Musc Tonkin by Parfum d’Empire GIVEAWAY WINNER

Hiya All, Portia from AustralianPerfumeJunkies back to give you the winner of our competition. THANK YOU to everyone who entered because it was really fun for me to read your hopes and dreams for fragrance and the advertising surrounding it.… Continue Reading

Loving Leather – and Giving It Away – NEWSFLASH!!!

NEWSFLASH:  The folks at MiN New York have lost their minds!!!!  They have rescinded the 10ml vial.   Instead………they are offering a 100ml FULL BOTTLE!  (tester, so you probably won’t get the little red corset.  And who cares!)   everyone… Continue Reading

Hot!Hot!Hot!

          Feelin’ HOT!HOT!HOT!   So.   Did you just get back from Pluto?  If not, you know most of the US is in a massive heat wave.  Nature seems determined to fry us into Bac-O’s, then blow… Continue Reading

The Box of Possibilities

by March I have a box from a perfumista friend sitting on my desk.  I just checked the label; it’s been there for two months, unopened.  Why?  Because I like the idea of the possibilities that box contains.  It thrills… Continue Reading

Top 10 Best Perfumes of Summer

Summer. Summersummersummer. You know what’s weird about summer?  It’s a horse of a totally different color, depending upon where you are and who you are (or used to be).  I spent the last 50o years of my life in an Urban… Continue Reading

Who I Am Apparently Not

I hurt my finger and it’s hard to type (isn’t that pathetic?) so I’m going to just do this and not endlessly redraft obsess over typos.   Mea culpa.  Today is part perfume review and part nattering, please join in.… Continue Reading

A disappointment, a delight, a rediscovery

I really like Parfums d’Empire. Cuir Ottoman was lovely, Fougere Bengale interesting, and Ambre Russe the largest amber I know (and unwearable for me, but ymmv). I haven’t sniffed Yuzu Fou, their other latest release, but I’ve now tried Aziyade.… Continue Reading