How I Met Your Uncle Karl

Funny how things come about on this blog.  Today we’re going to discuss Your Uncle Karl – and how I met him.  This is happening because of the Comfort Zone posts of the past few days, at least tangentially.  Also… Continue Reading

Mainstream Monday: Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black

I’m quite late to the party on this, but stumbled across Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black in Sephora the other day. I’m a bit too old to appreciate its creators, Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, or their series “Full House,” but… Continue Reading

Mad for minis

I’m fairly certain that most perfumistas have the “collecting” gene. One look into our cabinets, closets, dressers, etc., would confirm that pretty easily, I think. And I’m guessing that some of us have collections of other things as well. For… Continue Reading

Ghost of Chloé

I’ve gotten several packages over the last week or two.   Some of them … honestly, you people.  Some of them put me to shame.   I’ll mention in particular the two Patricia de Nicolai decants from Anonymous, who has never looked… Continue Reading

Mainlining

Let’s cruise some of the mainstream releases that I just haven’t gotten around to, since it seems like I’ve done mostly the niche releases recently. Yves Saint Laurent Elle has notes of cedar, litchi, peony, rose, freesia, vetiver, patchouli and pepper.  I… Continue Reading