First time I smelled Sepia, it was just like that – some fecal qualities to it, underlying rot, hay, grass, then layers of dust and time smoothing them all out until I splashed it on and disturbed their peace, and they fanned out, animating time and death.
Since it is spring, I’ve been going on a little hyacinth kick and remembered that I had a little decant of MDCI Un Coeur en Mai that I did enjoy. Well, the small decant had been lost and promptly ordered another decant. I’ve been wearing this on and off for the past week. Un Coeur [...]
by Tom Let me get this out of the way: Vero Kern is a genius. I don’t toss that word around a lot, but here it’s deserved. Her original trio of extraits, Kiki, Rubj and the (IMHO) irreplaceable Onda are truly things of beauty. A few years ago she came up with the [...]
My name is Derek, and like many of you my life is guided by my nose. It started as a child: my mother would allow me to help choose the fabric softener and detergent we purchased. On each trip I would carefully smell each and every bottle. She has told me many times that I [...]
Couple of things. First, we have had a lot of people interested in writing, and that’s so exciting. We will be having a lot of new faces over the next few weeks. I’ll be asked everyone that starts writing to introduce themselves first, tell a little bit about how they got here. By “here,” I [...]