Iris de Nuit from @heeleyofficial : perfect match for a chilly, grey, rainy day when the sun can’t break through the clouds but you still believe it could be spring soon. It’s not the cruel icicles of Iris Silver Mist, the musty face powder and lipstick of Misia, or the aloof ephemeral elegance of La Pausa. It’s just lovely smooth, clear blue iris, violets, and angelica, that gets rounder and warmer over time.

A lot more grown up than the pirate socks I am wearing against the cold.

Originally posted 7 March 2019