Hello darlings!  You’re stuck with ol’ Musette again, as Mistress March wings her way to GayP.  I promise she’ll be back soon.  I promise. Spring, where is thy sting?  I was going to complain about still  being caught in winter, then I realized this IS Spring.  Last week it was  cold, then rainy and warm, [...]

We’re late this morning! The blog was down last night, and I had to go to bed, so I’m typing away furiously this morning, but will give you a teaser below on what I’m going to very quickly talk about.  Pardon typos, I’ve got one pass through to proof this before I have to be [...]

I’m off to Paris on Tuesday, but I wanted to do one more post before I left, on and cologne-ish scents. Several separate ideas came together and prompted this.  First off, there was Mr. Lutens’ declaration that he hates cologne, coupled with the release of his new Eau (which I still haven’t tried.)   Second is [...]

(Okay, peeps — for the next couple of weeks we may be messing with the usual posting order.   Today is Musette.) I got a visit from the Life Police a little while ago.  They gave me a ticket!!! and told me to shut down my Pity Party, it was going on too long, it [...]

There are many moments in a Perfumista’s life that are fraught with peril.  I had three of them in one day.  A couple of glasses of champagne are helping now. The vintage Mitsouko parfum arrived, and it was perfect and pristine, and I sniffed the stopper, and I smelled  – nothing.  OHNOES!  Factice?  Gently clip [...]