Author: kira a. gold

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Tomato

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Extra large bottle with Demeter no-frills label, and a heap of cherry tomatoes.

Tomato by Demeter is every urban gardening hipster chick sunbathing topless on the roof. Stray honeysuckle and dandelion weeds are overtaken by crushed tomato leaves and the great red globes ripening on the vine. A smudge of pollution and sweat and dirt sticks to the skin, but doesn’t stop the invasive Organic Goddess green.
I’d worship her in the summer.

Forget what you think about “cheap” perfumes and buy the big bottle–it makes a wonderful room spray, too.

Willie Nelson and Cyndi Lauper singing a Gershwin duet is my favorite thing today.

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Love Relentlessly

Cut glass store tester of Love Relentlessly.

Mango syrup Sno-cones and patchouli imbued beach blankets.
An over-produced pop song sung by a bleach bottle blonde: synth fruity lyrics with a catchy floral hook and a ubiquitous bass line.
Fun, but forgettable when the sun goes down and the radio station changes.

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The Chateau

IMG_8595This was so much fun.
Clever and marvelously explicit as always, but THE CHATEAU has a slightly different feel than the original Originals–a little more action, a little more intrigue, and a whole lotta King.

We go back in time, to a younger Kingsley, on a mission that takes us to a castle themed after The Story of O, only now the roles are reversed, and Madame’s women rule the rooms at the chateau.
King is 24, and full of…er, spunk, so to speak, but we get a deeper PoV that makes us bleed for him, and fall in love that much harder as he unravels the mystery and risks getting unraveled himself.

I was so lucky to get an early version of this one, and it might be my favorite so far. I hope we get more bawdy thrillers starring our favorite filthy Frenchman.

THE CHATEAU comes out June 5th–you can pre-order it on amazon over here.

 

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Pistachio Brûlée

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Clear roller-ball bottle and pile of pistachios.

Muzzy nut candy.
Opens clear yet cloyingly sweet, a fizzy cream soda with a hint of almond and pistachio flavoring–then gets murky as it warms into a nasty yet kind of enjoyably sweaty honey amber.

Edit – 4/7/22

This one is still in production–not a bad buy for a light gourmand with acceptable performance.

The candle has a lot more nuts.

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I love this old school new generation blues!

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Citron Glacé

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Citron Glace is a mouthful of Tutti Dolce’s Lemon Meringue without the pie crust, at a summer term sorority party. The sugar fades to an antiseptic lemonade close to the skin after an hour, and leaves a sticky sour candy residue on clothes.

Would make an excellent dorm room candle.

Edit – 7/12/22

Smells like furniture polish and feet when it gets old.

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Here’s a much fresher and more cheerful lemon.

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Yesterday Haze

yesterday haze edgyOpens with unsweetened whipped cream, and rubber pants. Maybe some termite dust to make it scratchy.
And later, an eighty-year-old raisin. Just one.

This story might be published as women’s fiction, but it’s obviously ghostwritten by a man.
I stopped reading midway through chapter five.

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Chrome

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Aqua blue tester bottle with raised letters on store display shelf.

Azzaro Chrome is the first cologne a guy buys himself after an ugly divorce. He’s just started dating again; a little shy, maybe socially awkward, but he’s charismatic and hungry enough to be quite sexy.

Limes and neroli on top, raw silk and alimony payments underneath.

I wish the cardamom were stronger. Our guy would get more dates if he had a bit more spice.

This came out in 1996, too. I love Beck’s weird.

THE DIRTY SECRET

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“An erotic bonfire of the senses—“ Publishers Weekly starred review

2017 Romance Writers of America RITA© Finalist in Erotic Romance

From the Desk of Donna Edith…
My services are unconventional. My clients come to me with needs and I match them to other clients with needs of their own…

Promising young architect Killian Fitzroy: Driven, clever, eager to prove himself. Starved for sex, though he’s come to me for professional assistance, not personal. Needs: Someone unique, creative and fast. An artist with a feminine perspective to breathe life into a house he’s built.

Aspiring scenic designer Vessa Ratham: Sensuous, spontaneous, but secretive. Recently returned to Vermont armed with an art degree that qualifies her for little more than waiting tables. Needs: An opportunity to shine.

Yes, Killian and Vessa will satisfy each other nicely—in more ways than one.

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