Once at Patty’s Perfume Posse

(Sung to the tune of ‘Once in Royal David’s City’) Once at Patty’s Perfume Posse arrived a silly chap named Lee, where two women, wise and gifted wrote on perfume, all for free: Patty was the first of these, March… Continue Reading

Decisions, decisions

First off, I forgot to tell you who the Menardo winner was from two weeks back. It was you, Joan. Expect an email asking for your address sometime soon. I’ll also throw a sample of Jubilation XXV in there too.… Continue Reading

Holiday Scent Club: Winter Delice and Theorema

She watched the snow fall, large gobbets of flakes clinging together in clumps, settling on the window ledge, only inches from her face. Her sighing breath formed a neat round oh on the glass, slowly shrunk and disappeared, only to… Continue Reading

I *heart* Menardo

My title says it all, and it’s no secret cos I mentioned it a month ago. But I have love affairs with many perfumers, and most don’t last four weeks, or sustain that love over more than two perfumes. As… Continue Reading

Patience

… is the name of the new fragrance by little known Portuguese house Para errar e humano, and I was lucky enough to score a sample by first pimping my body to the highest bidder, then abseiling from the Houses… Continue Reading

November mists

It seems to me that when it’s truly hot, summer is best defined by visuals that are almost abstract. When it swelters, cars can lift off the ground, people’s heads separate from their bodies, their shoulders widening, then wobbling, before… Continue Reading

New sniffs on the block

Initially, all I had up here was the following:Hey, thanks for checking in. You’ve probably noticed there’s not much here right now. That’s because I’ll be typing this whilst most of you are still asleep in bed. Please check back… Continue Reading