Plutonic Rainbows

Summer Fragrances

June 09, 2020

This is a list of summer fragrances I currently like.

  • Guerlain L'Homme Ideal Cologne
  • Terre D’Hermès Eau Trés Fraîche
  • Tom Ford Neroli Portofino Forte
  • Haeckels Pegwell Bay
  • Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme

The Guerlain is one I still use in summer but only occasionally as its now discontinued and prices are getting higher.

Terre D’Hermès Eau Trés Fraîche is a nice rather one dimensional scent that smells of earthy oranges in a pleasant but simple way. It's not too expensive and is quite popular.

The same can be said for the Tom Ford. It's a rather lovely Neroli that performs better than the standard edition. What hampers this fragrance is that like the Hermès, it's rather linear and more importantly, the price is frankly ridiculous for a scent of this type.

Pegwell Bay is the relative newcomer but it's a bold, complex fragrance that is perfect for summer. It has both strength and longevity which is unusual for a scent of this type.

Chanel's Allure Sport Eau Extreme is a fantastic all-year round scent that is great even on cooler summer days.

90 Percent

June 07, 2020

So with careful battery management, I've just hit 90%. That's 19 months and 22 days since it was optimal.

Peter Blatty - Dimiter

May 21, 2020

Finally got around to ordering this book. It was released back in 2010 with exceptionally good reviews. Publishers Weekly awarded Dimiter a starred review, calling it "a beautifully written, haunting tale of vengeance, spiritual searching, loss, and love".

Two Sides

May 13, 2020

The corona virus pandemic brings out the devastating inequalities in British life. You have people forced to used food banks because they cannot get government aid after losing their jobs; you also have the rich talking of the utter misery of not being able to play golf for six weeks.

Nothing But Flowers

March 22, 2020

Which is worse?

Wishful thinking?

Or wishing, with hindsight, that you had been more careful what you wished for?

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FSOL - A Controlled Vista

March 19, 2020

This is a surprisingly good album, harking back to those incredible broadcasts they use to do back in the day. It has all the copyright watermarks etc to give it a real archive feel.

While there are quite a few new pieces int this continuous forty-nine minute piece, they cleverly sprinkle in lots of old early 90s samples that had me misting up.

Great stuff.

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Surreal

March 12, 2020

New Skam release.

Got a copy today. Very solid release which will please Skam fans everywhere. I think I'll be playing this quite a bit.

It's slightly surreal working on stuff while a BBC News Feed plays on one of the office monitors. And I'm listening to 'The Fear Ratio' whose latest album is called 'They Can't Be Saved'.

Castelvania on iOS

March 04, 2020

Completely out of the blue, Konami have released a port of the classic 1997 game. It's available on the App Store now. It appears to be based on the PSP and PS4 versions of the game rather than the PlayStation original.

There’s support for external controllers, achievements, and a new continue feature. It can be played in six languages: English, Japanese, German, French, Italian, and Spanish.

Lucy In Disguise - Unknown Frequency

March 03, 2020

Catchy hooks, dreamy pads, broken beats & thumping bass take you back to the 1980s.

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Steve Wilson

March 02, 2020

Perfect Life.