awadzuke soy sauce at Seijo Ishii supermarket

A while back I posted about a soy sauce that I quite like: Awadzuke Soy Sauce. I finally found that Seijo Ishii Supermarket carries it, so quickly snapped up a bottle. Amusingly, I have 3 bottles of soy sauce right now. I'm almost done with one bottle, but still, 2 bottles seems a little excessive. They have different uses though, so it's ok.

quiche in Tokyo

Yes! I have found tasty quiche in Tokyo. Le Jardin Gaulois has multiple locations in the Tokyo area, but I only discovered them yesterday at Shin Marunouchi Building near Tokyo station. I got their assorted quiche plate. Delicious! The texture of steamed eggs. I'll post a picture later.

fragrance: L'Artisan Parfumeur, Les Parfums de Rosines

I sprayed on a few Rosines yesterday. They all have a similar base; very pretty rose, but I guess I'm not that into rose. I have a small decant of Un Zest du Rose, which I like but am not often inclined to wear. It comes out when I attend weddings.

I got a chance to play with the L'Artisan fragrances available in Japan, and I am quite a fan of Premier Figuier. A very nice, quiet fragrance with a bit of green. It would be quite easy to wear. However, I don't really feel any pull to wear it. Ananas Fizz came 2nd to Premier Figuier, and I was not drawn to La Chasse Aux Papillions.

So far, Barbara Bui's fragance is probably the most likely purchase for me. I did get a chance to try Sarah Jessica Parker's Covet (why don't they bring Lovely to Japan?) and it was quite nice, but I feel no pull.

About You Now

This song by the current incarnation of Sugababes is quite addictive: About You Now. The contrasting melody and harmony are clean and simple.

I love the Haro ball appearing in this video by The Brilliant Green. It's a little character (toy?) from one of the Gundam series.

One of my favorite songs of all time: "Kiss Me Here"

ここでキスして。(koko de kiss shite./Kiss Me Here) by 椎名林檎(Shiina Ringo) is one of my favorite songs of all time. She apparently wrote this song when she was 18 or so. Her performance here as part of the band 東京事変 (Tokyo Jihen) is brilliant. It's such a far cry from the cookie cutter performances of the regular J-pop stars. I first caught the performance (available on Tokyo Jihen's live DVDs) on TV late at night and was entranced by the sheer power of Shiina's stage presence.

Lavshuca summer palettes

After reading about Lavshuca's summer palettes at Rouge Deluxe I was surprised to see them at Limone (cosmetics and sundries store) already. I swatched both palettes - quite shimmery and silky. Each palette is under 2000 yen. The square shadows are a little smaller than I was expecting, but perhaps the same size (or a little bigger) as shadows in Majolica Majorca MajoLook palettes.

The shadows are quite velvety and shimmery. The cool palette has some lovely blues, but I wouldn't use the sparkly silver highlighter much, even though it's quite pretty. Overall it was quite shimmery and most of the colors are light, which would be good for summer. I think I'm looking for deeper and less shimmery colors, however.

I liked the warm palette a bit better, as it has some darker colors. Overall quite shimmery though, so I don't know if I'll pick it up. I don't really need another brown palette.