Gardenia Monday: What are your favorites?

Don’t you just love it when you get an unexpected fragrant treat? Looking out the back door of my office the other day, I was thrilled to see that three of the four gardenia bushes at the edge of the… Continue Reading

Jo Malone Rare Teas – New Fragrance Release 2016

Jo Malone Rare Teas is the Jo Malone entry into the mega size bottle -= 175 mls for $340 (memory, but that’s close).  This is a great idea for Jo Malone and a missing hole in their line that has… Continue Reading

Prada Olfactories Nue au Soleil – Wedding Perfume

Prada Olfactories had sorta slipped past me. Colognoisseur did a review on them recently, and then I had to rethink trying them.  So far I’ve tried two, and I’m pretty stuck on Prada Olfactories Nue Au Soleil. It is a… Continue Reading

Art and Olfaction Award 2016 Finalists

This year I’m not ignoring the 2016 Art and Olfaction Award Finalists like I usually do.  Instead I’ve hunted down as many as I can to try and have been impressed with the finalists.  Yes, they are artistic, but they… Continue Reading

Nabucco Parfums

Nabucco Parfums are the unicorns.  I kept hearing about them, eyeing them on First in Fragrance, saw that warning about bottles won’t withstand the flight, etc.  Finally ordered them just to see what is possible in terms of getting them… Continue Reading

Great New Release Winter Perfumes

One of my picks for great new release winter perfumes may have been around a bit, but they are new to me this winter.  Aftelier Vanilla Smoke, AJ Arabia V and Cartier Musc & Oud are my winter picks of… Continue Reading

Le Labo The Noir 29 and Laurier 62

Hey, this week we’ll cover two things – Le Labo The Noir 39 and Le Labo Laurier 62.  Sorry about flaking last week.  I was in Costa Rica, told I’d have internet, but — eek!! — that was not internet. Yeah,… Continue Reading