So is this a cosmic joke? I get a note this morning that we were nominated for Best Blog on Basenotes, and now the entire Basenotes site is not responding, and I get a hacker alert and my entire computer… Continue Reading
Make sure to go visit aimtx from MUA’s new blog, Style Spy. She is a great writer with a great sense of style and will even hunt down Pucci wellies for you. Forgot to mention that for a limited time,… Continue Reading
In the white weeping birch tree in our back yard is a noose, and the noose branch hangs into the alley. Why do we have a noose on that tree? Ask Harrison Mackenzie, my 16-year-old Guitar Rock God (GRG) son,… Continue Reading
After reading Marina’s review and Ina’s review of MDCI perfumes, we were so dismayed when we thought these would be so exclusive and so expensive, only Paris Hilton could afford them. Then the elegantly charming Claude Marchal’s explanation that these… Continue Reading
I was enjoying the group diss of Danielle Steel´s new fragrance on Scentzilla and Perfume-Smellin´ Things, when I got to thinking: are there any celebrity scents I really like? For the purposes of today´s post I´m not counting scents released… Continue Reading
Unlike my love affair with Giacobetti or Ellena, my relationship with Serge Lutens and Chris Sheldrake is a little more on/off. I´m sorry to say that our ménage a trois is often subject to strong flare ups on my part,… Continue Reading
I guess the game in haute perfumery is this: always ratcheting up the exclusivity level. You can do this in a couple of ways: charge a lot, like the Clive Christian in the $215,000 bottle. Or you can do what… Continue Reading