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A Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

10 February 2025 • Kimberly

valentine's day gift guide - ysl babycat + alaia le couer heart bag

Gifts to give someone you love—including yourself—this Valentine's Day.   First Editions of Their Favorite Books Or, surprise them with a special binding of a book they don't own yet, from an author they cherish. An old boyfriend had gifted me a beautiful copy of letters from a man to ... Read More

Perfumed Papers: Minor Detail + Jazmin Saraï Otis & Me

25 November 2023 • Kimberly

book review - minor detail by adania shibli + jazmin sarai otis & me

A series on perfect paperback and perfume pairings. I carried Minor Detail with me all of last week, only reading pages at a time while waiting in lines for my morning coffee. It wasn't until the second half that I stayed glued to my seat until the last sentence, finishing 15 minutes before ... Read More

So Textural

16 August 2023 • Kimberly

penguin ikokon penguin donkey bookcase 2

I still haven't put away the stack I amassed after my most bookish weekend yet—in part because I haven't a shelf to spare (or any surface area, for that matter), but mainly because I still can't fathom what I was able to find. (You'll absolutely catch me staring at said stack with utter incredulity; ... Read More

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