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Packing the Perfect Hunch: Perfume to Go 1 Aug 2013 | 09:12 pm
Almost every day I pack a bag the way a parent might prepare a lunch pail for a student. Theirs are full of baloney. Mine is full of perfume. Sometimes, a perfume from this rotating mobile cabinet car...
Tom Ford Sahara Noir: Just Desert 11 Jul 2013 | 06:47 am
Leave it to Tom Ford to bring frankincense back to basics. It isn't just the name of his latest fragrance, which retraces ancient trade routes, pointing farther east than the Catholic church, where w...
Le Labo Ylang 49 2 Jul 2013 | 09:10 pm
There's a unifying thread in the some of the work perfumer Frank Voelkl has done for Le Labo, but you'd have to consult another blogger to tell you in any kind of useful way what that is. All I can sa...
Luxe Patchouli EDT: Comme des Garcons 28 Jun 2013 | 03:33 am
Several years ago, traveling back from a film festival in Greece, a good third of a full bottle of Luxe Patchouli leaked out into my carry-on, much to the displeasure of the man whose seat adjoined mi...
Dressing the Part: What a Dandy Wears 13 Jun 2013 | 07:30 pm
When I first heard about my friend's twin brothers and their obsession with dressing themselves like something out of a Bond film, I asked her whether they wear cologne. I couldn't imagine spending th...
Hedonist by Viktoria Minya: What's in a Word 23 May 2013 | 04:20 am
It's been interesting, as early reviews of Hedonist have come in, to see what people make of the word. I had no idea it had quite the reputation it does - you'd think, from some of these reactions, it...
Buying Perfume on Ebay: Things to Keep in Mind 12 May 2013 | 02:00 am
Over the last several years, I've purchased something like 50 bottles of perfume on Ebay. For the most part, my transactions with sellers have been good experiences: the product I receive is essentia...
Youth Dew Gets A(nother) Face Lift 30 Apr 2013 | 03:02 am
Recently, I've been exchanging emails with Perfume Shrine about a series of mysteries revolving around Youth Dew and its somewhat unknown related iterations, all of which were released during a little...
Rarities: Coty Amaranthe 21 Apr 2013 | 01:26 am
In 1969, Dina Merrill, until then regarded as a socialite turned model/actress, created a line of cosmetics in association with Coty under the name Amaranthe. Merrill's father was E.F. Hutton (When he...
Miss Habanita: Dark in Broad Daylight 14 Apr 2013 | 08:46 pm
If you've only smelled the reformulation of Molinard's Miss Habanita and been led to believe it has little or no connection to its reason for being, good old smoky Habanita, it's perfectly understanda...
