ELdO Like This by Tilda Swinton

Patty reviewed this one back in the day and had perhaps the best opening line in the history of blogging: “Tilda Swinton and the people who brought you sperm perfume – together at long last.” I actually went to the… Continue Reading

Labor Day Vacay-: Vuitton On the Beach, Margiela Beach Walk, CB I Hate Perfume At the Beach 1966 & Zoologist Squid

While I do write somewhat in advance (and got these samples from StC even more in advance), this will publish the day after the Labor Day weekend here in the USA, which marks the “official” end of summer. So what… Continue Reading

Cheap & Cheerful: Elizabeth Taylor’s Passion

Sometimes I am influenced by outside forces, but I am almost always influenced. I had not smelled or ever really thought of this perfume, the first in her line, since it debuted back in 1987 (when I was 2.) I… Continue Reading

Stink, Stank, Stunk: Scatamalis by Jeffrey Dame

And in the second part of the “Blame (or thank) VerbenaLuvvr” one of the extras that Mr. Jeffrey Dame sent along with my order of Juste Filthy was the cream base of Scatamalis. This is the six base notes of… Continue Reading

What Possessed me? Dossier Aquatic Coconut

I blame Musette. And March. And maybe the moon. After all this talk about Hawaiian Tropic and coconut and coconut scents I went cruising the interwebs looking for.. something. A little coconut balm for the soul that wouldn’t involve calories,… Continue Reading

Sometimes we forget.. 3 by Parfums de Nicolai

I am sometimes forgetful. I apparently ordered and received these samples from Surrender to Chance back in March, probably since I had just then reviewed a couple three of others from Parfums de Nicolai. And then promptly forgot about them… Continue Reading

Five Jasmines

Well we did Gardenia, so this time I decided to cover another favorite (and other verrrry butch note): jasmine. Jasmine is, to me, as emblematic of Southern California as say, lilac or lily of the valley are of New England.… Continue Reading