Yes, it’s allergy season and things aren’t smelling right enough for me to give a decent review this week. On PST I asked what everyone is looking forward to for the summer: food, scent, whatever. I mentioned that I’ve joined a group that’s going to create a community vegetable garden in a corner of a [...]
Caught unprepared
I’m sorry, I sort of sloughed off a review this week what with various issues. Okay, question: how many of you are Mac people? I am, and part of this week was preparing for the imminent demise of dotmac and the forced migration to iCloud. I’ve been putting it off for a while since, well, [...]
Hermès Voyage
Okay, I was in Sephora in the Beverly Center. For some reason it was hitting the 80′s in LA this week and I was needing heavy AC and an Ice-Blended the size of a Buick. I decided to peruse the Mens aisle. I revisited one of my all-time favorites, Eau Sauvage. I think it’s been [...]
Etat Libre d’Orage Bijou Romantique
Etat Libre is a house that has grown on me over the years. They started out with ones that I liked but never quite fell for, like Rien, They added ones that I really, really liked, such as Like This. They always come about thisclose to getting me but somehow I just never quite go [...]
Vero Profumo Kiki Eau de Parfum Perfume Review
by Tom Let me get this out of the way: Vero Kern is a genius. I don’t toss that word around a lot, but here it’s deserved. Her original trio of extraits, Kiki, Rubj and the (IMHO) irreplaceable Onda are truly things of beauty. A few years ago she came up with the [...]





