By Mark Buxton
I was really excited to hear Mark Buxton – he of the numerous Comme des Garcons scents and the magical woody-incense — was doing his own line of fragrances. Here´s a link to his website which you need a way… Continue Reading
Year: 2008
Caldey Island Lavender
I’m not the most settled of sleepers, so lavender is amongst many of my friends in trying to find a better shut-eye rhythm at night. Hops, valerian – you’ve had your turn too. So that, along with the five star… Continue Reading
Byredo Pulp
I decided today (Sunday) was close enough to December to haul my Christmas decorations out and get my holiday mojo working. We went to church first for some prayers and a dose of Christmas carols, then ransacked the attic for… Continue Reading
Random Friday: Random
The Big Cheese is stuck in Yangon, Burma (unless he’s still in Mandalay) because all the flights home involve – whoops! – Bangkok, and it doesn´t look like that´s resolving itself immediately. There´s a lot of political posturing going on… Continue Reading
More Manly Scents
Happy almost-Thanksgiving, everyone! Safe travels if you´re heading off somewhere. We´re going to leave this post up through the weekend. Continuing our efforts to overcome the massive estrogenic overload on the blog due to my recent lipstick/nail polish posts, I´ve… Continue Reading
Beauty and the Beast
Today we have two perfumes that couldn’t be more different. Let’s start with Beauty – Parfums de Rosine’s newsest release, Rose Praline. Notes of cardamom, bergamot, rose essences, Geranium, Rosen, grated chocolat, Lapsang Suchang Tea, Ambra, sandalwood, musk, cocoa make… Continue Reading
KenzoAmour Le Parfum
As regular readers know, I am an unaplogetic fan of the original KenzoAmour. I think you either like it or you find it completely boring. As Robin (a fellow fan) notes in her thoughtful review on Now Smell This:… Continue Reading