Cheap and Cheerful: Tabu by Dana
I’m sure I’m not the only one who falls for this bit of marketing: I will scour a website trying to find something that I may not even want and certainly do not need simply to get to the holy… Continue Reading
Author: Tom
Devil’s Juice: Thierry Mugler Angel
Several of my friends outside of the perfume world know that I write about scent. What they think about this I do not know. Sometimes in conversation I can hear them tilting their heads quizzically, as if I had told… Continue Reading
Is Potato: Frites by Idaho (With Thanks to Musette)
A few weeks ago our own Musette, having scored a bottle of this, reviewed. She also wrote to me to let me know that she was sending a “squidge” for me to try. I was shocked to receive a spray… Continue Reading
A Surge of Serge: Serge Lutens Tarab, L’Incendiaire et Bourreau des Fleurs
As long-time readers (both of you) know, I was, and am, a long time Uncle Serge Fanboy. I have and love several of the house’s scents and a few of them I hope never to be without. Back in the… Continue Reading
Orange You Glad? Serge Lutens Mandarine Mandarin, Demeter Sweet Orange, and Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Sweet Basil Mandarine
First, some news: smell bent, the fun, cheeky company specializing in fun, cheeky, and inexpensive scents is shuttering it’s store after 12 years. I believe that nose and proprietor Brent Leonesio is moving on career-wise to a different direction and… Continue Reading
Guerlain Again: Héritage , Spiriteuse Double Vanille and Musc Outreblanc
Having covered a few new to me/old Guerlains last time, I thought I would make it easy/ be lazy and talk about some that I already have. Vetiver I have written about more than once and it is still somewhat… Continue Reading
Heavy Hitters: Guerlain Jicky, Mitsouko, and Shalimar
Well, there was a some talk recently about Shalimar and I had to admit that I’d never tried it. Which for someone who is supposedly a frag hound I suppose a sin that would cause a reader to wish me… Continue Reading