Francis Kurkdjian APOM Femme and Homme and two more!

We come to the last four of the Francis Kurkdjian scents today.  I’ve very much enjoyed discovering them.  I like some better than others, but it s a good mix of complicated and uncomplicated, differing price points and approaches.  And… Continue Reading

Sniffapalooza – Saturday Report

As expected, Sniffapalooza in New York was a blast, even though the weather was craptastic (cold, blowy, rainy and inside-out-umbrella-ish) and I am still getting over a cold and sound all raspy.  Here’s a report of my personal highlights and… Continue Reading

Francis Kurkdjian Lumiere Noire Femme and Homme

So.  Ever have those moments in your life where you look up, shake your head a couple of times and realize that you are living the life of your dreams, even though it doesn’t look exactly like what you thought… Continue Reading

Smells Good

I am throwing this post into our blog before I go to Sniffa.  If all went well, I arrived home on Sunday night and will be around here eventually today to read this. So, I found this NZZ Folio post… Continue Reading

Memoire Liquide – More Buried Treasure

The purpose of this essay is twofold; first, I want to relive a bit of Sniffapalooza glory since the festivities are this weekend in New York (and I do miss New York, damn it!). Second, I still have not gotten… Continue Reading

Francis Kurkdjian perfumes

This is  PSA – never use Vonage – Vonage sucks.  Somehow they sneaked in, and I may have just missed it, a two-year agreement for their service, which they charge a $49.99 early cancellation fee for. That’s not even the… Continue Reading

La Prairie Life Threads

Unfinished business — I’ll be at Sniffa on Saturday, if you’re going to be there please come up and say hi! We’re wearing name tags, I am pretty sure.  I have zero face-recognition skills, I can barely identify my own… Continue Reading