You’d think I’d know how to handle this by now – I’ve lived in the Midwest for the bulk of my life and we have these absurd blizzard-to-tropics events every Winter. Two weeks ago it was Apocalypse, 4 feet of… Continue Reading
Maison Francis Kurkdjian Pour Le Soir was a lovely revelation – warm, cuddly, easy to wear. So when MFK released Absolue Pour Le Soir, my first thought was – More yummy!!!! Sweet Cuminy Moses! This is a sweaty body-fest that… Continue Reading
For the life of me, I can’t remember if I visited the niche perfumery Memo on my Paris trip last spring. I meant to; it was on Grain de Musc’s left-bank list. I was definitely in the area. Maybe I… Continue Reading
Hope you all had a fabulous Valentine’s Day. Mine was, well, surprising. The best kind. First the winners of the Xerjoff, using a random number generator The winner of the big discovery set – Madea. Winner of the sample set… Continue Reading
A warm welcome back! to our Guest Poster, Ann! Thank you, Mrs. K. I guess you did me a favor all those years ago. As odd as it might sound, I can give partial thanks (or blame) to a school-bus… Continue Reading
Don’t worry; this isn’t going to be a lecture about how you should love your neighbours, be kind to animals, or stuff like that. This is actually a pretty inspiring story, and it involves perfume. What’s better than that? Wednesday… Continue Reading
The second big problem with writing a perfume review is that you grab something you haven’t worn in a while, put it on, fall back in love with it, sit down to write about it while obsessively sniffing at your… Continue Reading