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”
Tag: Etat Libre d’Orange
The King’s Slut: Etat Libre d’Orange, Putain des Palaces
A “Hotel Slut” (as Putain des Palaces is translated by the freaky-deekies over at Etat Libre d’Orange) should, in my mind, smell of stale tobacco, Aqua Net,… Read more “The King’s Slut: Etat Libre d’Orange, Putain des Palaces”
Vraie Blonde: MMmmm, Cookies!
I don’t care what they say, Vraie Blonde smells like cookies. Yummy, pretty, cookies—and this is no metaphor for lady-bits. Pretty cookies! The ones shaped like a… Read more “Vraie Blonde: MMmmm, Cookies!”
2010, A Perfume Retrospective
There were tons of fragrance launches in 2010, both in the mainstream and from niche houses, and I sampled (or bought) very few–comparatively speaking. I smelled lots… Read more “2010, A Perfume Retrospective”
beauty on the outside 