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… Continue Reading
By March This post is, eventually, about perfume. Also it’s the usual March meander. Consider yourselves warned. When you’re a kid, whatever your parents do probably seems normal. I was raised in the Lutheran church, mostly because my mother didn’t… Continue Reading
by the Old Bat Musette Most hard-core perfumistas bemoan the addition of flankers, especially when it’s a flanker of a True Classic. I mean, c’mon – how on earth could you do a Mitsouko flanker? What would you call… Continue Reading
By Anita (“Musette”) So….the beauty that is Swapmania, Summer 2011 is Officially Over, though I’m sure there will be emails back and forth for days to come. I swore I wouldn’t get involved in Swapmania this time around… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
by Musette When we were in our 20s (back in the Jefferson administration) my galpals and I fantasized about our married coworkers’ lives -a permanent partner for Chinese food and Friday Movies, sex every night, total validation on Valentine’s… Continue Reading
Quite some time ago, Angie did a wonderful post on Now Smell This on becoming a perfumista – from Stage One (strong interest) to Stage Four – connoisseurship. I think NST’s Robin later added a quasi-joking stage five along the… Continue Reading