What’s it like to be a perfume blogger? Sometimes it’s like this. Van Cleef & Arpels Cologne Noire. I wonder sometimes whether a house, having released a line with two or three outstanding scents (Gardenia Petale, Bois d’Iris, and Muguet… Continue Reading
I’ve been tardy with smelling new, and not so new ‘fumes, having stuck to the tried and tested path of the smells I love. However, I’ve recently got hold of a batch of samples. Here’s my quick take on them… Continue Reading
You’re all going to kill me. For two reasons. 1. I snapped up a 1/4 ounce SIP bottle of Dimanche from Strange Invisible Perfumes. Notes of orange, Iris, rose, honey, amber & cocoa. Limited to like 20 bottles, I’m sure… Continue Reading
So. Having spent the last week+ killing everyone around me with Serge, and longing for the snow to melt, I rooted around on my shelves for things I’ve bought (and neglected) in the spring-is-just-around-the-corner category — subcategory: berries as in… Continue Reading
As much as you all think we enable you, you have to know that you guys are seriously denting my budget with the things you tell me about in comments. So it’s a mutually budget-busting relationship we have going on.… Continue Reading
It’s Sunday night and I got nuthin’. I’m not even going to lie. I’ve spent the past week enveloped in some long-outstanding tax stuff requiring insanely tedious amounts of detailed preparation and copying and trips to the post office. I’ve… Continue Reading
The past couple of weeks have been an all-out stressfest for many of us; even though I no longer live in the DC area, I feel for everyone dealing with the aftermath of “snowpocalypse” and all the resulting annoyances that… Continue Reading