Perfume Incident 1 – the guy at the Bobbi Brown counter got my Full Nasal Nuzzle, while I moaned a little in ecstasy.  I asked permission to dive in there first. I had to know, what was he wearing?  It was Mugler Alien, for women.  Wow.  It certainly didn´t smell like that on me.  [...]

We’ve done our Best of 2008, but 2008 in perfume was more than just coming up with the best perfumes.  What did we get this year?  Scads of new releases, many of them pretty awful, some of them that were okay, some that were good but overpriced, and a few that were really great.  Considering [...]

The Best of 2008 The first thing that hit us when we went to pull this list together is the monumental number of fragrances released in 2008, many of which we have yet to smell, even though we’re doing our best to keep up.  We’ve revised this list several times and could just as easily [...]

Every December I come up with some malarkey, outwardly expressed or not, about how things are going to be different in the new year.  A friend said something sensible to me recently about our foolish Yankee ways, wherein we transition from a holy (insert holiday here, or not) to this upbeat honey-do list of upgrades [...]

Hey, everyone — have a wonderful holiday, however and wherever you are spending it, and we’ll see you soon! image of snowflakes: classzone.com