Comptoir Sud Pacifique Ouds

Years ago, when I was a fragrance neophyte, I only wanted to smell like vanilla. That was during the early 90s before the proliferation of food-as-fragrance, and sadly, before I was able to appreciate a scent as groundbreaking as Cher´s… Continue Reading →

By Kilian Pure Oud – Perfume Review

Let’s don’t mince any words – By Kilian Pure Oud, I love you.  I adore it, need it, must have it.  Yes, yes, this is what oud perfumes should be, so everyone else that isn’t By Kilian Pure Oud should pay… Continue Reading →

Something Different Today

Over the past many years, we’ve all shared a lot of things on this blog – cooking, reading, hobbies.  I will get to a perfume review today, but first I wanted to talk about my new favorite toy,

Leaving a Perfume Trail

Nothing, but nothing is catching my eye enough to write anything more than a sentence or two about it, so it’s time for just a general march of the perfumes: Profumum Neroli — This is a pretty great Neroli perfume. … Continue Reading →

New Perfume Samples – Montale and Ineke

  Okay, fresh pile of perfume samples today to plow through, so let’s get started. Ineke Evening Edged in Gold – The latest perfume from Ineke, it features notes of gold osmanthus, plum, Angel’s trumpet, saffron, cinnamon bark, midnight candy, leather,… Continue Reading →