Summer Rerun: Vetiver Oriental and continuing the giveaway.

I’ve decided to let the Jaipur Homme giveaway run a little longer to give more people a chance to enter. Click here to comment if you want in. In the mean time, I have been wearing a lot of Uncle… Continue Reading

Serge Lutens Veilleur de Nuit

Serge Lutens Veilleur de Nuit

Serge Lutens Veilleur de Nuit is the newest in the very upper end priced Section d’Or collection.  Notes include cacao, vetiver, civet, tuberose, dark chocolate, castoreum and musk.  You know, I sometimes can ignore these things or at least not care… Continue Reading

Semi-Summer Rerun: Serge Lutens Rahat Loukoum

Some of you know that my birthday was last month. I turned (and I am indeed admitting this in print) 55 years old. Which is odd because I am more likely 15 inside. My party wasn’t until last week, since… Continue Reading

Scents That Are Emotional Armor, Or Emotional Swords

Well, it’s been a pretty crazy few weeks here in Lake Woebegon, as you all know. Faceplant on Santa Monica that made for a bloody nose. A trip to “Urgent Care” where I was told that yes, I did have… Continue Reading

Serge Lutens Vetiver Oriental

First of all, forgive me for not writing about something new. About a week and a half ago I took an ungraceful tumble on the sidewalk outside of out local grocery store. Nothing broken (didn’t even get a cut) but… Continue Reading

Old Friends: Serge Lutens Mandarine Mandarin (and others)

One of the houses that I feel most closely reflect the inner me is Serge Lutens. There are several of them that I love and are wonderful when the whether is cooler: Muscs Kublai Khan is maybe number one in… Continue Reading

Old Favorites

Well, the temps have temporarily dropped here in the lovely Hills of Beverly (as much as they ever do- there’s a warning that it could freeze in Hesperia, but we are more warned that we will need to put the… Continue Reading