Today’s top smells are…

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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… Continue Reading

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,… Continue Reading

Two Perfume Articles

Here are links to two interesting articles in today’s New York Times spring fashion magazine supplement: Message in a Bottle, regarding the iconic Chanel No. 5 flacon; and Chandler Burr’s article on the Reg Vardy Gallery’s recent show, If There… Continue Reading

Essence Narciso Rodriguez

Indulge me in a bit of whining here: I am so tired of mainstream fragrance flankers that I want to take them all and…and…and… Honestly, what could I possibly do with them? Fragrances containing alcohol are highly flammable, so starting… Continue Reading