March’s Hot Takes on More Samples

Hello everyone – today I’m back with three more scents pulled from the Credo Beauty sample bag a friend gave me a few weeks ago, selected at random for perusal. I found a couple I really liked last time; what… Continue Reading

Hey there, Sugar!

Hi everyone – I’m heading to Maine on Wednesday for a week with the kids, which is exciting. In the meantime I got a fig perfume in the mail that is … not very interesting, so let’s talk about another… Continue Reading

A Greenhouse Scent

Hello, everyone! It’s December, apparently – lots of snow here. Today’s post is about a little fragrance adventure I’ve been on. I’m pretty sure I mentioned recently that I love the smell of greenhouses; they’re especially appealing in winter (I… Continue Reading

Hot Takes: Henry Rose and Sana Jardin

Hey, everyone! Here are a few thoughts on a couple of fragrances I tried recently – figured I’d keep it brief(ish) since I know those of us in the US are heading into the holiday weekend. You may already be… Continue Reading

Byredo Animalique and Black Saffron

Hang on to your hats, there’s an actual niche perfume review today! I stopped by Cos Bar downtown with a friend to browse the makeup – I’ve gotten back into it a bit, which will probably wind up as a… Continue Reading

Run Away!

Like others on here, especially Tom, I like to explore the “cheap stuff” occasionally for fun scents and hidden gems. I found myself wandering our newish Five Below store in town, which is sort of like a dollar store only… Continue Reading

Smells like Autumn

Hi, folks – this was an entirely different post about a perfume moment which was supposed to be light-hearted and funny but wasn’t coming together that way, so here we are. Shorter days mean seasonal anxiety has been rearing its… Continue Reading