What We Love Today: Sunday Morning

Man I love a gift set. All these bitty things, wrapped up in a pretty bag, ready to give. So satisfying, easy and cute. The Sunday Morning Gift Set is my standby gift for anyone and everyone, any time of year. 

xo

Rony

PS - Laurie Anderson, if you're listening, I'm happy to send one along. Although this would probably be even better. And I am so truly and deeply sorry for your - and all of our - loss.

PPS - Apparently this is a thing with me.

Sunday Morning Gift Set, $29

Sending Smoke Signals

This is not the Nag Champa incense of your (or maybe just my) 20s. Blackbird created these elevated, sexy and evocative scents exclusively for us. 

• Russian Caravan, with notes of wood & amber (summon the lost Romanov princess...)
• Violet Hour, with notes of violet & moss (slumber in the moss of the black forest...)
• Nymph’s Woods, with notes of mint & garden (cut sprigs in your English garden...)

$28 each

xo

Rony

What We Love Today: Nova Chakra

I am a perfume commitment-phobe. I have never even come CLOSE to finishing a bottle. I mean not even a tiny bit. The second I bring one home, I get all wishy washy about it. I have maybe 6 or 7 perfumes at home, each one looking about as full as the day I bought it. But then... I met Nova Chakra. Maybe it's the deep, sexy, mysterious scent. Maybe it's the really easy roll-on (I am a little spazzy with sprays and use them the same way I did when I was 13 - spray in front of me, shut my eyes really tight, and run through the mist - an ill-advised method in my tiny bathroom). This may just be the first perfume I ever finish.

xo

Rony

Nova Chakra, $50

What We Love Today: Rosewater Cleansing Gel

Days are longer, dusks are pinker, and I am slowly parting ways with my beloved winter. There are lilacs drooping from a vase on my bedside table towards my pillow, and as it goes for me, this time every year, I'd like the world to smell like roses. And so, I'm cleansing (face and body) with our new arrival, Roberts Florentine Rosewater Cleansing Gel. It's light, mild, and redolent of rose, and the arrival of springtime.

-Leigh
Roberts Florentine Rosewater Cleansing Gel, $18, available in store and online

What We Love Today: Siberian Snow

A romantic, wintery and unexpected scent. One of my very favorite holiday gifts.

xo

rony

D.S. & Durga Siberian Snow Eau de Parfum, $89

See more scents here. 

Check out our Gift Sets (that we are SO EXCITED ABOUT!!) here.

Famous Lovers: Gomez and Morticia Addams

May we suggest a very strange brew, for a very strange crew. Burning Barbershop smells like history, and mystery...

A fire broke out in the Curling Bros. barbershop in Westlake, NY in 1891. All the shaving tonics with their spearmint, lime, and vanilla and lavender burned. A charred bottle was found half-full. It smelled like this.

 A touch of arson is just the thing for Mr. and Mrs. Addams.

-Leigh

Burning Barbershop by D.S. & Durga, $96 in store and online

What We Love Today: Smelling like Dirt

Olo's Violet/Leather. Smells like violets. And leather. Slightly dirty, mossy, rainy. Dab it on your warm skin under a cozy, sexy sweater. 

xo

-Rony

Olo's Violet Leather, $40

What We Love Today: Rodin Olio Lusso Perfume.

Rodin's new perfume is a warm, floral, earthy mix, made just for the kind of city Cleopatra who steals her boyfriend's sweaters and really, really loves Pink Floyd. In other words...us.

-Leigh

Rodin Olio Lusso perfume, $220 available in store and online

Love Yourself

Tocca'a Mini Parfum Sample Set makes me want to be a better person. One who wakes up every morning wondering what new obstacle I can tackle and what particular scent I may need to achieve great heights that day. And all for only $18! What the what!?

Holiday Scents

Our house line of candles has been getting some love around the web. Read what Into The Gloss and Closet Vanity have to say about it.

Campfire in particular makes a fantastic holiday scent. It's a bit unexpected (no pine! no cinnamon!), yet it's warm and earthy and super smokey. It's also a completely unisex scent, making it a great thing to stock up on for those extra gifts you always need.

Catbird Campfire Candle: Full Size $32 or Travel Tin $12

What We Love Today: Catbird Fleurs de Nuit candle

Tonight's a night for the heady scent of summer peaking, breaths before the fall.

Catbird candles, $32 online and in store

Candle Loyalty Card

Look what we came up with for those of you with addictive personalities. (Finally it pays off!) 

In store only. Catbird Candles, $32

Six Scents

Tarot Deck: incense, turkish rose & pencil shavings

Campfire: woodsmoke, saddle leather & honey

Fig Leaf: white fig, dandelion & cedar
Fleurs de Nuit: night blooming jasmine, honeysuckle & cactus blossom

Seven Seas: mint, sea spray & heliotrope
Pomelo Blossom: asian lime, ginger & eucalyptus

A signature matchbox tucked into the clever carton,
designed especially for us by our Brooklyn box maker.

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever. - Carl Sagan
(Carl Sagan gave me a piggy back ride when I was in nursery school. True story.)

Also available in a generously portioned travel size.

The Catbird candles are FINALLY here. This project has been well over a year in the making and was an absolute team effort. I, for one, am pleased as punch-flavored soy wax. They smell and look uh-mazing. Designed, poured and packaged in New York and made with domestically grown soy beans. 

All six scents are in store now and will soon be are now available on line. Full size $32 / Travel size $10.

Wholesale available - as well as special pricing for restaurants. Please email with inquiries.

Woohoo!!!

https://catbirdnyc.com/shop/home.php?cat=410

Winter Solstice Flowers

Ranunculus. Such a clunky name for such a delicate beauty.

flowers by Saipua

What We Love Today: Tocca Hand Creme Set

We've gone and figured out your dreaded Secret Santa gift for you. Divine hand lotions, perfect packaging, and a nice, cool $18 price tag. One for home, one for work, one for bag. Done and done.

Tocca Hand Creme set, $18 online and in store

Luckyday Plug!

Don't you want to be that person who knows the secret spot? The real insider's Inside Scoop? Francina's Luckyday Kitchen is your ace-in-the-hole to show that you are the quintessential New Yorker. Grab your BFF, your mom, your co-worker and buy a ticket to her intimate, totally comfortable, super delicious and inspiring supper club/cooking class this weekend and learn that you too can whip up Teeny Tarts and Sugar Plum Pockets for your holiday guests. No more Trader Joe's appetizers! Seriously. You can thank me later.

Luckyday Kitchen!

The beautiful Francina chopping shallots in her tiny Luckyday kitchen.

We made mulled cider soda with a cardamom & sugar rim - holy cow was this fantastic.

The makings of an delicious salad: apples & celery root (which makes me think of Pan's Labyrinth).

There's me in a Utility Canvas apron, contemplating watercress. 

This past Sunday I was lucky enough to go to a supper club/cooking class at Francina Stewart's tiny and adorable Fort Greene apartment. We watched and helped and gaped as she whipped up an amazing meal from scratch. Quail stuffed with Hen of the Woods mushrooms are WAAAY out this girl's comfort zone, but today I found myself eyeing them in the market with a new confidence.

You should get on Francina's website, get on her email list, and go!! Stumped on what to get your friend for her birthday? Take her!! See more pics of the dinner here.

Here is the All About Apples menu that we cooked and ate. Lucky day indeed!

• Mulled cider fizz with cardamom spiced raw sugar rim
• Russ & Daughters smoked trout on honeycrisp apple chip with crême fraiche and watercress
• Herb and Hen of the Woods stuffed quail with cider vinegar spiked apple glaze
• Roasted mixed taters and cauliflower with garlic rosemary paprika butter.
• Cortland apple and celery root salad with toasty spiced walnuts and a lemon tarragon homemade mayonnaise vinaigrette.
• Norther spy apple pie with a cornmeal thyme crust and baked in a just-for-one jar
• Vanilla bean creme fraiche ice cream *this seriously almost made me die of deliciousness*
• Honeycrisp sorbet

Blooms

Autumn flowers, pensive siblings.

*Flowers by Saipua

What We Love Today: Tocca Laundry Wash

Makes hand-washing your intimates almost as fun as shedding your intimates. Almost.

Tocca Stella laundry wash, $15

What We Love Today: Saipua's Saltwater Soap

I have spoken of my love for this soap before. The patchouli is ever so soft, and slightly masculine in a sexy, feminine way. Or at least I like to think so. It's also a bit scrubby, which I love. Maybe this is what Helena Christensen smelled like in the Wicked Game video. Saipua Saltwater Soap, $8