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)

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

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

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 [...]