I’m having a little trouble just focusing on one perfume to talk about these days – or any – after the halcyon days of last fall when practially everything that got popped under my nose was interesting or beautiful or… Continue Reading
Having blogged on a difficult, fancypants niche scent on Monday, I thought I’d blog on the opposite end of the spectrum today – AbdesSalaam Attar Mecca Balsam from the Scents of the Soul series. As many of you know, I… Continue Reading
Keep this vintage body running is expensive – it is a needy, cranky model that sputters, chokes and whines without the proper fuel and cleaning. After that deluge of shopping indiscretions that came out last week, it gave me pause… Continue Reading
When I went to Sniffa in October, I went a day early so I could go to CB I Hate Perfume in Brooklyn. I met a couple gals there, and we sniffed all sorts of fun things. But it was… Continue Reading
Of all the perfume accords, in all the world, musk perfume was the one, in general terms, I couldn’t warm to. Ironically, considering how fleshy and real musks often are. Though I don’t exactly wear scents that are diaphanous little… Continue Reading
When I was in Paris, I fell in love with the paintings of James Ensor. I don’t like this style of painting at all, the technique doesn’t speak to me, but as I was walking through the exhibit, thinking, um,… Continue Reading
How Snowmageddon has anything to do with Chanel Bois des Iles. First off, my apologies to those I offended Monday with my remarks about idiots shoveling their cars out. I was attempting to be flip and funny and, as sometimes… Continue Reading