Once again, like a river heading to the fragrant ocean, this post won´t be a direct journey to perfume. We will get there though, I promise. Strap on your pith helmet, have a flashlight at the ready, and settle on down for the meandering ride. As a kid, if I wasn´t digging holes in the [...]

How do I choose the fragrances I review? For every scent I stick in this blog, I probably sample 10 or 15 others. All this, as you have surely noticed by now, is subjective. Some things are fabulous yet fail to move me (I´m having this issue with a few Nina Riccis.) Or I feel [...]

This Post is from Diane of Dragonfly Scent Me. She has an amazing collection of vintage perfumes, many of which she sells samples of on eBay, as well a lot of other great fragrances, and she has graciously agreed to share her knowledge about vintage and how to spot a factice with us all, plus [...]

The People of the Labyrinths (POTL) has finally come out with a new scent, A * Maze, which I think has now been officially nicknamed POTLAM on the blogosphere. Notes cribbed from the LuckyScent website: Henna, Saffron, Taif Rose from Saudi Arabia, Orange Blossom, Wardia Rose, Agarwood from Cambodia, Sandalwood, Musk, Civet. First I should [...]

What Leo said. This goes on like a cinnamony blast furnace. Did you ever make those homemade cinnamon toothpicks? No, not the ones you buy in the package, those are for the weak. I’m talking about the ones where you took your toothpicks, stuck them in a bottle filled with cinnamon oil (which I don’t [...]