I Smell Therefore I Am

Yes, I’m alive. I’m peeking out of my hot, steamy corner here in The South because I finally wore something I’ve been looking forward to fo...

Some things are weirdly universal.  For the past week or so, I've been interviewing people, all women, about their memories of the p...

Los Angeles seemed more congested than ever this last time I was there.  Even getting coffee at the local coffee shop felt like being stu...

1. Please, please, please, put more tassels on perfume.  Put all kinds of dangly things - but tassels, if you can swing it.  Nothing fee...

In November, I reviewed Cuir, a fragrance I continue to love but rarely wear.  Cuir was different in many ways than most of what I'd...

Thank goodness Brian has been keeping our readers entertained since I’ve been MIA for quite some time! Does anyone even remember me?! I’v...

Here's another short in the Woman's Picture series, a snapshot companion piece to a longer segment which will come out next Octobe...

This week I received a package of vials from Olfacta including all kinds of essential oils and absolutes.  Most of them I'd never smel...

I keep thinking I must have written about Givenchy's Organza.  It's one of my favorites - even though, until recently, I didn...

So I decorated this bottle for a film we're shooting this week involving the discovery of a long lost fragrance in a vintage clothing st...