I’m blonde, so I can do this, but this really is…. Best Blond Joke Ever

On our previous post, Drugstore Cowgirls, Patty and I took the drugstore challenge – sample drugstore scents and pick three: one for ourselves; one to exchange as a gift; and the biggest loser. Patty’s already posted her loser. This post is about my big loser – but really, it´s about more than that. Because, honestly, [...]

Chandler Burr writing in The New York Times L’Artisan’s Fleur d’Oranger 2005 has an almost violent impact, a rough, meaty presentation of the raw material. Givenchy’s Amarige Harvest 2005 is the ingredients shown off to polished, velvety effect. They have one thing in common, however. Just as the great Veuve years vanish, these perfumes, and [...]

Quick review just because I’m smitten. Kanebo’s Nihohi Sakura, I believe found only in Japan and from a very nice seller on The Bay (not affiliated) is the best cherry blossom scent I’ve run into. It has that cherry blossom sweetness, but not so much that it is too sweet, just delicate and fresh and [...]

Part of the Great Drugstore Challenge was to find the worst. When first my boots hit the ground outside the drugstore, I was fairly certain that I could find a perfume that would be a reasonably good purchase. Finding the worst perfume was bound to be more difficult, there had to be many contenders. In [...]