Winners of Last Week’s Guerlain Desert Sampler Drawing

Last week we did a drawing for three winners of a set of those new Guerlain Desert Orient thingies.   Winners are:  Nita, Brooke, and Eva S.   Yeah!!!!  Click up there on the Contact Us tab, send me an… Continue Reading

Mission: Small Business Grant and some Housekeeping

CAT Planning

  Just a warning, in case things don’t go entirely smoothly, we are moving hosting companies in the next few days.  You shouldn’t even notice since i won’t switch the name servers until all looks perfect on the new host,… Continue Reading

Stages of a Perfume Blogger (A Cautionary Tale)

  First quickly – Vero Profumo’s new Mito, coming in September.  Green, floral, Sous le Vent turns hippie, completely with flowers in hair, weird – you’ll love it!! Notes citrus, magnoli, jasmine, galbanum, hyacinth, cypress and moss. Rehashing last week’s… Continue Reading

Is Fragrance Frivolous?

Fragrance seems so frivolous, doesn’t it?  That’s what I used to think when I started burrowing deep into scent, spending money like a drunken sailor on shore leave (no offense to sailors).  But is it that frivolous? Mention you write… Continue Reading

If Only Celebrity Perfumes Weren’t Such Crap – yes, you, Paris Hilton and Rihanna

NSFW WARNING – Rihanna pictures aren’t showing anything, but they could look bad if someone just walked by and glanced at your computer monitor! Over the holiday weekend, I had to work, and I actually read a news article about… Continue Reading

Random Sunday – Dior Grand Bal, All Souls Trilogy, books, scents, Vero Kern’s new scent, Game of Thrones

Ha!  Surprised you!  It’s a holiday weekend, and I sorta punted on my Tuesday post last week, which indebted me to Make.An.Effort on a Sunday.  On a holiday Weekend. Hey!  All six four of your around reading, we’ll cover some… Continue Reading

Sex and Perfume Bottles

Yesterday was one of those days.  Woke at 4 a.m. with horrible pains in the stomach and back.  Huh, what gymnastics did I do in bed to cause this?  Well, none, duh, I was sleeping alone.  Just that 24-36 hour… Continue Reading