Rancé 1975

The Rancé family produced perfumed gloves for the French aristocracy. They turned entirely to perfumery in 1795 and their perfume was historically favoured by Napoleon. I had never heard of their perfume until I bought a bottle of the Collection Privée when we were going through Singapore last year. Luckily you can buy online, visit their website here.

the talented tec again

Mesmerised by tec petaja's images again, I couldn't help but post some photos I found on his blog a couple of months ago. Thank you Mr. Petaja for these gorgeous images of France and Italy. So inspiring and simply beautiful to look at.

savage beauty at the met

The Alexander McQueen exhibition at The Met was extraordinary. I walked through with my eyes wide and jaw dropped. Visit the met website, there are some incredible images of the exhibition. 

peonies from the corner stall

$10 for 5 peonies at the corner stall. That makes you smile in more ways than one.

the view from our rooftop

This is the view from our rooftop in the lower east side. The empire state building and chrysler in full view as the sun goes down and all the way back to the financial district. Some tasty new york pizza and beer for dinner.  

peonies, peonies, peonies

We visited the flower market this morning, waking up at 6am to arrive at 7.30am to see the hustle and bustle of 28th Street. The flowers are amazing and so, so cheap. The peonies, breathtaking - $22 for a dozen - imagine that, you would buy them every week if that's all you had to pay for such beauty. 

prettiest ever gift tags

Amy Moss from EatDrinkChic has done it again. I've had my eye on these little darlings for a while and finally made them a couple of weekends ago. So SWEET. 

captivating display

The lovely displays at anthropologie.