Posts with tag airline

We love travel perfumes. Mini-spritzers, roll on tubes, or most reliable of all, the small tin of solid perfume. You'd think, with airline restrictions being what they are (draconian) everyone would be doing a solid perfume, but we've had a hard time finding good choices. Until now!

Last Thursday at dinner with the girls our friend Liza pulled out a tiny pot of Pacifica Tahitian Gardenia. The other six of us demanded to be allowed to try it. By dessert our combined pulse points had the place enveloped in a luxurious cloud of flower scent, almost overpowering the tart scent of our garlic fries. Almost.

The very next day we went on a quest to get our very own tin of organic coconut and soy wax solid perfume. We were delighted to discover that, in addition to their yummy candles, you can buy the perfumes on Pacifica's website. We snagged Tuscan Blood Orange and Waikiki Pikake which we plan to layer together to make our new signature travel scent.

Available in nine different flavors, for just $8.95 each, it's easy and affordable to mix and match to find your perfect combination.

It's a tough time indeed to be a flying fashionista. After the UK airline terrorist plot was exposed on August 10, it's suddenly verboten to bring gels, fluids, lotions and other necessities anywhere beyond the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) screeners and metal detectors.

I appreciate the need for security, but no hand lotion on a plane? Are you kidding?

Fortunately, as Anna Bahney reports in the New York Times, there is hope. Bahney points out that the rules allow for a carry-on cosmetic kit if -- and only if -- that cosmetic kit is an easily screened, transparent bag.

As for the contents of that bag ... well, you'd better stick to powders, sticks and wipes, like $6.95 Toothfresh Powdered Toothpaste in lieu of your $3 Crest. Bahney has a long list of suggestions for how to fly in style here.