Winner Alert: Cuir Fetich sample winner is……..Mrs Honey!!! drop a line at ‘contact us’ with your deets (and please remind us what you won). thanks! Unless you live on Jupiter and only get intermittent internet signal, you know… Continue Reading
Lately, it’s all I can do to keep my laptop from melting, between the heat and the constant use, but the one thing I have on ice right now are those Humiecki and Graef samples I’ve been meaning to review.… Continue Reading
This was, I think, my fifth trip to Paris. I was in eighth grade the first time I went, one of the many kids from our middle school’s French and Spanish classes (I was taking Spanish) slogging through those two… Continue Reading
Prada Infusion d’Iris was an interesting fragrance turnaround for me. I spent weeks (months?) after it was released grumbling that I couldn’t smell it. It was a faint, tepid thing that barely qualified as fragrance. Every now and again, however,… Continue Reading
This is my last area of major lovage this week. Considering the huge price hike in perfumes in the last two years, the Prada exclusive parfums start to look almost reasonable at under 200 U.S. for 30 mls of parfum.… Continue Reading
Yes, it´s true – I went into the woods for more than a week, beyond the reach of cell phone or computer, and yet … I took along three perfumes. What else would one expect? They were simple and unobtrusive… Continue Reading
Over the past six months or so, I´ve been completely enthralled with watching cooking shows, particularly those on the Food Network. Some of my favorites include those starring Giada DeLaurentiis, Paula Deen and the Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten. I particularly… Continue Reading