For your nose only: A whisper of scent

As perfumistas, we wear scent for ourselves, but also for other people: our significant others, family members, even friends (I have one pal who always asks me to wear Coromandel in the fall/winter when we get together). But sometimes I… Continue Reading

Oscar de la Renta Essential Luxuries and a giveaway

Doesn’t it aggravate you to hear about a fragrance or collection and not have any way to sample it, save for buying an entire bottle unsniffed? And I just can’t do that, although I know some of you have braved… Continue Reading

Jean DesPrez Bal a Versailles – Perfume Review

I want my daughters to have a sense of history, so I took them to see Marie Antoinette, because what could be more historic than watching Kirsten Dunst and her posse of giddy courtesans try on satin mules while Bow… Continue Reading