A Very WARM Welcome to our GuestPoster, Marla In our old life in the Old Country, my family used to travel a lot, by plane and train. Schlepping bags and babies around Europe can be…stressful (is there a single diaper-changing station on this train??!) and airplanes had just banned all liquids. Gack. As a [...]
Indie perfumers smell bent has introduced a new series of six scents they call “vocabulary” which are designed to be worn alone or in layers: Floral certainly isn’t going to be accused of false advertising. I smell (I think) a touch of muguet, a hint of jasmine and a little heliotrope. I’m glad they didn’t [...]
I love several scents from the (I think) rather under-appreciated Parfumerie Generale. Indochine promises to rocket to the top of the list. Which is strange, since reading the description of “spicy, powdery woods” I would normally think either snooze or scrub. It opens with a perfect balance of pepper and sweetness and I swear Mace [...]
First off, I can’t believe that it was the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 this week. I would love to visit the memorial at Ground Zero in New York; the pictures I saw of it were wonderful. It looks like a powerful reminder of the lives that were lost that day ten years ago. I’m afraid [...]
Sorry, guys and gals, I had a longer post planned for today, but one crisis, and then another (cracked oil pan in my car), prompted a slight change of plan. So in the interest of brevity, here’s a fun fantasy post for Wednesday. If you had to limit yourself to only one perfume house and [...]