Hi everyone, I had a different post to go up today but it’s not ready. Instead let’s talk about what’s getting us through these difficult times. I don’t know about you, but I am feeling anxious and depressed. I’ve read… Continue Reading
Months ago, before the pandemic, I was wandering around our flagship Anthropologie sans mask, looking at cosmetics and smelling fragrances indiscriminately… sigh. Remember those days? Seems like a dream. The building used to be a Barnes & Noble and is… Continue Reading
My next post covers a whole line and goes on approximately forevvveeerrrr so here’s some amuse-bouche, inspired by the “five things” lists on the internet, and also rearranging my fragrance wardrobe for the change to cooler weather. As one does. … Continue Reading
On top of all the usual, our office in downtown Washington, DC is moving (planned pre-COVID, then delayed, now inevitable, unfortunately.) LOL I just deleted the rest of this paragraph because nobody needs to read my tale of woe. I’m… Continue Reading
This is going to be a bit of a meander. Lots of memories, and also some perfume. I read recently in the New York Times that (like so many other businesses) Brooks Brothers has filed for bankruptcy. They’ve been around… Continue Reading
Happy August, folks. Let’s try something new. Today please welcome our guest poster, Carolyn! Carolyn comments on the Posse, and we got to “know” each other over a long-distance swap (Worth Courtesan for local gourmet chocolate, we both came out… Continue Reading
This was going to be a post on more fragrances by Frank Voelkl, who did the Olfactory tea scent I reviewed recently (as well as the wildly successful Glossier You.) The fragrance post is still being worked on, so today… Continue Reading