The Black Orchid Underground
There is something internally subversive about the productions of Tom Ford. He is so charming and so practiced in the seduction techniques he uses on his public that it is almost camp. Every Tom Ford...
View ArticleThat’s Another Fine Bottle You’ve Gotten Me Into
To misquote the immortal Oliver Hardy, who was generally accusing his comedy partner Stan Laurel of being the prime instigator of their continual disasters. With me, it’s my brain. Why? Because my...
View ArticlePrince of Cats
Treat or claw, Smell my paw, Give me something Good to gnaw! (my daughter’s verse composed for Trick or Treating Cats) You may have read that oakmoss, that dark extract that lends Chypres their...
View ArticleChintz, Tea, and Civilized Discourse
There is something to be said for homogeneity. Most of us never achieve it. You can’t tell, when you enter our houses, or see our gardens, or our perfume collections or for that matter our clothes,...
View ArticleKeepers
The world of perfume blogging dearly loves a list. Who knows why we are so very fond of these sequential processions of names and titles, but I do know that nobody who loves perfume can resist them....
View ArticlePricey Niche
There’s a very odd thing going on out there in the world of perfume: niche fragrance prices are rising. This year the cost of a 50ml. bottle is well over a hundred dollars US. In fact, and in the...
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