A Certain Age (Anita)

It´s been a weird year, sparking some odd reflection which landed me in Vintage Village.  I started rolling around in the old Cotys from my mother´s day and in doing so I found some incredible gems.   All the extant-vintage favorites… Continue Reading

Top 10 Scents of Summer

Yessirree, it’s time for our annual Top 10 Summer Scents!   The weather’s been a little freaky (too hot?  too cold?) for many of us, but that’s not slowing us down any when it comes to this post.  What are we… Continue Reading

My Kid Could Do That!

Guest Post by Musette Does there come a time in every perfume lover’s life when s/he takes a look/sniff at the vast array of scents out there and thinks, at least for a minute “Heck, I could probably do this… Continue Reading

Cats and Dogs

Please welcome back our guest poster, Anita/Musette! Chicago.  Perfume.  Howling winds and rain.  Must be a trend… I slithered down Michigan Avenue into a couple of my regular haunts to dry off and see what’s new. Guerlain had me hyperventilating; … Continue Reading

Storage Issues, by Musette

Please welcome back our special guest poster, Musette! Before I fell in with y´all my perfume life was simple: I had 3 or 4 perfumes, tops (okay, maybe 5) – they sat on a tray in my personal dressing room… Continue Reading

Guest Post: Synaesthesia

Hey, everyone — please welcome Musette as today’s guest poster, complete with her wacky fonts!  Sorry for the late start, we had the time wrong… * * *   Is 22 Blue? Three is yellow.  Five is a pale pink. … Continue Reading

Friday Guest Post: Skank!

By Musette Please welcome frequent commenter, motorcycle queen, Chicago Scent-sation goddess and today’s guest blogger — Musette! Jane Russell.  Voluptuous, earthy beauty.  She was never the delicate princess, never the waif, never rescued by the prince.  Jane wasn´t flitting across… Continue Reading