“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”
Tag: Blind-buy
Retrospective: On the road with Carbone de Balmain
As you may remember from my earlier post on Carbone de Balmain, I chose it as my “travel to Texas” scent. We packed all our worldly goods… Read more “Retrospective: On the road with Carbone de Balmain”
Carbone de Balmain
Nathalie Lorson created Carbone de Balmain in 2010, and it got some nice attention for bottle design at the Fifi’s, and some attention for the juice itself… Read more “Carbone de Balmain”
Unsniffed purchses: triumphs and tragedies
Chatting on BOTO the other day, dee and and I were discussing our unsniffed purchases. In a follow up post, dee asked: Have you ever read a… Read more “Unsniffed purchses: triumphs and tragedies”
The Last Un-Sniffed: Yoji Homme
As in, The Final Un-Sniffed purchase* (ok, yes, and also the most recent in a series of un-sniffed buys), Yoji Homme by Yōji Yamamoto is a real… Read more “The Last Un-Sniffed: Yoji Homme”
beauty on the outside 