Fracas Noir || Susanne Waldau - te Brake I swear to tell the truth as I know it…

I really wish you could be with me now. Our house is so full of joy and laughter, like straight out of an old fashioned children’s story. It has such a pure and charming feeling to it, it in fact even outranks Christmas. In short it’s a happy house.
I didn’t sleep much last night. [...]

I’ve just got back from a long walk into town, where we enjoyed a nice lunch (I swapped my usual iced latte for a double espresso in the name of a low carb diet). When we reached the cross road, Reinout made a little detour into the jewellery shop. My heart leaped a notch, as [...]

So here it is again, Valentines, the biggest commercial fraud history has ever witnessed. And this time there is no Valentine present. I was under the impression that the biggest present ever would be here, but oh no, life had another plan in store. So I need to dedicate some time today to a) find [...]

We had a long lunch, at one of the restaurants at the market square. Every time I go there, I feel like I’m on a date with Reinout. It’s an odd feeling, making me feel hot and cold at the same time. After all, our first real date started there; in a grand cafe on [...]

Sometimes the past catches up with you, making itself known when you least expect it. It’s like it has made a unilateral decision to knock on your door and remind you what happened all those months and years ago. It was about 1.30 am. Reinout had just turned out the light and was closing his [...]

When you are a girlfriend, a wife, a lover, you may think you are the only one. But you’re not. Because there is always the ex. I say the ex in singular, because it’s in fact the X, as in X-factor. The love of your partner’s life. That’s the X, that has become a ghost [...]

One of the things I’ve noticed being pregnant is that your libido is playing tricks on you. It’s been going in phases, depending on sleeping patterns, hormones and bodily changes. The first months were a roller coaster to say the least, but as my breasts were swelling from a small C to a D, so [...]

Coming back on that hotel room dream I had the other night. The hotel that figured in my dream appeared very similar to the hotel I once had a similar experience in, this time somewhat more raunchy. I must have been about 18, and had some week earlier been introduced to E who moved in [...]

A friend of mine sent me a link to an article of my signature scent – Fracas what else? It opens as follow “There are perfume legends, there are perfumer legends, and then there are perfumes that become obsessions. Fracas is all three…”. I couldn’t agree more. The opening line alone identifies my own olfactory [...]

The day started good but somehow ended in a horrible argument. We are still not on speaking terms, and have withdrawn to our respective territories of the house. I chose the upstairs quarters with my ironing and two films and Reinout opted for his computer.  It has made me feel completely down, and to increase [...]