I’m sorry to tell you, I’m sick. A sinus infection that had me drive three hours home today in a state of semi-delirium/dubnium/Deuteronomy. You see my problem? So, to save my throbbing grey matter, I’m going to list ten things I love the smell of – or that I’m longing to smell soon – when [...]
Oud, Rich Oud
Sorry this is late today, I forgot to set it to Publish! I had planned on talking about DKNY Men today, but, bleah. Typical men’s cologne, and I don’t really have anything bad to say about it, but I don’t have anything good either. It just smells like everything else. Is anyone else a Geek [...]
Kenzo Eau de Fleur(s)
You know what we need? We need a break from March´s ponderous explorations of 80s big-hair scents and her other navel-gazing posts, complete with lint. Well, thanks to a mercy box from someone (not naming any names) March can pull her head out of her Poison and report on the first hopeful signs of spring. [...]
Evody Parfums
One of my favorite new websites, This is Why You’re Fat. Ponder the Turbaconucken, which is chicken inside a duck inside a turkey, covered in bacon. Seems maringally more healthy than the deep fried s’more on a stick. Evody Parfums is a perfume shop in Paris near the Odeon Metro stop. They sell niche [...]
Yes, No, Maybe So
One of the hallmarks of a fragrance obsessive is to obsess, right? Which I´ve been doing, weaving several threads together in my mind. Nancy generously gave me a bottle of the original Estee Lauder Azuree, and I was thrilled. (Aldehydes, bergamot, gardenia, jasmine, cyclamen, ylang, orris, patchouli, oakmoss, amber, leather, musk.) She laughed and pointed [...]
