Blame Mary

by the chastened Musette   So….well, you know…one of the things I really love about my Beginner’s Mind is that it really isn’t a Beginner’s Mind – I am the Quing of Snap Judgements (or NO Judgement, depending upon whom… Continue Reading

Spraying away the rainy-day blues

By Ann It’s raining cats and dogs here, and although we need it, it makes for cold, dreary afternoons and evenings. So I rambled through my perfume drawers (that sounded kinda funny, didn’t it?) to see what I could find.… Continue Reading

Sombre Negra by Yosh

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of chatting with Yosh Han, the San Francisco-based perfumer.  She was at ScentBar debuting the first scent in her new “M” line, Sombre Negra. I’m a big fan of her other fragrances, so… Continue Reading

Something Really Special ( Patty )

Not aliens!!!  I laid down early last night, thinking I’d just rest my eyes or nap for a second.  7 a.m. this morning I woke up thinking, after some panicky dreams where I hadn’t written my blog post occurred,  curaaaap… Continue Reading

Patty and the Aliens – she’s back!

 Forget this post!  Patty’s BAAACK! and she’s got a great story to tell!  Well, the Mothership must’ve come down last night and grabbed Our Queen!  Took her back to Planet Doblis for the weekend.  So I’m jumping on here to… Continue Reading

Swapmania Redux

By March Was Swapmania a big perfumed bottle of fun, or what? Having so many swappers put their email address/contact info at the end of their swap lists worked well, in my opinion.  Interested parties simply contacted them directly to… Continue Reading

Tops of Winter 2012

Before we begin:  HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!!   May it be a fragrant,floral,foody,flirty,FUN day for everyone!!                             I, Musette the Ingrate, was going to start this post with my regular diatribe against Winter, then I realized  it would be churlish and possibly irritate… Continue Reading