The politics of perfume in Canada. You know, I’m a sensitive person to other’s comfort, I really am. I don’t care what those people say about me that know me. If someone found a particular perfume I wore to be nauseating, and we had to be in close proximity for any bit of time during [...]

Rolling out of bed, so tired, bleary eyed, exhausted, another day of work and running and errands ahead. Hop into the shower, thinking about what perfume to wear. Too many take too much effort and will just wear out my nose before the day is done because they are too heavy, too sweet, too nothing, [...]

Mood, emotion and scent are closely related for me and are how I evaluate a new perfume. While I can sometimes find some of the notes in a composition and generally describe what it smells like, the details of a perfume elude me. I greatly admire those who can give those details — I love [...]

Marlen just opened shop on his new Blog for those of you that haven’t seen that announcement. Can I have a moment to complain? Work really takes away from blogging and reading blogs and commenting, and I’m not very happy about that this week. I have missed all you guys. But I’m back, just in [...]

I have a shoebox full of fragrance vials. I call it the Halloween Candy. Some of the Candy came from eBay; I buy decants. But most of the Candy came from the same incredibly generous, anonymous donor in Colorado who owns this blog. She said, hey, let me send you a few things. I knew [...]