There’s a song in my head as I start this post: “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…” which should’ve called for… Read more “Lord of the Perfumes: The Five Tauers”
Sample Summer: Sneak-Peak
Hot off the postal truck, all the way from Canberra, Australia, here’s a sneak-peak into upcoming Sample Summer sniffies: Frangipani Soap! Chanel Cuir de Russie EDT (I’m… Read more “Sample Summer: Sneak-Peak”
Raiders of the Lost Stash: Opium Fleur de Shanghai
I’m an Opium girl from way back; the Yves Saint Laurent pillar was also my first (devastating) experience with reformulation, and since that offensive bottle of Eau… Read more “Raiders of the Lost Stash: Opium Fleur de Shanghai”
Sample Summer
While it isn’t even close to summer for many of you, in Central Texas, where the other day it hit 85F, it’s pretty much on. Oregon summers… Read more “Sample Summer”
Cuir Ottoman and a Tongue-twister
Never say never to leather1. If you’d asked me a month ago, I would’ve said that leather was a no-go note for me. Chanel No. 19 got… Read more “Cuir Ottoman and a Tongue-twister”
beauty on the outside 