Patty White launched Perfume Posse in 2005, and we've been yapping on and on about perfume endlessly since.
Le Labo Perfume is a new niche perfume shop in NYC. Robin at NST posted about their opening a week or so ago. With the noses they have working for them, these had to be great things, so I ordered the small bottles of Ciste 18, Fleur D’Oranger 27, Vetiver The rest, please…
Visiting the Perfume Counter is sometimes like entering another plane of existence or perfume sample hell. Either they completely ignore you while busy with the CCX customer or talk on the phone with their BFF Jodee, or they pounce on you like raw meat that just got tossed into the The rest, please…
L’Artisan was the first niche line I fell for. Here are brief notes on some of the less common L’Artisans worth exploring: L’Artisan Fleur de Carotte — baby carrot, cucumber, tarragon, lettuce, apricot, ginger. I burst out laughing the first time I smelled this. Yes, it smells like a carrot and The rest, please…
Anosmia is a hard thing on a sister relationship. My sister and her daughter were out this last weekend, and we just had a blast shopping and watching Pride and Prejudice and being sisters, as we always do. For those of you that have sisters you are close to, The rest, please…
My #1 daughter was yearning for her first bottle of perfume, one she’d choose, not one of the gazillions of samples, decants and bottles I’ve provided for her gratis. (She mostly wears the Clean line, graciously provided by Patty). I told her I’d entertain the idea but was making no The rest, please…
1) The cover of my new issue of Vogue has a photo of Jennifer Aniston and it says, “Don’t Feel Sorry For Me!” Well, okay, hon. I mean, Brad did dump you (he of the refined design aesthetics who sneered at your comfy-couch boho-Victorian style) for that big-lipped bimbo who The rest, please…
Hits and Misses of niche perfume samples I’ve tried recently. Regina Harris Rose Maroc Oil — $125 at La Creme Beauty for .5 ounces. Rose Maroc, Frankincense and Myrrh are the notes in this long-lasting and you only need a little oil. It goes on with the sharp incense notes, The rest, please…
It must be time for some new candy samples, which also gives me an excuse to drop in a thing of beauty by one of my favorite painters: John Singer Sargent — Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose Floris Malmaison: I was jonesing for a nice carnation, and Boisdejasmin recommended this one. The rest, please…
Once upon a time, there was a girl who had beautiful, shiny, bouncy hair. It was a wonderful shade of honey blonde. Thick and luxurious, it looked good short or long. Then she had children. Something happened to her beautiful hair. It got some gray in it, and those gray The rest, please…
When life gives you lemons you put them in perfume, of course. What could be more delicious than a lemon perfume? Sadly, many of them end up smelling more like Lemon Pledge, or that goofy Love Fresh Lemon I wore as a kid. Actually, I just googled images of the The rest, please…
Quick perfume review — Hermes new Terre D’Hermes. If Vetiver Tonka is my crack, this one is like Crack In the Morning. Jean Claude has somehow combined the most addictive elements of Vetiver Tonka and Un Jardin Sur le Nil. It has that velvety smoothness of VT that I adore The rest, please…
“Top notes of gardenia, Italian bergamot, and narcisse mingle with the heart notes of tuberose, ylang ylang and jasmine on a redolent base of orange blossom and musk, approaching the fragrance of the deity. Our Beyond Forever perfume vessel is rendered in 10K gold overlay formed in the image of The rest, please…
It was time for an overhaul, so March and I stressed and plotted and planned and then had Lisa at E. Webscapes, who also did my last blog design) put it together, and she made it better than we saw in our heads. We’ll just twirl around a bit so The rest, please…
Today’s musings were triggered by Aquolina Chocolovers, which I sampled at Sephora. Nobody loves chocolate more than I do. I consider chocolate one of my major food sources. Chocolovers is a gourmand fragrance, with a sweet cocoa opening and a long-lasting chocolate-dust follow up. It’s redeemed for me by significant The rest, please…
It will always be a mystery why I bother hunting down discontinued perfumes that people used to love, except that I want to smell for myself what that juice was like and if they made a good choice to discontinue it. When I heard about Parfums de Rosine Mea Culpa, I The rest, please…
Well, it sounds like the Mona di Orio Carnation is a bit of a dud, since Colombina reviewed it and it doesn’t smell much like, you know, carnation. That is such a letdown for me. I love that spicy floral smell. So here’s a quick plug for one of my The rest, please…
March did most — all of the legwork on this, and she’s done most of getting this post together because she knows how slammed I’ve been. I am grateful to my dear friend for giving me the research and her comments, it will speed this post up a bit! From The rest, please…
If I had a buck for every fragrance sample I’ve sniffed in the last six months that left a little something to be desired, I could buy myself one of those big fat bottles of non-export Serge Lutens at the Palais Royale. So it’s nice to get a set of The rest, please…
I have saffron on my mind and in my hand and saffron perfume on both arms! One of the most desired and expensive spices in ancient times, this is a spice that always conjures up pictures of Marco Polo meandering through the orient, with a fortune of rare spices and The rest, please…
Before I headed off to church on Sunday I tried on some Ormonde Jayne Sampaquita. I don´t usually test-drive new fragrances before church, because what if I´m sitting there among the staid Presbyterians smelling like Eau de Harlot? But I´d dabbed a little on and… nothing. So I threw caution The rest, please…
I have the Abinaoms that Robin posted about a few weeks back. Got bottles of the Desejo and Corazon and samples of the Beleza and Cobice. Those will be getting some reviewage next week. Price point on them is a skosh high, a little over 100 for 50 ml. But The rest, please…
If my Marbleblog friend that loves baseball happens by, she´ll understand the bigger joke in that title. If not, y´all don´t need to know about the Doggie Duet. Micallef Night Aoud – I still remain mixed in my feeling about Aoud. I like it in 10 Corso Como because it´s The rest, please…
Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque – I was expecting something more outré. Basically this smells like the inside of a tobacconist. Not a bad thing; it´s a perfectly nice smell. But I´d rather smell like the inside of a tea shop, thanks. I still need to smell MKK and Cuir Mauresque The rest, please…
