Perfumed Life
Heya Posse! Today is my birthday, yep, September 25! Exactly nine months after Xmas Day. I’m away in India and Nepal with Jin and we are hanging with my last long term partner Varun. So I thought maybe a little… Continue Reading
Perfume Reviews
Perfume Reviews. Want to know what the new Chanel perfume or Tom Ford perfume smells like? Not the advertising copy, but what it really smells like. Is it worth the money? Where do I get a perfume sample of that latest Guerlain perfume release? We’ll tell you everything you need to know and probably more.
Taming the Beast: Etat Libre d’Orange The Ghost in the Shell, You or Someone Like You, and Secretions Magnifiques
We recently had a discussion about Etat Libre d’Orange here and that sent me to Surrender to Chance to get a few samples. Etat Libre popped up around 2006 if I remember correctly and back in the day Patty sent… Continue Reading
allllerrrJEEZ!
Posse! My darlings! ::skritch,skritch:: OMG! It’s the dreaded Harvest! So much corn dust. So MANY bugs! So much CORN DUST! Oh. Did I mention CORN DUST? I cannot smell anything. I cannot taste anything – I don’t think I’ve eaten… Continue Reading
Tauer Perfumes L’Air du Desert Marocain Noir
It’s dark as pea soup as I write. Almost autumn, but in my mind not till Monday evening after sundown. Next door, in my neighbour who lost her husband last autumn’s garden, for two days running I’ve seen big cats… Continue Reading
India and Nepal 2025 (Travel Perfumes)
Heya Crew, Jin and I are off again this week. I’ll be reading all your comments but might take a moment to reply in spotty Indian WiFi. This year Jin wanted to get back to India to see Ghats and… Continue Reading
Hermès Twilly and an experiment
Well since both Portia and Cinnamon recently wrote about this who am I to break a pattern? Especially since I had some Nordy points and Nordstrom helpfully sells the small bottle. I’ve been hankering for it for a while and… Continue Reading
Whoa, horse-y! Pierre Guillaume Arabian Horse
One of the joys of house-sharing with a fellow perfumista is sampling all sorts of fragrances I haven’t tried and didn’t expect to like (which is often why I hadn’t tried it.) This is a quick post about one of… Continue Reading