{"id":18344,"date":"2025-01-24T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/?p=18344"},"modified":"2025-01-25T23:16:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T07:16:02","slug":"five-things-1-24-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/five-things-1-24-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Things (1.24.25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_18321\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18321\" data-attachment-id=\"18321\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/five-things-1-24-25\/kimberlypearl-santa-maria-novella-tabacco-toscano-perfume-coucou-cardigan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberlypearl-santa-maria-novella-tabacco-toscano-perfume-coucou-cardigan.jpg?fit=2000%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kimberlypearl santa maria novella tabacco toscano perfume coucou cardigan\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;kimberlypearl santa maria novella tabacco toscano perfume coucou cardigan&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Wearing: Coucou Cardigan +&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberlypearl-santa-maria-novella-tabacco-toscano-perfume-coucou-cardigan.jpg?fit=840%2C672&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18321\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberlypearl-santa-maria-novella-tabacco-toscano-perfume-coucou-cardigan.jpg?resize=840%2C672&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"kimberlypearl santa maria novella tabacco toscano perfume coucou cardigan\" width=\"840\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberlypearl-santa-maria-novella-tabacco-toscano-perfume-coucou-cardigan.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberlypearl-santa-maria-novella-tabacco-toscano-perfume-coucou-cardigan.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberlypearl-santa-maria-novella-tabacco-toscano-perfume-coucou-cardigan.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberlypearl-santa-maria-novella-tabacco-toscano-perfume-coucou-cardigan.jpg?resize=1536%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberlypearl-santa-maria-novella-tabacco-toscano-perfume-coucou-cardigan.jpg?resize=1680%2C1344&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberlypearl-santa-maria-novella-tabacco-toscano-perfume-coucou-cardigan.jpg?resize=600%2C480&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wearing: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hsRXqE\">Coucou <em>The Cardigan<\/em><\/a> + <a href=\"https:\/\/mimishou.com\/products\/baby-tennis-necklace\">Mimi Shou <em>Baby<\/em> Tennis Necklace<\/a> + Santa Maria Novella <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/40OKblB\"><em>Tabacco Toscano<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. I&#8217;ve journaled fairly consistently since childhood, but as of late, this ritual has become more of a cathartic practice rather than a point of pleasure. I&#8217;m unsure what to make of this shift just yet, but documenting feels precious. Necessary, even, because it seems to be the only thing that can&#8217;t be sanitized or suppressed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. There&#8217;s a similar sense of urgency to buy books. We need to keep, hold, and protect stories and information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">3. Smelling beautiful things has been an escape. I tested over 700 fragrances last year<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;\">;\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/editorialist.com\/beauty\/tried-and-true-perfume-picks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/editorialist.com\/beauty\/tried-and-true-perfume-picks\/\"> 10 perfumes<\/a><\/span> were among my favorite discoveries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">4. Testing so aggressively was actually what inspired me to start <a href=\"https:\/\/editorialist.com\/beauty\/how-to-layer-perfumes\/\">layering fragrances<\/a>. (I was very much a perfume purist until I needed to start wearing multiple scents at once.) Here are a few tips on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/editorialist.com\/beauty\/how-to-layer-perfumes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to layer perfumes<\/a><\/span>\u2014plus some unexpected pairings I haven&#8217;t seen on PerfumeTok yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">5. I mainly wear fragrance for myself, but I can&#8217;t help but take a mental note of which people seem to love most. These are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/editorialist.com\/beauty\/most-complimented-perfumes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my most complimented perfumes<\/a><\/span>: some are obvious crowd-pleasers, but I&#8217;m tickled by the unexpected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.\u00a0 \u00a0.\u00a0 \u00a0.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">xx<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">A <em>SENSIBLE <\/em>EDIT<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"shopthepost-widget\" data-widget-id=\"5293245\">\r\n                <script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n                    !function(d,s,id){\r\n                        var e, p = \/^http:\/.test(d.location) ? 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