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 [...]
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 [...]
Well, I decided to start a little forum where people can sell full/partial bottles of things and for decanters to post links, etc. I always swore I wouldn’t have one of these, but… and it’s green! I can’t figure out how to make it another color. Wait, now it’s blue. I think I like the green [...]
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 [...]
In the continuing series through the virtual perfume patch of the new Tom Ford Private Blends, we go meandering over to see… Black Violet — Notes of citrus, pulpy fruit accord, black violet, woody notes, oakmoss. Okay, I’ve been trying to think what this reminds me of, if anything, and I keep thinking it’s like [...]