Well, it’s not quite my birthday (I’m writing this on Wednesday the 18th), that happens the day that this post posts. Yes, at (I believe) 7:50 am PST on June 20th in 1961 I was foisted upon the world. Yes,… Continue Reading
Years ago, I bought on eBay a bunch of teensy little bottles of various Jean Patou scents. In my review at PST I wrote “this chypre apertif opens with a sparkle of citrus and lavender, every bit as crisp and… Continue Reading
Okay, I’ll admit it up front. I kindsa want to hate Tom Ford. I find some of his advertising fairly jejune and some of it borderline offensive yet boring. Of course, then he comes out with the movie “A Single… Continue Reading
Well, I don’t have a post on a specific scent this week. At the behest of my employers I don’t wear scent to the office so I’ve spent the week playing with old favorites after office hours (One time I… Continue Reading
A while ago out of the blue a distributor sent me a package containing samples from various lines, including Mark Buxton, a famous creyaor of perfume for others who decided to create his own eponymous line. Black Angel was the… Continue Reading
My recent whinge about it being hot and wanting light scents reminded me of how much I loved Miller Harris, and especially their Fleurs de Sel. I don’t know what the story was on Miller Harris. They were in Saks… Continue Reading
Well, I finally got around to try this one. Musette said it was finally a Byredo that she could really love. My scent twin was less than thrilled with it, writing it was cloying on her. Seven Veils is of course… Continue Reading