You can’t always judge a fragrance merely from spraying it on a test strip. I wasn’t moved by Isfarkand on paper, but when I sprayed it on my arm, it came alive. The pepper and the citrus… more →
cocktails & colognewrote 1 month ago: Badgley Mischka Eau de Parfum – Lemming or Loser? Have you ever been convinced that you would … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Lignin, the stuff that prevents all trees from adopting the weeping habit, is a polymer made up of u … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The Science of Smell Chandler Burr’s book The Emperor of Scent detailed Luca Turin’s Sme … more →
wrote 4 months ago: The People v. Amarige - Case # 13-92745B The Bailiff: “Oyez, Oyez, the Court is now in session … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Molinard Habanita seemed right for today’s icy temperatures and like Edith Piaf, I have no regrets. … more →
wrote 4 months ago: The desert is vast and still. Silence reigns under the thousand stars. Dawn is around the corner, an … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Not missing Missoni. A few years ago when I first bought the book Perfume by Luca Turin and Tania Sa … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Dr Ian White is clearly an Asshole Recently the EU regulations which would limit the use of oakmoss, … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Isaac Salazar – book sculpture (www.iconnote.blogspot.com) If you can bear to drag yourself … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Beauty is different for all of us. I’ve had a go at deciding my top three most beautiful perfu … more →
wrote 1 year ago: from Hope Bordeaux, author of Forced Humanity: Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers. Sayers was a religi … more →
wrote 1 year ago: My friend The Silver Fox wrote a delicious blog recently about Vera Wang’s Princess Night. I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In December I was honoured enough to become the Basenotes Official Book Reviewer! Yay indeed! This i … more →
wrote 1 year ago: In the first issue of 200%, the French perfumer Francis Kurkdjian argued that compared with other ar … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The question that women casually shopping for perfume ask more than any other is this: “What s … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Only two years after my first and last post I have decided to carry on with this blog! I have not wr … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The bottle is iconic. Square with slightly curved shoulders, it is the embodiment of elegance and si … more →
wrote 2 years ago: You can’t always judge a fragrance merely from spraying it on a test strip. I wasn’t mov … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Part of my current stash... I have recently been reading a fabulous book called ‘Perfume’, which is … more →