Portrait's baroque Turkish rose essence swamps the senses as does sandalwood, patchouli, frankincense, benzoin, white musk and the first light whoosh or fruity red cassis like a very fine kir royale in a very fine old hotel. ...
I however was concurrently planning the Vacation to Heaven to the kayaking paradise of Ecuador with my wife Lise-Anne, which greatly eased the "sketch" factor associated with the Peru trip. ... I wanted to give you a heads up to a link that I put together to help out Katie Hilleke. http://www.cafepress.com/katiekrew You may already be aware of it. I wanted to make sure that you know that 100% of the proceeds from the sales of the designs go toward helping Katie. ...