Serge Lutens El Attarine and Dianne Brill

Lee already did a great review on Serge Lutens El Attarine, but I got some different mojo from it, so I just have to comment on my, um, experience.  Am I the only person getting a healthy dose of MKK… Continue Reading

YMMV

I got two things in the mail recently that made the topic of today’s post glaringly obvious. Not to drag up anything from the past, but one of the interesting pieces of fallout about Perfumes: The Guide was the frequent… Continue Reading

Random Sunday: Brownies and etc.

Down below is Anita/Musette’s Eleventy-Million Brownie recipe (she made a bunch o’ batches with different additives).   She made every single kind, and then set them out on this ginormous platter at the Scentsation afterparty (if you look carefully you… Continue Reading

A disappointment, a delight, a rediscovery

I really like Parfums d’Empire. Cuir Ottoman was lovely, Fougere Bengale interesting, and Ambre Russe the largest amber I know (and unwearable for me, but ymmv). I haven’t sniffed Yuzu Fou, their other latest release, but I’ve now tried Aziyade.… Continue Reading

Guerlain’s Bodice Rippers

Hey, I have three little samples of the new Guerlain Bodice Rippers in my hand, so let’s take a stroll through the smut-section of the perfumarket and see what we have.  Guerlain Femme Erotique Oriental Brulant – notes of Clementine,… Continue Reading

The Posse Storms Chicago

For many of us, Saturday morning’s Chi-Cocoa Scentsation started off with some coffee and a mad dash to the nearest Walgreens for an umbrella, because the rain appeared to be setting up for a constant barrage for most of the… Continue Reading

Chanel in Beige

First, I want to add my thanks to Anita and Shelley for all of their hard work in planning the Chicago event. It was a blast, rain and all, and such a great group of people in all. Truly a… Continue Reading