My friends! I am so excited! This weekend is the Chi-Cocoa Scentsation!!! Yay!!!! Patty and I arrive on Friday (along with 85,000+ other people — I hear this is a big convention weekend in Chi-town!) and we do the big… Continue Reading
Lancome Magnifique has notes of saffron essence, cumin, Bulgarian rose, Mai de Grasse rose, jasmine, sandalwood, nagarmota and vetiver. Hey, this could work. Eh, maybe… not. Fruity’ish on the open, it does improve quite a bit in the first 15… Continue Reading
In spite of thinking several of the Bond No. 9 scents are nicely done, I´ve never felt moved to buy one. My favorite is Chinatown, but I finally gave my decant away because it just doesn´t wear right on me… Continue Reading
The Party in Manhattan? No, this will not be an account, Woody Allen style, of confused and neurotic love bumblings in the Big Apple. Nor will it be a warts and all exposé of sexual shenanigans in your favourite… Continue Reading
As I’m wrapping up my summer boredom with perfume, I’m walking that little line between needing to still wear lighter summer perfumes and pulling out what I think of as my “serious” perfumes, which makes me think about th upcoming fall/winter… Continue Reading
UPDATE — this is weird, but apparently some people can’t see anything on this page? It’s blank. That is kind of funny, I guess the joke is I had no thoughts. Anyway, I am re-posting this. I´m having kind of… Continue Reading
Created by Lyn Harris exclusively for London stores (Harrod, Liberty, at least, not sure which others), Le Petit Grain is based on different parts of the orange blossom tree – oils of peels, fruits, flowers and leaves. Other notes are angelica root, eau… Continue Reading