Comptoir Sud Pacifique Ouds

Years ago, when I was a fragrance neophyte, I only wanted to smell like vanilla. That was during the early 90s before the proliferation of food-as-fragrance, and sadly, before I was able to appreciate a scent as groundbreaking as Cher´s… Continue Reading

By Kilian Pure Oud – Perfume Review

Let’s don’t mince any words – By Kilian Pure Oud, I love you.  I adore it, need it, must have it.  Yes, yes, this is what oud perfumes should be, so everyone else that isn’t By Kilian Pure Oud should pay… Continue Reading

Something Different Today

Over the past many years, we’ve all shared a lot of things on this blog – cooking, reading, hobbies.  I will get to a perfume review today, but first I wanted to talk about my new favorite toy,

Leaving a Perfume Trail

Nothing, but nothing is catching my eye enough to write anything more than a sentence or two about it, so it’s time for just a general march of the perfumes: Profumum Neroli — This is a pretty great Neroli perfume. … Continue Reading

New Perfume Samples – Montale and Ineke

  Okay, fresh pile of perfume samples today to plow through, so let’s get started. Ineke Evening Edged in Gold – The latest perfume from Ineke, it features notes of gold osmanthus, plum, Angel’s trumpet, saffron, cinnamon bark, midnight candy, leather,… Continue Reading