J&E Atkinson ~ Mirra Mirra (From the I Coloniali Line)
Ach, am I ever tired. We are moving to a new house! Yay! Only it’s time consuming, and the seller’s realtor tried to pull a fast one on us at the last minute, which needless to say added to our stress levels and the legal forms we had to fill out. I am no longer going to be an Oregonian (wah!) and will become a Washingtonian (yay?) We’re pulling up stakes and heading across the Columbia River, so I’m not going too far thankfully, and shall remain in the Pacific Northwest. The picture was not taken today, but Monday, when the sky was so nice and clear. It’s a shot across the Columbia River facing east towards Mt. Hood. Forgive the lousy image quality, as I’ve only got a cheap 2 megapixel camera, but you can click on it to see it enlarged.
To soothe my nerves I dug out my Mirra Mirra by J&E Atkinsons from their I Coloniali line. Like their other scents I’ve tried, it too is quite linear in composition. The relaxing scent of myrrh is also something I really dig on bad allergy days, and with all this sunshine we’ve been having lately, my seasonal allergies have really kicked into overdrive. Achoo! Woody intonations, and the piquant scent of sticky pine needles intermingle over the top of the myrrh. A deep vanilla base softens and slightly sweetens the overall effect, and while I know that sometimes myrrh can be vanillic, I perceive it as a seperate element. I am guessing that even if the myrrh note they used was vanillic already, they almost certainly bumped it up with an added dose of the stuff. I find it a calming scent, one that almost induces me to sleep, such is its soothing power. Mirra Mirra is becoming increasingly hard to find here in the States, and the only place I can find at this moment still selling it online anymore is via European Bath Essentials through Amazon.com and PopeHair. Occasionally some I Coloniali items do come up on eBay as well, but not regularly.
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Perfumery will be raising money for FINCA International. Andy Tauer will be making a one dollar donation for every comment left on his blog. Excitingly, he is also being generous enough to hold a random drawing to win one of his exquisite perfumes, your choice of either le Maroc pour elle (50 ml) or the L’air du désert marocain (100 ml) should you be the lucky soul whose name is drawn. If you are already a commenter there, please stop by, and if you are new to his blog, come by say “hi!” and discover his lovely words and gorgeous perfumes.
March and Patty from Peppermint Patty’s Perfume Posse will be raising money for Orphan Foundation of America on Mother’s Day. These two lovely perfume-nuts have style, brains, and are raucously fun to read. Please drop in whether you are a stranger they just haven’t met yet or one of their dedicated readers on Mother’s Day to give them a big howdy!
Perfume-Smellin’ Things is run by Marina, who writes so elegantly you would swear some of her perfume reviews are poetry. Her honest and graceful reviews have already won her a loyal readership, and if you are new to her you’ll find much to like, and if you already love her writing then I’m just preaching to the choir, ain’t I? Marina will be fundraising for Orphan Foundation of America on May 14th.
Urban Chick zanily and breezily discusses topics ranging from the profound (shoes) to the profane (life.) She’s so witty it is almost scary, and she regularly makes her readers laugh until they cry. Please be sure to check out her list of regularly changing taglines, which are simply hilarious. She will be making a donation of £1 per comment to the UK based charity Womankind Worldwide for the date of May 12th rather than the 14th, since she will be out of town on that day.
Scentzilla is my blog, which pretty much details my ever-growing addiction to fragrances. I’m a dork, what can I say? I will be donating one dollar for every comment left on the special Mother’s Day post I will make on my blog to FINCA International. I hope you will stop by to say hi whether you are new to Scentzilla, or already a reader.
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