New Year’s Eve: Lipstick for out on the town or snuggled in for the night

So it’s New Year’s Eve, and inquiring minds want to know — what lipstick will you be wearing on this festive occasion? Doesn’t matter if you’re going out or staying in, because who doesn’t want to be gorgeously kissable at… Continue Reading

Luck running my way: Annick Goutal Heure Exquise, and a review of reviews

Annick Goutal Heure Exquise is one of the perfumes that induced complete perfume mania in  me, after years of dabbling. I’d read ecstatic comments about it on various blogs and forums, so I bought samples of both the EDT and EDP,… Continue Reading

Guerlain Shalimar Fourreau du Soir 2011

Hiya Posse, Portia with you again from AustralianPerfumeJunkies and thrilled to be part of your weekly read. Photo Stolen Fragrantica Guerlain Shalimar Fourreau du Soir (Foo-roh dee swahr) or Shalimar Evening Frock is a redressing of the current formulation of Shalimar… Continue Reading

A little London-esque sniffage

In honor of the Olympics, now in their second week, and as I’m on a floral bender of late, I thought it might be fun to take a collective look at several London-centric scents that are summer perfect. Royal Apothic… Continue Reading

French Arabia: Guerlain Les Deserts d’Orient – and a winner!

  Before I get started on this review, let me announce the Interlude Man/Interlude Woman winner:  Brooke!  contact me with your deets at my gmail addy:  evilauntieanita and I will get these out to you!   Okay!  On to Arabia! … Continue Reading

Guerlain Myrrhe et Delires Review

Couple of things. First, we have had a lot of people interested in writing, and that’s so exciting.  We will be having a lot of new faces over the next few weeks.  I’ll be asked everyone that starts writing to… Continue Reading

The Holly and the Ivy

By March This post is, eventually, about perfume.  Also it’s the usual March meander.  Consider yourselves warned. When you’re a kid, whatever your parents do probably seems normal.  I was raised in the Lutheran church, mostly because my mother didn’t… Continue Reading