Garden Smells (Patty)

Is it just me, or does it seem like we aren’t getting a lot of exciting new releases right now?  So I’m looking at a couple of flankers, thinking about reviewing them and just sighing out of boredom. It’s much… Continue Reading

May Candy

By March I rooted around in the collection of vials and decants sitting near my computer, I haven’t done a random candy samples review in forever! Also:  I’m thinking we should do another Swapmania, in June, maybe?  I promise not… Continue Reading

Carthusia Gelsomini di Capri

by the gorgeous, tanned, toned TOM!   I am very happy with the area in which I live.  We have great weather without (mostly) histrionic highs or lows.  The lowest lows I’ve had here brought flurries to Bel-Air which were… Continue Reading

Winning (Musette)

  Have y’all ever sat down to write something relatively simple, only to find yourself flailing around, with thoughts of lilacs (blooming!  Finally!) , sinus infections (OW!) and Very Fat Cardinals swirling around in your addled mind?  No?  Me neither… Continue Reading

Oh, to Smell Like a Duchess (by Nava)

OK, admit it: you got up at some ungodly hour last Friday morning to watch the royal wedding. I did, and I was glad. I watched Lady Diana Spencer marry Prince Charles 30 years ago, broken wrist and all (I’d… Continue Reading

Perfume Things that Puzzle Patty

These are just a couple of things that have been on my mind for years that I ponder over and over, but have never really quite wrapped my head around an explanation.  I’m hoping you  can help me or just… Continue Reading

Perfume Sample Swap – Perfumista Etiquette

March the Maleficent decrees… Today let’s talk about perfumista etiquette.  By this, I do not mean “perfume etiquette” – e.g., whether it’s polite to offgas Dior Poison at the opera, although frankly I find people slowly unwrapping cough drops and hard… Continue Reading