real favorite of mine). I don't, at this stage, get any trace of the coffee, nor of the chocolate which doesn't really suprise me as my skin "eats" anything foody except a few things like vanilla and honey. The other ingredients may shine forth later as the rose dies back. My skin does tend to really beef up rose otto. But even if the other notes do not emerge. This is a beautiful heady fragrance - and another one for my wish list. May

The Monkees... I'm a believer! I'm always listening to my Monkees CD. Just great upbeat fun, summer music... Ok, now what about the Beach Boys? You being in California and all? I'm currently getting into some older stuff. I've started listening to Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin and Billie Holliday. Ever considered a Jazz/ Blues themed perfume? Kind of an "All that Jazz"? It could be fun. May

My skin eats it... also, it's lovely but is a soft, dreamy aquatic... and you know how subtle I am... May

Robin and Marian I can defintely see the similarities between this and Potion Bastet. Wet - for just a couple of seconds - it has a strange chemical edge but that evaporates in seconds to a very rich and deep fragrance. Like PB this smells EXPENSIVE - like very wealthy ladies in designer clothes wafting through the floors of Harrods. It's deep, it's bold and it is very elegant. I think I need to have some of this one. I know there are some PB lovers out there so I am going to do a side by side comparison of the two and see how similar or different they are. Best May

I think all of the labels are lovely, but I really love the Nouveau feel of Flapper and Violitius [sp]. I love the art and decor from around that period. From noveau to deco - but most of all th arts and crafts movement. If I ever win the lottery I'm going to buy an appropriate property and restore it and decorate top to bottom in that style... Well, a girl can dream! May

I love the sound of the bellydancing one too. I reckon Darbla will be jumping up and down about it as well! Oh I love new release day! May

Thanks Katz... I am looking forward to the move. BUT, it's the cats that visit with me. They keep coming in and staring at the boxes and then at me. These little fur-people have a way of getting under your skin don't they? I am feeling sooo guilty. Especially about the poor fella who has the diabetes - we've bonded and I will really miss him, even his snoring. I did offer to pack him and take him with me, but that's a no-no apparently. Kitties aside. I know it will all be worth it in the end, once the dust has settled. So, what is going on the list this month? Hugs May

Thank you Gale. But they didn't tell me that the flying monkeys aren't house-trained. May

Yay! I don't suppose you sell the flying monkeys? Particularly ones skilled in bundling books together? But I would settle for one who could just cook and clean.... May edit.. oh and sew... it would help if he/she could sew too...

I'm sitting here, surrounded by packing boxes, bored crapless. It's not that I haven't got stuff to do. I'm procrastinating. I've got to edit something dull and am currently having to research classical geopolitical theory. And believe me, in this case, that is even duller than it sounds... I need distraction... I start packing the books tomorrow May Edit: Ooh bonus... I have to turn in my unicorn and swap it for a broomstick.

*May cries and wipes her nose on her sleeve* Danna's being mean to me... *sniffle, snuffle, snuck, sob...* May

So come on then... can we get a little hint about "Nasty Habits"? Just a little one? May

Y'know... In the absolutely nicest possible way... I saw "Dirty Habits" and, after thinking "ooh that sounds interesting" my next thought was "I wonder how long it will take Dolly to order a sample". May (Wondering if she should grab her coat and run for the door? )

OH WOW! Love the sound of the one designed for Belly Dancers and I am very curious about "Nasty Habits". I have to hand it to you ladies your choice of labels and artists for this month's releases is absolutely fantastic! Can't wait to read the full descriptions Happy dancing! May

It should work very well on some of the guys I work with then, Although in their 20's they behave just like a bunch of 7th graders - come to that, so do most men! May

I am sooo intrigued by the cougar blend. I'm hoping it will either be blended, or I can blend it, with a killer summer tropical fragrance for my hols. Nothing too foody or coconutty though - it seems to attract the mosquitos on me... May

Blimey, Marketing might want to rethink the cheery branding.... May

The toast, of course, will be a slightly belated one to Mara's friend Kevin McCarthy, who as well as being a fab actor, celebrated his 94th birthday yesterday! May

Heya Cinderfallen. Are you after something on the going, going, gone list too? I guess I am just going to have a nice glass of this friendly looking bottle of Chablis to help me deal with the stress of it all! (It being a Saturday and all.) Care to join me in a toast? The wine is nicely chilled! Hugs May