It happens to all of us sometime. We smell a fragrance we’ve been eagerly awaiting and then we’re bummed because it was nowhere near what we were expecting after reading the description, the notes, the hype, etc. So we walk… Continue Reading
After reading Patty and Musette going bonkers a while back about Amouage Interlude Woman, I hastened to get my mitts on a sample. Orange blossom? Grapefruit? Coffee? Benzoin? Ooh, ooh, yes, please — count me in! The moment the vial… Continue Reading
Sorry, folks, that I don’t have more for you, but I’ve developed one of those annoying late summer colds where you don’t feel out-and-out awful, but just generally yucky, and of course, the old schnoz is off-kilter. So I wasn’t… Continue Reading
Throughout my career in the newspaper business I was involved in some aspect of fashion and style coverage, and in the last 10 years dealt quite a bit with beauty products and fragrance. Our style editor and our fashion writer… Continue Reading
Back in the ’80s, in my college days, when I was really starting to fall down the perfume rabbit hole, I ran across this fragrance, Folies Bergere, and fell in love. Loved the fan-shaped stopper and the bottle’s rounded rectangle,… Continue Reading
(Author’s note: This post ran last year around this time, and this year is even crazier: middle school starting today for us, big birthday weekend, etc., and I’m swamped, so hope you guys don’t mind a little Posse rerun. Thanks!)… Continue Reading
In honor of the Olympics, now in their second week, and as I’m on a floral bender of late, I thought it might be fun to take a collective look at several London-centric scents that are summer perfect. Royal Apothic… Continue Reading