I Smell Therefore I Am

Months back, Abigail sent me a sample of Creed's Love in Black. I liked it enough but it failed to capture my attention and imagination...

Along comes a Mitsouko flanker. Initially I was appalled. Then I read some positive early reports and became intrigued. The bottle arriv...

Parfums MDCI (Marchal Design & Créations Indépendantes), is a small French perfumery built on the philosophy that perfumes should be an ...

It really takes some seriously hot weather to snap me into summer scent mode. The past week we’ve had a massive heat wave and I finally suc...

I thought I read that Dominique Ropion created Soir de Lune for Sisley. I was a little surprised, but within 45 seconds I had found it on p...

THE FRAGRANCE FOUNDATION CELEBRATES THE FIFI AWARDS WITH THE FIFI FINALIST FACEBOOK GIFT BAG GIVE-AWAY! WHAT: The Fragrance Foundation wants...

Parfum de Nicolaï Cococabana is the best tropical coconut scent I’ve ever smelled. I am NOT a lover of tropical scents but I love PdN Cococ...

Extravagance d’Amarige, created by Michel Gerard in 1998, bears absolutely zero resemblance to the original Amarige. Extravagance d’Amarige...

Bluegrass was launched by the design house of Elizabeth Arden in 1934. That seems odd to me, I thought it was a 1970’s fragrance. I guess ...

Every once in a while I suddenly stop ignoring a scent I've willfully disregarded for an extended period of time, and give it a smell, a...