Eye Candy
Okay, your assignment for next Monday – hey, why should I do all the work?!?No, seriously, I like to read your responses.So – the assignment, suggested by Maria last week (and with a nod to Now Smell This, who just… Continue Reading
Guerlain
6 Perfumes that Are My Loves
When one sets out to narrow down to six perfumes her favorites, what she should do instead is grab a Xanax, place her head under the pillow, hold it down firmly so nobody hears and scream until the mood passes. But I… Continue Reading
Guerlain Apres L’ondee
Once the temperatures start rising just a little, as I’m rolling through my decanting early in the morning, before my day job starts, there are always a few perfumes in certain seasons that I can’t pass by without spritzing. If… Continue Reading
Scented milestones
In As You Like It (one of my favourites, just for the pure gender play frolics of Rosalind as Ganymede), Jacques famously talks of the seven ages of man, in his standard less-than-chirpy terms, the great big sulky drawers. 400… Continue Reading
Leap Year Candy
Vetiver and I have a difficult relationship. I blame this on a tragic first meeting with Hermessence Vetiver Tonka, one of … how do I put this delicately? One of the most heinous fragrances on the planet. Vetiver Tonka is… Continue Reading
Three for Tuesday
Released by Christian Dior in 1995, and created by Pierre Bourdon, Dolce Vita has notes of rose, magnolia, muguet, apricot, peach, cinnamon, sandalwood, vanilla, and heliotrope. There is something about the interplay of the fruity notes on the open that… Continue Reading
Ode to Mitsouko
The presents are wrapped and under the tree, except for what Santa will bring later tonight. I´ll be spending much of today at church putting the final touches on the decorations for Christmas Eve, then home to bake iced… Continue Reading