Dec 072011
 
 Posted by on December 7, 2011 92 Responses »
New Goutal Thingie

First, winners from last week of the Caron L’Accord 119 – mary and cheesegan.  Click on the Contact Us over there on the left, give me your address and remind me what you’ve won, and I’ll get it mailed out to you! The last half of this year has brought on some of the worst [...]

Jun 132011
 
 Posted by on June 13, 2011 14 Responses »
5 Default Colognes for Dad's Day

by Tom Fathers Day is coming on the 19th so I thought I would give a list of 5 scents that I think Dad would like.  I’m not going to be totally niche-y here since A) I don’t know that the average Dad really needs or wants to be smelling of glove leather, Tikka Masala [...]

May 162011
 
 Posted by on May 16, 2011 25 Responses »
Random Sunday Sniffing

by Tom     It rained overnight in LA, but this Sunday was clear, cool and windy.  So I wandered around sniffing things.  These weren’t full-on tests: I didn’t live with them or gave them more than one (moderately) discrete spray or dab so I’m calling these impressions rather than full-on reviews. I started at [...]

Apr 282011
 
 Posted by on April 28, 2011 34 Responses »
Top 10 of Spring 2011

By the Gang I hope it’s Spring wherever you are, my dearests. To the north, there are daffodils struggling in the slushy snow.   Where I am, in the lower GI of Illinois, it’s Spring, alrighty, with temps swinging from 38 to 84 then down to the 50s with tornadoes.  Ah, Spring – the Bipolar [...]

Apr 262011
 
 Posted by on April 26, 2011 61 Responses »
Annick Goutal Duel

By March Over Easter weekend we did that classic mid-Atlantic bump from the rainy mid-50s to the sunny mid-80s in a single day.  I was on the eastern shore of Maryland to stay with the country cousins, during which I ate more food than I have in the last three months – steamed spiced shrimp [...]