Winner – Iris Gris & shameless Posse

It is Hottie Friday, and it’s time to remind everyone that Christian Bale is simply the most gorgeous thing intheworldperiod. And speaking of obsessions, and because I’m always thinking about you guys, and my obsession is your obsession, plus we… Continue Reading

Vanilla Perfume and Smoke

In my fragrance journeys I´ve had a chance to consider and reconsider my relationship with all sorts of individual notes in perfume. My carefully constructed belief system regarding vanilla as a dominant note in vanilla perfume is: no thanks. Vanilla… Continue Reading

Perfume Sample and Perfume Decant Making 101

Perfume sample and perfume decant, other people make them for swapping and travel, and you want to do the same.  Here’s all of the information on how to make a perfume sample and perfume decant, what decant supplies you need… Continue Reading

What Came In The Mail

A couple of weeks ago I picked eight people as part of my weird bottle swap – my eight unloved bottles went to more deserving homes, and those folks were free to send me, well, whatever they wanted to, and… Continue Reading

By Kilian perfume review

$232 for a 50 ml bottle of By Kilian perfume. No, this is not the same perfume snipe hunt that Lee took you on last week. That price is for one bottle of By Kilian perfume.  But!  Once you buy a bottle,… Continue Reading

Thanksgiving

Fall continues to unroll in my neighborhood like an endless, crimson magic carpet. We are fully into our October leaf display — a month late. I can never remember what alchemy of temperature and moisture is supposed to produce the… Continue Reading

Patience

… is the name of the new fragrance by little known Portuguese house Para errar e humano, and I was lucky enough to score a sample by first pimping my body to the highest bidder, then abseiling from the Houses… Continue Reading