March Goes Sleuthing

March Goes Sleuthing

Awhile back someone emailed us here at the blog looking for a fragrance. This happens at various times in various ways (sometimes they´re looking for a particularly shaped bottle, or they have a few memories or visual cues.) Invariably the result is pretty much the same: I have no clue. I poke around online and [...]

Breaking News

I’m deferring my regular Monday in light of the important information contained in the two posts Patty put up this weekend, both of which relate to eBay (aka The Whorehouse) and one of which deals specifically with fraud. And nope — I’m not talking about the decanters. They’re the ones who’ve been booted for, you [...]

PSA on Ebay Vintage perfume seller

PSA on Ebay Vintage perfume seller

This is an Ebay Public Service Announcement. (image courtesy of Fragrant Funster)   Example 1 This bottle was bought empty on eBay on 4/7/07.  This bottle is being sold full currently on eBay.  Very rare bottle, very hard to come by, very tough to find full of parfum, almost topped off, and, surprisingly, unsealed. Example 2! Let’s [...]