Diva Rocks The Red Dress

(I’ve had this in my drafts for awhile as a writing exercise, I’m sticking it up. It’s not about perfume… back to perfume on Monday, I promise.) It´s official: I´m going to hell. I bought Diva her first skank dress… Continue Reading

Niche Perfume & Classic Fragrance for Intermediates – Perfume Education 201

Perfume Education 101

Welcome to Niche Perfume and Classic Fragrance for Intermediates – Perfume Education 201 – the intermediate/advanced list of suggestions for fragrances to smell, with input from our panel of experts (aka our blog commenters). You can tackle the fragrances on this… Continue Reading

Top 12 Best Perfumes to Take to Mars

Awhile ago, Luca Turin did this great post on which 10 fragrances he´d grab to take with him on the rescue spaceship (or whatever) right before the Earth was destroyed by a giant meteor. Maybe there´ll be a swap program… Continue Reading

Best Perfume for Summer

Best Perfumes for Summer? Sure, we have a few.   Best Perfume for Summer –  floral March picks Guerlain Meteorites. We both agree on Annick Goutal Petite Cherie, L’artisan Tilleuls au Vent (room spray, who knew, it rocks) and Ormonde Jayne Sampaquita.  Patty… Continue Reading

Niche Perfume and Classic Fragrance for Beginners – Perfume Education 101

Perfume Education 101

(Revised 2020) Once upon a time Patty and March were perfume virgins. We just didn’t know how to do it. Where to start, you know? The ladies tried to fix us up with mainstream perfumes like Lancome, and they tried… Continue Reading

The Sillage of Life

I met the Big Cheese right out of college, shortly after my mother had died. I was definitely not In The Mood for Love but he wooed me and all these years later we are still together, and parents of… Continue Reading

March’s Top 10 Spring Perfumes

Spring´s bustin´ out all over, and here are March´s Top 10 Spring Perfumes (yeah, okay, I cheated a little and slipped a few more in there). These are things I´m loving now that I won´t necessarily be wearing in a couple… Continue Reading