Louise came shopping with us Tuesday — and can I just say how much levity she injected into the new-fall-dress-for-my-12-year-old expedition?  It wasn’t quite the job from hell that it was for the more curvaceous Diva, who at 14 now looks like she’s a high school senior, but still — no stroll in the park.  [...]

This has been a heck of a week – more on that later. First, let’s give away those six Tauer Vetiver Dance samples that Andy sent out.  The winners are: Sylvia DPearson Noyna Pam Gretchen Linda B Just click on Contact Us over on the left and let me know your address, and I’ll send [...]

First off, thanks to everyone who recommended Marc Jacobs’ Daisy as a possible fragrance for my young niece.  I smelled it yesterday and found it entirely (indeed, almost humorously) devoid of sex appeal — if there is an iota of musk in there, I can’t smell it.  And while it is a generic sparkling fruity-floral, [...]

I came home today with a headache, having smelled a gazillion tween-y frags in search of something appropriate for my grade-school-aged niece, at the request of her mother (and my close friend) Kate.   I am telling you, sprinting through a field of land mines would have been less fraught for me.  I want Kate to [...]

The kitty’s attempt to “hide” my Guerlain Femme Fatale Chypre Fatale sample have been thwarted, and I finally found it on the floor hidden behind the leg of the desk.  Notes of White Peach, Rose, Patchouli & Vanilla.  The peach is very pronounced on me, with some really nice underpinnings of patchouli and vanilla. I don’t [...]