Time got away from me

Oops. It’s easy to lose track of days when I’m traveling, and somehow I’ve blown my normal Europe habits of getting my clock on their local time quickly, and I’m on some other time that involves lots of sleeping. I’m… Continue Reading

Oddball Vanillas

One of you mentioned on here not too long ago that somebody – Nigella Lawson? – dabbed vanilla extract behind her ears.  So I tried it; why not?  Yes, I wore vanilla extract behind my ears and on my wrists… Continue Reading

1/11/11??!?!?! (Patty freaking out)

I’m trying to remember why I planned to get on a plane for Paris on 1/11/11.  I’m not normally superstitious, but traveling on a day that is the same number seems, well, not smart? The good news is I’ll be… Continue Reading

Little Shop of

by Musette They are the stuff of legend.  That freaky little shop in San Francisco where the guy won’t even open the door, let alone sell you the sausage perfume.  The wacky ‘ fell off the back of the truck’… Continue Reading

Ineke Field Notes from Paris

By Tom I am always wowed by the generosity of the people I meet in this perfume world.  Not only have I made what I feel are true and lasting friendships, but there are people who, at the drop of… Continue Reading

Meditation Perfume

Meditation Perfume – Otherwise known as what I like to smell when I’m trying to shut my mind off for ten minutes. With the new year, I decided to do the 30-day meditation challenge. It’s pretty simple, you just take… Continue Reading

Death by Cherry

By March My kid was getting his usual buzz cut at the barbershop down the street – barber pole out front, dog-eared man-magazines, the whole nine yards, run by a chain-smoking Greek guy named Greg who had recently returned from… Continue Reading