Promise Her Anything: Lanvin Arpège

Okay, I admit that my experience with Arpège is nil. I don’t remember it being one of my mother’s favorites (she either went ultra-femme with Joy or butch with Bandit) and by the time I was a teen it was… Continue Reading →

And The Heat Goes On..

Coming hot on the heels of Musette’s post from yesterday (hot on the heels, get it? He’s here all week folks, tip your waiter!) I will write that it has also been hot in LA. This year we seem to… Continue Reading →

Do You Tabu, Two?

First of all I want to thank all of you that left faceplace messages for my annual 39th birthday. It was greatly appreciated. I actually ended up doing practically nothing over the weekend: there was the return of the annual… Continue Reading →

No Post This Week

Sorry- I have a cold. Luckily just a cold- despite having friends all around suddenly test positive for Covid I am still negative. But my nose isn’t nosing as it usually does, so, later, gators. I will tell you that… Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →