Now for something completely different. MUA used to do a Top 25 scents list every year, and one hasn’t been done in over a year, and it doesn’t look ike anyone is going to do one…. so! Let’s do it!  Pick your top 25 Women’s and/or Men’s Scents (We’ll have them separate, but there will [...]

Summer’s here, my friends, and as much as I love the beach and cut-off shorts and flip-flops and fun in the sun, there’s a whole heap that I ain’t so crazy about. Humidity. Here in North Carolina, it’s thick and it’s bad and it’s no friend to me and my scents. Chances are, in addition [...]

By Nava If there was ever any doubt as to whether the behemoth cosmetics and fragrance companies are paying attention to what´s going on in the world of niche fragrances, Estée Lauder´s latest offering, Sensuous, is absolute proof. They have succeeded in bringing a woody feminine scent to the department store masses. Off the top [...]

Registration Information for the Chicocoascentsation event on Saturday 9/13/08 can be found by clicking on this line! Nose — only marginally better, but thanks for all the well wishes.  I’m still insane with trying to catch up, and I always feel terrible when I don’t have time to respond to comments, but I know you [...]

  Today´s theme is: What I Was Not Expecting. Some of you must be familiar with the St. John clothing line, of the expensive knit suits and other pricey wear. The Big Cheese´s mother liked St. John, and I wound up with a couple of lovely things. For years the line was modeled in ads [...]