Perfume Sample Winners & Los Angeles Scentsation Update

We have some perfume sample winners from earlier posts, which I’ll get to in a second.  Today was going to be Lily of the Valley, but I didn’t get all the samples I needed so hopefully I’ll get it next… Continue Reading

Huitieme Art Poudre de Riz and more

My first thought was to do an Aquatic-Themed, post-Sandy post..then I realized that there is not one thing amusing, droll, twee….nunathat…about a bazillion gallons of sea and river water coursing into people’s lives.  I am just so grateful that all… Continue Reading

New York, The Clairmonde Perfume Project – and a Draw from MiN (and the Posse)

   SO Much Stuff To Talk About, I’m Going to Number Them All, Okay?  That way nobody misses anything (or if they do It’s NOT MY FAULT!) 1. Before I Reminisce,  Here’s a Fabulous Opportunity for those in (or coming… Continue Reading

What’s Going On

This is going to be a rambler because I’m feeling kinda rambly these days.   Not a whole lotta lotta going on these past few weeks – I am blessed to be living in a somewhat Uninteresting Time and am delighting… Continue Reading

L de Lolita Lempicka and a musing

by Hester   I knew L de Lolita Lempicka (not the Fleur de Corail version, the original) to contain vanilla and, vaguely, immortelle. After struggling mightily with my new mini’s stopper, I discovered to my delight a more wearable, cuddlier… Continue Reading

Your First Time – First Perfume Awakening

Your first time – What did that look like? What did that feel like? The first perfume you smelled that gave you that “ohmy” moment? My aunt let me do my internship with her at the end of college –… Continue Reading

Stages of a Perfume Blogger (A Cautionary Tale)

  First quickly – Vero Profumo’s new Mito, coming in September.  Green, floral, Sous le Vent turns hippie, completely with flowers in hair, weird – you’ll love it!! Notes citrus, magnoli, jasmine, galbanum, hyacinth, cypress and moss. Rehashing last week’s… Continue Reading