I Smell Therefore I Am

When I called and told you the bottle of Cuir de Russie you sent me was busted up, I was sure you wouldn't respond. I'd felt so out...

So often I read comments from perfume-addicts (I haven’t settled on a term yet ~ perfumistas, perfumeos, perfume-geeks, perfume-nerds, etc) ...

Ever notice that the perfumes you spend the most money on often seem to be the least likely to persist on your skin, while the cheapos might...

From the 1600’s into the 1960s, France was a leading player on the world stage, with colonial possessions extending as far as West Africa an...

My partner-in-crime, Brian, who co-writes I Smell Therefore I Am with me, is the best because he puts up with my incessant emails about per...

Ungaro III and Czech and Speake No. 88 get all the love when it comes to arguably goth rose fragrances, yet Zombi openly references associat...

Balmain Ambre Gris recently launched in March 2008. The nose behind the fragrance is Guillaume Flavigny. The notes are described as: myrrh,...

Yesterday I posted the first in a continuing series surveying arbitrarily selected Basenotes.net reviews of individual fragrances, starting ...

My goodness, how did I miss this Dolce & Gabbana ad of two FBI agents who have come upon a knocked over mannequin? Who did this unspeak...

Cannabis Rose is the latest in a line of fragrances by the Fresh Company, most of which seem to come and go (see Patchouli Pure, Galbanum Pa...