Gardenia Perfume – Strange Invisible Perfumes Lady Day

My obsession with Strange Invisible Perfumes continues. I swear, I will one day move past it, but I’m having too great of a time exploring them to stop yet, so indulge me for a while longer. After March and Elle kept… Continue Reading

Best Gardenia Perfume – review of gardenia perfumes, are they the best?

Best Gardenia Perfumes – what is a good gardenia perfume? Saturday morning was the best kind of morning – rainy.  The general routine is, the twins wake me up, I stagger downstairs and pour them two bowls of cereal, let… Continue Reading

Best Perfumes for Romance… to Kill Romance

It’s Valentine’s Day. You’re not alone. Somehow, despite the chocolates, the roses and the apparently witty endearments, it ain’t working, and you don’t want to know what are the Best Perfumes for Romance  because you want to drive a stake in… Continue Reading

Gardenia Perfume – What Makes the best Gardenia Perfume?

Gardenia Perfume, noobody´s gotten the smell of gardenia quite right when they put it in a perfume, in my opinion. Sniffing gardenia yesterday on the bushes in the National Gallery of Art rotunda, I had a chance to ponder what… Continue Reading

Le Labo Vanille 44

The newest in a line of city exclusives is Le Labo Vanille 44, created by perfumer Alberto Morillas,  has taken up residence at Colette in Paris.  My very favorite of the city exclusives up to this point, Aldehyde 44, is at… Continue Reading

Diva Rocks The Red Dress

(I’ve had this in my drafts for awhile as a writing exercise, I’m sticking it up. It’s not about perfume… back to perfume on Monday, I promise.) It´s official: I´m going to hell. I bought Diva her first skank dress… Continue Reading

Niche Perfume & Classic Fragrance for Intermediates – Perfume Education 201

Perfume Education 101

Welcome to Niche Perfume and Classic Fragrance for Intermediates – Perfume Education 201 – the intermediate/advanced list of suggestions for fragrances to smell, with input from our panel of experts (aka our blog commenters). You can tackle the fragrances on this… Continue Reading