A Doris Day moment

(Forgive me if this post ends up brief – my computer seems to be dying and has crashed three times, losing everything I’d written. Nyaaargh!) My mother seems to have assumed that the death of my gran meant that she… Continue Reading

Parfumerie Generale just keeps slamming

  (Portrait from Alexander Kosnichev) Now we have to start another campaign, and that is to make Bois Blond, Psychotrope and L’ombre Fauve (haven’t gotten my Lilas yet) part of their permanent line.  Many of you are already aware that… Continue Reading

What Might Have Been

In the spring of my senior year of high school, when I was a nice, boring, clueless 17-year-old, with good grades but a little vague in terms of focus on the future, my mother stunned me by informing me that,… Continue Reading

New Issue of Sniffapalooza Magazine is up!

It’s time for another issue of Sniffapalooza Magazine, and this one includes a review I wrote of the Ellie Parfum.  There are several other great reviews in there, including one written by Victoria of Victoria’s Own on Anne Pliska — and she… Continue Reading

The Slick and the Damned Real

  Perfume Pr0n for a Friday!!!  Just two shelves of my collection. Here’s two more.  I actually filled them in more after I took the pictures… and there are many, many more shelves and drawers that are fuller.  Obscene and excessive, no?  I… Continue Reading

Hubris

Today on the blog we´re offering a selection of earworms – “Don´t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult, or if you prefer something a little less refined, “Smoke on the Water” by Foghat. Do you have one of those… Continue Reading

Ménage a Trois: it’s a man’s world.

This time round, we’re trying out our threesome in a butch style, reviewing two iconic men’s scents (P: Is this mantalk for phallic?): Chanel’s à‰goà¯ste and Creed’s Green Irish Tweed, both frequently the subject of discussion over on Basenotes. How… Continue Reading