...Oddly enough, I would suggest "Fancy Nights" , which is one of the drier, less in-your-face patchouli's I've come across. Forget about Jessica Simpson, and just look at that understated, genderless green bottle.Oops, wait, there's sandalwood in the base. I bet it will be difficult to find something patchouli-centric without at least a little sandalwood in it.

...Glasses, yes. Contacts, yes. Because we need them, right? I'm confused.Desert Island choice of reading material, and never, ever getting off the island: only fiction or only non-fiction?

...Bonnie Raitt "Love Me Like a Man"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXVoOgwiYc8The entire Road Tested live performance is this good.

...Dulcemio:So, new city every other day? Hmmm, that surprises me about you.Oh, good! I would so hate to be predictable. :)Yellow gold.Smoking: yes or no...

...Oops, sorry!Bath.Cut flowers or potted plant?

...Cryptic:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BrDlrytgm8So, new city every other day? Hmmm, that surprises me about you.Reading a real book. (Does everyone not know that staring at screens all the time isn't very healthy for our eyeballs? and I already stare at one at work all day.)Cut flowers or potted plant?

...characters and dialogue, please.one month vacation in Europe (or anywhere you don't already live) with only 2 different stops on the itineraryorone month vacation being in a new city every other day

...Singer.Ella Fitzgerald or Billie Holiday?

...Wow, some of these are toughies.Pop star. Provided I had a great singing voice. Not a Britney, no no no.memory foam or traditional mattress?

...We finally got some much needed rain over the last month or so. Right where I live, 2015 has brought some near record cold temps (30's and 40's farenheit) but somehow I've managed to avoid frost bite. (That's a joke.) It's been even colder in the neighboring desert, with lows in the 20's. Burrrr.

...Oh, I love Ella and Louis together. Louis is my desert island pick, not sure if I've ever mentioned that. ;-) But the two of them together is a close second.Here is my alltime favorite of their collaboration. It's like a cake or a sandwich with all the best ingredients in perfect proportion. Delicious!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpww0IoSQ0M

...Theatre. (Even though I rarely go, the screens are so much bigger, and at home I usually fall asleep halfway through. Oldness. Whadya gonna do?)Bill or Hillary?

...There is a duh factor here. (Never come between a cat and a sunny window, duh.)

...Cryptic:How often do you come across art humor? :Dhttp://the-toast.net/2014/11/06/women-rejecting-marriage-proposals-western-art-history/Those are great! "Can you F'ing believe this guy?" What a great facial expression.Many of these do illustrate, however, the sad, unromantic way women acquired husbands for much of human history, except for about the last 150 years or so.

...Jeans.Led Zepplin or Rolling Stones?

...cryptic, this beautiful melody is right up your alley, I think. (Just don't pay too close attention to the lyrics. Volkswagon didn't.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXnfhnCoOyo

..."Angel from Montgomery" Bonnie Raitt and friends.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z5R_9TTv0c

...I love a beautifully set table, don't you? I suppose it might relieve the guilt to first snap a photo before you ruin it, ey?

...Dulcemio:I feel somehow guilty when I get lipstick on someone's nice cloth napkins. How about when something like this shows up on your plate? Seems a pity...

...If you're in need of a good ol' cathartic cry, this should help things along.Joe Cocker's "I Shall Be Released" at Woodstock. Absolutely stunning.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpyhl85MYmU