Falling for Fall (cribbing from Musette)

Reading Musette’s post from yesterday brought it home that Fall is really here. As a matter of fact we are well on the way to winter. So I thought “Tom, you haven’t bored readers rigid with your stories in, like,… Continue Reading

ELdO Like This by Tilda Swinton

Patty reviewed this one back in the day and had perhaps the best opening line in the history of blogging: “Tilda Swinton and the people who brought you sperm perfume – together at long last.” I actually went to the… Continue Reading

Taming the Beast: Etat Libre d’Orange The Ghost in the Shell, You or Someone Like You, and Secretions Magnifiques

We recently had a discussion about Etat Libre d’Orange here and that sent me to Surrender to Chance to get a few samples. Etat Libre popped up around 2006 if I remember correctly and back in the day Patty sent… Continue Reading

Hermès Twilly and an experiment

Well since both Portia and Cinnamon recently wrote about this who am I to break a pattern? Especially since I had some Nordy points and Nordstrom helpfully sells the small bottle. I’ve been hankering for it for a while and… Continue Reading

Off Topic: A Wedding Story

Since Portia shared her and Jin’s  wedding photos and story I thought I would (maybe rehash?) write about the wedding that I helped make a cake for. This was probably about 20 years ago when my dear (and now sadly… Continue Reading

Labor Day Vacay-: Vuitton On the Beach, Margiela Beach Walk, CB I Hate Perfume At the Beach 1966 & Zoologist Squid

While I do write somewhat in advance (and got these samples from StC even more in advance), this will publish the day after the Labor Day weekend here in the USA, which marks the “official” end of summer. So what… Continue Reading

Cheap & Cheerful: Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion

Sometimes I am influenced by outside forces, but I am almost always influenced. I had not smelled or ever really thought of this perfume, the first in her line, since it debuted back in 1987 (when I was 2.) I… Continue Reading