Going Forward

By March We had a thread on here once about the stages of perfume addiction.  I think I was stuck in the pedal-to-the-floor phase for a looooong time.  I had to smell everything – just as soon as I read… Continue Reading →

Simply Beautiful

Musette.  So you know it’s gonna be strange.   Back when I lived in civili uh, Chicago I would walk the 3 blocks to the Francisco Ave Stop on the Brown Line.  In the winter, that walk – just 3… Continue Reading →

The skinny on solid perfume

By Ann When e-mailing recently with several perfume pals about a scent in solid perfume form, it got me thinking a bit more about it. Yes, those little pots, compacts, etc., are just so darned cute, and it’s wonderfully portable,… Continue Reading →

Hopping Into the Way-Back Machine: Annick Goutal Musc Nomade

I know, I know. We’re supposed to be writing about new stuff. Well, It’s been kind of a busy week here in the hills of Beverly compounded by the return of my minor back problems.  The last time I had… Continue Reading →

So.. what’s up with that new website thing, Patty? Surrender to Chance – Deconstructed

Hey, I’ll ask it so you polite friends don’t have to. Of course there is a story, there always is, but the story belongs to the three people who, until recently, comprised TPC, and it’s far more boring than some… Continue Reading →

The Box of Possibilities

by March I have a box from a perfumista friend sitting on my desk.  I just checked the label; it’s been there for two months, unopened.  Why?  Because I like the idea of the possibilities that box contains.  It thrills… Continue Reading →

Tales from the Crypt

Musette After those really freakish warm days we are back in Spring weather – Spring in the Midwest often carries with it this crackly-skritchy feeling, like you can’t be sure if you should go out without gloves and a hot… Continue Reading →