It is good from time to time to take stock of perfumes that I have trashed with glee in the past that I now love or at least like a lot — excellent tonic for humility, that. Chief among them this month is Annick Goutal Eau du Fier, with notes of bitter orange, osmanthus, salt flower, clove, [...]

I had my eyes dilated today and I can´t see anything. Let´s test my touch typing skills! In keeping with my semi-blindness, here are blurry impressions of some of the fragrances I have sniffed recently, most of which did not leave me breathless. The new Fendi Palazzo – the bottle is absolutely gorgeous, the best [...]

Before I get onto today’s topic, please tell me why I am so suddenly craving a sniff of the new Parfum d’Empire scents? – especially the horsey one and the Bengal Fougere… Oh yeah, baby! They’re not out yet (September sometime I think), yet I GODDAM NEED ‘EM TO BE, ALRIGHT? Look at those bottles, [...]

Chanel recently released an updated version of Chanel No. 5 — Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere.  Wow, who thought they’d do that?  Some classics should not be messed with, so I approached this one with much skepticism.  So let’s compare and see how they did. Chanel No. 5 has notes of aldehydes, Grasse jasmine, rose, [...]

Today I was all set to do a biased, judgmental screed on Elternhaus’ InsertAllReligionsHere (MoslBuddJewChristetc.), having prayed to all the appropriate deities that I would hate it. Because if I loved it, I’d have to throw myself in front of a bus. That’s how I feel about their blather. Instead, the combination of two different [...]