Scent Therapy Matcha, a Maison Margiela Matcha Meditation Dupe?

By Matromao on March 27, 2025

For the Maison Margiela Replica fans that love their Matcha Meditation fragrance, the sad news is that they've discontinued this already. Even sadder for me is discovering too late that I like it. By the time I sniffed a tester, there were all of two bottles left at the boutique and budgetary constraints to consider. And so it goes, that I had to let this one slip from my grasp and go to some other fan's hands.

Fast forward to months later, and I was casually browsing online and found a shop called Scent Therapy Ph offering a scent called Matcha as an inspired alternative. But is it a dupe?

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Nena's Special Bibingka Mirienda Buffet in Cubao

By Matromao on March 26, 2025

As someone who gets giddy at the advent of the holiday season, you can imagine that I also get kind of sad when it's all over. I actually find myself reflecting on my internal holiday checklist, and if there's any tradition I forgot to do.* One of which is having eaten some Bibingka and Puto Bumbong at least once during the Yuletide season.

I would go as far as to say that I even have this flash of anxiety along with thoughts like, "Where do I get bibingka and puto bumbong the rest of the year when the craving strikes???" But then again, there are mall kiosks that have now made it easy for locals and balikbayans alike to get their fix in a flash. So let me just add another option I found to that growing list, because this restaurant in Araneta City also offers an all-you-can-eat mirienda buffet at only PHP 175 per person that includes Filipino snack favorites like kakanin (rice cakes), noodle soups, and lumpia.

*If you're wondering when the season properly ends for me, it's after the Lunar New Year, by the way.