A Certain Age (Anita)

It´s been a weird year, sparking some odd reflection which landed me in Vintage Village.  I started rolling around in the old Cotys from my mother´s day and in doing so I found some incredible gems.   All the extant-vintage favorites… Continue Reading →

Top 10 Scents of Summer

Yessirree, it’s time for our annual Top 10 Summer Scents!   The weather’s been a little freaky (too hot?  too cold?) for many of us, but that’s not slowing us down any when it comes to this post.  What are we… Continue Reading →

My Kid Could Do That!

Guest Post by Musette Does there come a time in every perfume lover’s life when s/he takes a look/sniff at the vast array of scents out there and thinks, at least for a minute “Heck, I could probably do this… Continue Reading →

Cats and Dogs

Please welcome back our guest poster, Anita/Musette! Chicago.  Perfume.  Howling winds and rain.  Must be a trend… I slithered down Michigan Avenue into a couple of my regular haunts to dry off and see what’s new. Guerlain had me hyperventilating; … Continue Reading →

Storage Issues, by Musette

Please welcome back our special guest poster, Musette! Before I fell in with y´all my perfume life was simple: I had 3 or 4 perfumes, tops (okay, maybe 5) – they sat on a tray in my personal dressing room… Continue Reading →

Guest Post: Synaesthesia

Hey, everyone — please welcome Musette as today’s guest poster, complete with her wacky fonts!  Sorry for the late start, we had the time wrong… * * *   Is 22 Blue? Three is yellow.  Five is a pale pink. … Continue Reading →

Friday Guest Post: Skank!

By Musette Please welcome frequent commenter, motorcycle queen, Chicago Scent-sation goddess and today’s guest blogger — Musette! Jane Russell.  Voluptuous, earthy beauty.  She was never the delicate princess, never the waif, never rescued by the prince.  Jane wasn´t flitting across… Continue Reading →