Screaming into the Void – by Nava
I had every intention of getting out there this week to do a sniff…but by the time I thought I had time to do it, it’s now. And I got nothin’. I was even right across the street from Holt… Continue Reading
Dumbasses
Perfume Sample Swap – Perfumista Etiquette
March the Maleficent decrees… Today let’s talk about perfumista etiquette. By this, I do not mean “perfume etiquette” – e.g., whether it’s polite to offgas Dior Poison at the opera, although frankly I find people slowly unwrapping cough drops and hard… Continue Reading
As Faithful as I’ll Ever be? (Patty)
I took one perfume with me on my trip. It’s one I’ve been yapping about off and on for months, and that I keep putting on. Most of you can probably guess it, but I’ll give the person who guesses… Continue Reading
Signature Scent Challenge Results!
Hey, everyone, welcome to the Results of the Signature Scent Challenge – your chance to report on how wearing the same scent for a week worked out for you, or just to laugh and mock the rest of us. Let’s… Continue Reading
Frederic Malle Red box thingie (Patty)
Also known as the not-used-often-enough “Let Patty buy it so you don’t have to” post. When we were at Barney’s in New York, sticking our noses deep in the Malle candles — Wait, can I just say that as much… Continue Reading
The Reformulation
By March It must be tedious to read a perfume review that winds up saying, well, of course, if you want the good stuff you need to have smelled it back in The Day. You know — back before they… Continue Reading
Perfume Holiday!
Happy Labor Day Weekend, for those of you who, uh, partake. No, I don’t actually know why it’s a holiday today, which amuses me because I feel that’s so typically American of me. But I’m enjoying it in the customary… Continue Reading