News – Thieves Kidnap Truck Driver And Son, Steal Perfume Cargo

Where were all of you when this happened?!!!?? Officials are searching for three individuals who allegedly stole a truck loaded with 20-thousand dollars in perfume samples yesterday and kidnapped the truck driver and his 11-year-old son. Todd Brunson says he… Continue Reading

From Russia with Love

Today´s post is a joint review of sample scents from the line Novaya Zarya, of Moscow, which Marina of Perfume-Smellin´ Things sent us. The only one I´d smelled before is Russian Forest, which is a wonderful woody-balsamy fragrance. Check out… Continue Reading

Montale Jasmin Full

Marlen at PerfumeCritic just did a review of Montale Jasmin Full earlier this month, but in the comments to one of March’s posts recently, two people chimed in about it being an awesome jasmine. So I –had- to get it. You… Continue Reading

Guilty Pleasures

I have my guilty pleasures, fragrance-wise. I own and wear some things I probably shouldn´t admit to publicly. Things like Coty Sand & Sable, yours for only $3.99 on the drugstore desperation display rack before the holidays (and locked behind… Continue Reading

Perfumes of the Night

The absolutely wonderful, efficient and amazing Vijay at Suravi Online included lots of great samples in my last order of Montale, and two of them were Dia and Gold from Amouage. This is a line I had heard about for a long… Continue Reading

Top 12 Best Perfumes to Take to Mars

Awhile ago, Luca Turin did this great post on which 10 fragrances he´d grab to take with him on the rescue spaceship (or whatever) right before the Earth was destroyed by a giant meteor. Maybe there´ll be a swap program… Continue Reading

On the Road again

Lord, it’s rainy in Houston.  Whenever I travel, there is the inevitable process of picking out what fragrances to take with me.  Ever since an unfortunate baggage handling incident on a trip to Sanibel with an almost full bottle of Eau… Continue Reading