Autumn is Coming
It is still over 25 degrees Celsius in Luxembourg, but I have decided to draw a line here and declare that autumn has arrived – or will possibly arrive tomorrow*, when the temperature is expected to...
View ArticleThe Scents of This (2026) Summer
My enthusiasm for perfume goes up and down. I discovered the world of niche fragrances almost 20 years ago and was in a full obsession mode for years. Since then, I have calmed down and there are...
View ArticleBest Books of 2025: Fiction
It was a decent fiction year for me: not too many absolute standouts, but quite a few solid reads. Thanks to the International Booker, I read a number of translated works (into English) – it was a very...
View ArticleBest Books of 2025: Science Fiction & Fantasy
The most striking aspect of my SFF reading in 2025 was that there was very little SF in the SFF. I only read a few science fiction books, which is very unusual for me. I mostly attribute this to the...
View ArticleBest of 2025: Experiences
My overall goal these days is less buying and more doing. Of course, the line between the two is not always rigid, experiences and hobbies often also involve consumption, but work with me here. When...
View ArticleBest of 2025: Books
It has not been easy to put this list together: I read 161 books last year and apart from a few absolute standouts, there were dozens of good books that could all have made the cut on a good day. It is...
View ArticleThings I Want: The 2026 Edition
It’s usually around my birthday that I try to publish the annual Things I Want list. This time I’m about a week late, which is pretty good by my standards and releases everyone from the pressure to...
View ArticleBest of 2025: Beauty & Style
I’ve had a deeply weird start to the year, I guess it’s the combination of fascism, perimenopause, trying to write and watching Heated Rivalry too many times that has been affecting me. As a result, my...
View ArticleI Tried All the Le Labo City Exclusives in Case You Cannot: Part 2
Sometimes I don’t get to posting my thoughts because I’m too busy or lazy, but there are some topics that seem to be actually cursed. This has definitely been the case with this second part of Le Labo...
View ArticleSummer Favourites 2025
With temperatures reaching almost 30 degrees Celsius in Luxembourg today its perhaps premature to pronounce summer to be over, but for an Estonian like me, September is definitely an autumn month. So...
View ArticleOn Perfume and Politics
Yesterday, my friend and perfume expert Victoria Belim called out the fragrance brand Les Indemodables for how they use the concept of ‘legendary Russian leather’ in the marketing of their latest scent...
View ArticleMy Evening Skincare Routine Now That I Am 45
This is the follow-up to my morning skincare routine that I posted a few weeks ago. Since then, the world has become even more unhinged than previously – a considerable feat – making me reconsider all...
View ArticleBest of 2024: Science Fiction and Fantasy
It has taken me a while to get the last ‘best of’ post out, but here it is, the overview of the SFF books I enjoyed most in 2024. It is rather long, but with the world events being what they are, I...
View ArticleMy Morning Skincare Routine Now That I’m 45
As I mostly write about books these days, I tend to forget that statistically speaking, it’s my skincare posts that have the most readers. I looked at my stats recently, after perhaps a year of not...
View ArticleBest of 2024: Non-Fiction
I should probably stop repeating that it has again been an exceptional year of non-fiction for me, as I do not see this changing any time soon. There is so much great non-fiction around and I am always...
View ArticleThings I Want: The 2025 Edition
New year, new me, new list of things I want! Frankly, these posts are rather embarrassing to make, as they lay bare my materialistic tendencies for everyone to see. Not that they are otherwise...
View ArticleBest of 2024: Fiction
I have a peculiar relationship with literary fiction. If I don’t read enough of it, I feel weird and start craving something worthy and serious. However, if I read too much of it, I get fed up and...
View ArticleBest of 2024: Books
I really can’t complain about the reading last year: 181 books, more than 44 000 pages, the lowest rating 2.5 stars (and that was, what, twice?). I don’t have the exact statistics, but I read around 30...
View ArticleBest of 2024: Beauty
Like my style, my beauty consumption has also settled down. Not really to normal levels, but somewhat closer to it. Perhaps it’s simply an age thing? The most important elements of my skincare routine...
View ArticleBest of 2024: Style
My style has, unfortunately, become more boring. This is partly because I am more reasonable and practical these days: I want to be able to wear my clothes for years, which means safer bets and better...
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