I Smell Therefore I Am

When I first smelled Loretta, a little less than a year ago now, I wasn't prepared for it. Andy Tauer and I had been discussing Miria...

For the next 25 days, Dark Passage, a limited edition fragrance by Andy Tauer made exclusively for the Woman's Picture series, will be...

Even among the fragrances I love, there are those I put on once in a while and like a little less than I usually do, but Byredo M/Mink ne...

You can tell Mark and Simon Constantine, the father and son perfumers behind the Lush fragrances and their offshoots, first B Never Too B...

This is my first winter in the southeast and goodness gracious it’s a mild one.  Not a flake of snow, hardly any rain, and most days ar...

I’ve noticed recently that several of my all-time favorite perfumes fall into a similar category as Parfums Divine L’Inspiratrice.  This cat...

  I’ve been wearing Lalique Le Parfum occasionally for several years.   It’s interesting the way I’m noticing different facets of famili...

About four years ago, Brian sent me a decant of Kenzo Jungle L’Elephant with the idea that I’d fall head over heels in love.   I tried i...

If you’ve read here before you probably know that I’m not a lover of gourmand fragrances.  I have two major issues with gourmands; 1. T...

It's been a strange, eventful year.  I haven't always had time to write.  I haven't usually, I should say.  And in many ways ...