I Smell Therefore I Am

These are the perfumes I’m thinking of wearing this holiday season. I stay away from anything floral because I think big florals compete w...

Lalique’s newest fragrance, called Amethyst, was created by Nathalie Lorson and launched in Europe in 2007. Amethyst recently arrived in th...

I’m just not a white floral type. I wore Parfums de Nicolaï Number One today. It’s an award winning and beautiful perfume but it just doe...

There are three floral notes that, when done well, make me swoon like crazy – orange blossom, linden and mimosa. I’ve smelled orange blos...

I have many Chanel fragrances--among them, some of the Exclusifs--and even make enthusiastic excpetions for the ones generally considered su...

I feel daft. I just don’t understand what the name Citizen Queen is all about. Was there a Shakespearian heroine or a historical figure t...

1. I hardly ever purchase perfume at the store. And, if I do, I shop alone. I’m a lone ranger when it comes to my olfactory-obsession and...

Has anyone received the Jo Malone Holiday 2008 catalog? For some time I’ve been thinking that Jo Malone’s consumer demographic must be uppe...

1. I walk into a store with a clear plan, spend an hour longer than I told myself I would, and leave with three things I don't really ...

Unless I’m wearing an oriental or a chypre I feel as if I’m not wearing “real perfume.” I heard on NPR that the supposed fatigue caused by t...