I Smell Therefore I Am

Parfums DelRae Debut Having first met Amoureuse, I didn’t think I was a fan of DelRae’s florals. Then I met Debut and realized Amoureuse...

You might think that people comment on my perfume all the time.  Alas, they don't.  It's exceedingly rare that anyone says anythin...

Diorella, Diorama, Diorling, Diorissimo and Miss Dior seem to get the lion's share of appreciation when it comes to older Dior fragran...

In a recent interview with the New York Times, Center of Olfactory Art curator and author Chandler Burr argued for the official re-appraisal...

This is the first time I’m breaking my rule of always spraying from the bottle and wearing a perfume 2-3 days before writing a review. Fu...

I don't know why--because they've largely been disappointing--but every year I look forward to all the various Thierry Mugler ...

I’m a friend of good amber fragrances (“good” is obviously subjective, but I’ll explain more below). I find many amber scents too sweet an...

I admitted recently that I’ve given up trying to like vetiver and leather fragrances (aside from Tom Ford Tuscan Leather and some old classi...

I've been called splenetic before.  I won't lie. I had to look it up, and when I understood what the word meant, I didn't e...

Christy Turlington, saddled with motherhood, daydreams of a night out at Studio 54 For a long time, I regarded Calvin Klein's Etern...