Where have you been all my life? This was what Danielle asked herself on first spritzing Rochas Femme. She sent me a generous sample, and I had… Read more “‘Where have you been all my life?’: Rochas Femme”
Tag: Ambergris
Parfum d’Empire, Equistrius
“Go Straight to Full Bottle, Do Not Buy Decant, Do Not Save $200.” Dionne made me laugh with that quip, but who’s laughing now? I can barely contain… Read more “Parfum d’Empire, Equistrius”
‘Quick, said the bird,’ thoughts on Tauer’s Rêverie au Jardin
Andy Tauer’s Rêverie au Jardin gets very mixed reviews. Some people love it. Some get an unpleasant synthetic note from it. Others find it hard to identify… Read more “‘Quick, said the bird,’ thoughts on Tauer’s Rêverie au Jardin”
Smells Scary
Last weekend Mr. Howe and I had a horror-movie marathon, filled with zombies (the French kind, and also the Nazi variety), psycho-killers, and aliens. Then, early this… Read more “Smells Scary”
Have we met? Frapin 1697
When I “met” Dior’s Mitzah for the first time, I thought to myself, “Oh, I know all about you,” and quickly dismissed it as redundant. It smelled… Read more “Have we met? Frapin 1697”
beauty on the outside 