Year: 2006

Hanae Mori Magical Moon. I had the old Hanae Mori years ago, thought I liked it, never wore it, it gave me a headache. March thought Magical Moon was pretty good, so I was willing to give it a go… Continue Reading →

So I headed to Neiman-Marcus this weekend to pick up a bottle of perfume (what else? it is always either that or picking up some more Cle de Peau, which I’m addicted to these days), and I asked the SA… Continue Reading →

Well, I have my sample of this overpriced elixir in my hands for about a week, and I’ve been spritzing it off and on since thent, trying to figure it out. Am I more enlightened about what it is now?… Continue Reading →

I’m foregoing trashy Friday because the gossip is just not that good or interesting these days.  Instead I’ll review L’Artisan Dzongkha, which is good and interesting. Up for Monday is the new Narcisse from L’Artisan.  Preview on that — I’m smitten.… Continue Reading →

I´ve been conducting an experiment wherein I wear one – and only one – fragrance for an entire day, to see 1) if I notice anything new in the drydown and 2) what it´s like for the other 99% of… Continue Reading →

I’ve got three more Profumum samples to go, so I’ll finish them up today.  I was reluctant to do that since I was floating in a Iris Silver Mist cloud all day, and it kinda ruined my ISM buzz.  ISM… Continue Reading →

Describing a particular scent is hard. Trying to conjure up an idea of how something smells invites all sorts of comparisons. Thus it is that immortelle, the fragrance note from the Helichrysum, or everlasting, flower is oft-described as smelling of… Continue Reading →