What to Wear… when you can wear anything

Posse, my darlings!  Time flies!   This Halloween, it’ll be 4 years since I got bounced from my horrible situation with El O.  FOUR YEARS!  And while there are a few things I miss (all related to business and/or handyman stuff… Continue Reading

What’s in a Name?

Okay – first off, thank you all for your well-wishes.  Really, very much appreciated.  Now that all is over but the shouting (and even that is over) TG and I are settling down and looking forward to a peaceful time… Continue Reading

Mainstream surprise part 2: Gucci Bloom

Ah, Gucci. I’ve had a love/lukewarm thing going on with their scents for some time. Love, love, loved their big green with an attitude: Gucci Envy. And the warm, woodsy-ish scent from a few years back, the one that came… Continue Reading

Surprise tuberose: Armani Prive Vert Malachite

Passing by the Armani counter at Neiman Marcus on a recent visit, I spied two colorful bottles spotlighted front and center at the Armani Prive counter: Vert Malachite and Rouge Malachite. A spray or two later on tester cards and… Continue Reading

A tuberose treat: Hiram Green Moon Bloom

Before we get too far into the fall, let’s look at a branch of the tuberose family tree that I’ve been ruminating over for a while. So here goes: If Fracas and Carnal Flower had a love child, with Tubereuse… Continue Reading

Cheap thrills Monday: Madonna Truth or Dare body lotion

I don’t know how the weather is right now where you are, but here in the moderately deep South, we have had a few springlike days in a row, which is a very good sign. But as you folks in… Continue Reading

Second chances: Perfume love when you least expect it

I’ve been down the perfume rabbithole for quite a few years now, and I’m still learning to “never say never.” For it often seems that as soon as I do, I get blindsided by the very thing I mentally wrote… Continue Reading