Because I’m still waiting on my Chanels (damn you transatlantic mail!) and because I want to write something on Hermà¨s but am running low on energy juice, I’m going to save both of those things for a later date. I’m afraid we’re (almost) skipping scent today. Sorry, addicts. Instead, I’ve copied the Guardian newspaper’s Q&A [...]

I was a complete witch to The Big Cheese. We were driving to another city, and we were already behind schedule, which wasn´t his fault. But I was annoyed and wanted to get going already. Then he wanted to stop for coffee on the way out of town to perk himself up for the drive, [...]

First – Winner of the Chanel Les Exclusifs samples from the drawing about ten days ago is…. Amarie. Just hit the Contact Us button over there on the left, let me know your mailing address, and I’ll get these sent off to you. Are you sick of Chanel yet? Some fragrances are a little shy, [...]

I had a different post prepared for today, because I was going to buck the trend, show some restraint, savor my samples of Les Exclusifs that arrived on Saturday, and write something thoughtful and measured about them in a few weeks. To hell with that. If no less a personage than uber-critic Luca Turin can [...]

As I mentioned yesterday, I find it very comforting that people are picking wildly different favorites from the Chanel Les Exclusifs, which is a great when there are a number of scents released at once — that means it has broad appeal and has the ability to hook into our personal scent kinks. BTW, if [...]