Sweet surroundings: From home scent to skin and back again

We see it happen fairly often in the fragrance world – a perfume that sells well gets made into body products, and sometimes home scent products: candles, room sprays, or incense papers (Maison Francis Kurkdjian — love these!). Dior makes… Continue Reading

Memory lane Monday: Poison (love it or hate it)

Christian Dior Poison. It was 1985 and I was fascinated by that gorgeous green box and the lovely crystalline stopper adorning that curvy, tempting aubergine bottle. Oh, that bottle! I.Wanted.That. Wanted it in the small spray, in the miniature parfum,… Continue Reading

Eau Noire by Francis Kurkdjian for DIOR 2004

Hello To The POSSE! Portia here from AustralianPerfumeJunkies and doing a Wednesday shift because the incredible Musette has a special treat in store for you on Friday, dying to but can’t tell you what it is because it’s a DON’T… Continue Reading

Goodbye to my Perfume Connection

Perfume Pose logo

For about a decade there has been in Australia a perfume chain known as Perfume Connection, consisting of mall outlets in major cities, and a website. Today the Perfume Connection shop in my city closed its doors. When it began,… Continue Reading

Curated

This is a post within a post so hang in there, okay?  It’s going to look a bit like Shameless Self-Promotion but actually it’s not – not really.  It’s more about ‘edutainment’.  Awhile back Patty and I were discussing how… Continue Reading

Simply Beautiful

Musette.  So you know it’s gonna be strange.   Back when I lived in civili uh, Chicago I would walk the 3 blocks to the Francisco Ave Stop on the Brown Line.  In the winter, that walk – just 3… Continue Reading

Briefly: Dior La Collection Couturier Vetiver

Well, I ran across a decant of this and was happy to see it.  I didn’t know why I hadn’t written about it. Then I tried it.  I love vetiver.  This is vetiver.  Why don’t I love it?  It’s a… Continue Reading