For Strange Women

I'm always looking for a good perfume.  I've tried so many, and some of my old favourites are over used...I can smell Chanel and Stella McCartney everywhere I go.  I want the perfume I wear to be as the set on which my life is performed.  A scented accessory to round off the me I want to portray.  For Strange Women is a lovely shop on Etsy, full of handmade perfume oils and solid perfume lockets.  The photographs on the site are beautiful and haunting, evoking times gone by.  I wasn't sure which of the delectable scents to try first, they all looked inviting, so I ordered three samples:  London Fog, Moss & Ivy, and November in a deciduous forest.  

For Strange Women

The packaging was exquisite; three small vials in a gilded box, with information cards on each scent.  Included, as well, was a perfumed ribbon, coated in another scent--Amber.  I'm looking forward to trying them all. 

London Fog really did smell like a warm, delicious cup full of Earl Grey.  It's a lovely scent that can be worn year round.

Moss & Ivy smelled of walking through a forest, on a warm, wet spring day.  A perfect spring scent.

November smelled of autumn.  Of walking in a deep, dark, wet wood, in a late autumn afternoon.  It's like bringing my favourite bits of autumn into my wardrobe.  I love it!

Vegan and made with all natural ingredients, these perfumes will be my new go to scents.


*This post was not a paid endorsement.  Just my love of the wonderful scents that are created by For Strange Women.

Hi there!

Hi!

I've tried introductory posts so many times (and blogs, as well).  I never really know what to say, what to write about, what to post, etc, but I thought I'd say hi!

I guess I should say a little bit about myself.  I'm a 36 year old girl interested in a myriad of things, but mostly the dark and macabre of life.  I identify as "goth", but I try not to pigeon-hole myself into one section.  I love trad goth, steampunk, corp goth (which comes in handy with two wee ones), victorian goth, vamp goth, romantic goth, rockabilly, strega, dark more, nu goth (though not pastel...I don't like pastels), punk, and probably a host of others.  I even go for art deco goth...not really sure what to call it, but I love the look of the 1930s, and I'm making clothing to suit that era, with a goth edge to it.

I love music, movies and television shows.  LOVE video games.  I love long walks in a dark forest, along a lonely seaside, and visiting different villages...particularly looking for old graveyards.

I'm into sewing and DIY.  I'm currently going back to college to get my English higher, in hopes of returning to university for costume design.

I enjoy cooking and baking; I strive to live vegan, or vegetarian.  It's very hard for me, but I'm working on it.  I'm also into a bit of fitness....I need to lose so much weight, it ain't even funny.

I have two little baby bats that are in nursery school, and a lovely husband who's as weird as me :)

For this blog, I'm hoping to post about my life as a dark, gothy mama, and all that entails.  I hope you enjoy your stay here :)

Non-Gothy Post: The Hermit

I love Tarot.  It goes hand in hand with my beliefs, since I am Wiccan.  I know, I know, cliché, but I've been practicing since my late twenties, and am now 36.  I'm not just in it for the black, witchy clothes :)

It's taken me a long time to find a deck that draws me.  I did have a deck that I quite liked, but it was stolen from me in a break up gone bad, many years ago.  So I've waited.  I thought I might have to get one that I was sort of okay with, but then I found this one:

The Wild Unknown Tarot Deck

It is so beautifully drawn; the artwork is splendid.  It definitely was drawing me to it.  My spouse purchased it for me, for the Yule/Christmas holidays.  So pleased with this deck.  If you're into tarot, this is something you should check it out.

I try to do a daily draw, each day.  Just one card, to meditate upon.  Sometimes I ask a question, or have a specific idea in mind when shuffling and drawing the cards.  

Due to some unpleasant things happening with my son at his nursery, I had been contemplating homeschooling both him and his wee sister.  I was truly excited about the prospect, at first.  Then the worries began.  One worry was on my mind when I drew this card:

The Hermit, reversed.  My fear realised. 

I am an introvert; being alone and house bound is not new to me, and I quite like it.  But this....this was a fear I had, and I believe that I would, indeed, become a hermit.  I like being able to choose when or if I leave the house.  I need that freedom.  But homeschooling...it would undoubtedly take that choice from me.  Instead of looking forward to giving my children their education, and concentrating on the exciting things we can do, my biggest fear is becoming imprisoned in my home. I'm afraid of regretting my decision. 

Things seem to improving at school, so that decision does not have to be made immediately.  Thankfully.