Whither the cult fragrances? You know what I´m talking about. No? Let me refresh your memory. Not so long ago – when the Earth´s crust was still cooling and before the fragrance-industrial complex started releasing something like 800 scents a… Continue Reading
One of my aims in life is to keep Patty happy with smell pleasures, and my samples up for review today will be winging their way across the Atlantic as you read this – if I can dare to part… Continue Reading
Readers have the best ideas! Thanks to Anne, who suggested a Monthly Scent Club, we are going to start one, beginning in October. Here’s how we hope to have it work. We will select 3-6 scents the month before and… Continue Reading
Louise and I went sniffing at Nancy’s (and thanks again, Nancy!). It turns out she lives really close to me. Sniffing around a great collection with a couple of perfume pals is pretty much my idea of a perfect afternoon.… Continue Reading
Parfumerie Generale L’Oiseau de Nuit (Night Bird) is one of those irritating little treasures Pierre cooks up in his basement because he’s bored one night or because some overly enriched Eurotrash wants their own perfume, then it either doesn’t release outside… Continue Reading
My post last week on Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere got me meditating on Chanel´s Les Exclusifs, released earlier this year. I need to make a confession, because it´s something I do all the time with fragrances, and it drives… Continue Reading
In the spirit of, uh, obscene goofiness, we’re doing something a little different this week. Today’s featured fragrance is Bella Bellissima’s Perfect Night, which Lee and Louise discovered on their London sniffage. Here’s the blurb on the back of the… Continue Reading