
by TOM Okay, this is a big rose. A big huge cabbage rose the size of a globe artichoke. One that’s almost blowsy-looking. The kind that smells of spices, the kind that if you have a bouquet of it had better be in a room the size of a [...]

by TOM Okay, this is a big rose. A big huge cabbage rose the size of a globe artichoke. One that’s almost blowsy-looking. The kind that smells of spices, the kind that if you have a bouquet of it had better be in a room the size of a [...]

Sonoma Scent Studio is one of those lines that comes up on my radar – a couple of their scents get mentioned regularly by perfumistas – but, as often happens, I’d never managed to try any. I finally ordered some samples from the SSS website, and (full disclosure) perfumer Laurie Erickson threw in additional samples, [...]