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I was first given this by my friend Elizabeth who bought it at Books Peckham, an excellent second hand bookshop in South London (highly recommended!) run by another old friend, Peter Willis. It’s homemade by a woman called Sophie and contains Lavender, Clary Sage, Majoram, Mugwort and Roman Chamomile. I realise this is quite a mysterious description but if you find yourself in London go to Books Peckham and it will be there. It makes a tour bus smell like home! And when you are staying in a different bed every night it offers a familiar and heady smell to fall asleep to.
Jun 23, 2022
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this stuff is so good, i saw someone talking about it years ago on twitter when people were asking for help with falling asleep. it's no xanax but it smells like a field of lavender. i usually wear it to bed but it you put it on in the morning it lasts all day. beware of the glittery/sparkly residue though, i didn't know what was going on with the inside of my clothes but i think it adds to the vibe.
Dec 30, 2024
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I instantly thought of Lush's Twilight body spray!
I haven’t tried it myself yet, but I keep hearing it’s amazing for winding down. The base note is lavender.
Plus, you can use it as a body spray or a room mist—so it’s super versatile for setting that relaxing mood.
Nov 9, 2024
I love nothing more than to put on a fragrance to help me get cozy and transform into my nighttime princess self (as opposed to my sundowning alter). I was using the yellow baby cologne for a while. lesiboo knew this so she gifted me a baby powder perfume which I love even more! It conditions you to shift into Sleep Mode and makes you feel swaddled (by yourself).
Jan 15, 2025
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I love this podcast. It’s about language. More specifically you could say it’s about conversational speech, intonation, and the host John McWhorter does a great job of bending his voice around the phrases and words he’s talking about. He’s a fan of musical theatre and plays a few show tunes with lyrics which relate to the themes of the episode. I like to have podcasts, or tv, people talking, on pretty much all the time I’m at home. I also need that on flights (I don’t like to fly but I have to do it often). So this podcast feels like a friend.
Jun 23, 2022
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A designer specialising in romantic, funny, slouchy, pre raphaelite cabbage leaf clothes. If you want to look like a grumpy baby in a long christening gown and at the same time a medieval vision emerging from a lake with some pond weed trailing then this is for you. I hope I can own some one day. At the moment they’re a little out of my league financially speaking ;) but for now I’m ok to enjoy them with my eyes only. But the need is great. I think they’re the most beautiful clothes.
Jun 23, 2022
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An incredible resource. This exhaustive archive of newspaper cuttings was assembled by Edda and Hans Tasiemka, and is now housed at Hymag in Woolwich Arsenal, London. Bulging foolscap document wallets in muted yellows, pinks and blues have themes jotted on ad hoc printer paper spines in Sharpie, groupings like Crimes Committed by Children, Accupuncture, Coal, Sienna Miller, Whales. Each file is bursting with hand cut articles from the British press on these very subjects. I spent a productive day there last year, reading and writing in the run up to recording our second album.
Jun 23, 2022