After reading all your amazing stories here, I’ve reached the realisation that I’m no longer a proper perfume addict. What in some ways might induce melancholia, also brings relief: I no longer worry too much about trying everything, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, godammit, and can count on one hand (I think) the number of new releases I’ve [...]
Some of you may know I’ve been doing rolfing the last few month. We’re getting near the end of the series, which is all the neck, shoulder, back, head work. Every time I go in, I have headaches for the next 3-4 days. This is one of those days. It’s well worth it, but just [...]
Not too long ago, one of our perfumista buddies on here bid on a bottle of something on eBay, only to realize after she won that the price was listed in British pounds rather than dollars. Oops. So she wrote me in a welter, and I promptly reassured her. First off, the price she paid [...]
Creed’s newest release is Acqua Fiorentina. It has notes of plum, roses, carnation, bergamot orange, lemon, cedar, and sandalwood. Prices are $130 for 1 ounce, $230 for 2.5 ounces and $350 for 8.4 ounces. Did Creed’s prices go up? A lot? It opens fairly aquatic with a typical Creed base, but don’t get worried, it [...]
It still hasn´t gotten very hot here (upper 80s) which by DC standards is moderate. In fact I think we´ve broken 90 only four or five days this summer. We´ll see what August brings. So I´ve gotten to try one of those perfumista cult perfumes – Cher´s Uninhibited, thanks to Melissa! I love the bottle, [...]