It?s the last day in April plus International Jazz Day. We\'re marking the day with our standard open thread poll. Talk about anything you like ? the fragrance you?re wearing today, your favorite jazz artist and the fragrance that you think fits...
Issey Miyake has launched A Drop d\'Issey Essentielle, a new fragrance for women. A Drop d\'Issey Essentielle is a flanker to 2021\'s A Drop d?Issey and follows 2022\'s A Drop d\'Issey Fraîche... -
Our ?Recommend Me a Perfume? thread is open this week. You can use this space to find perfume recommendations, to share your discoveries and favorite scents, and to ask any questions about scents, aromas and flavors. Or you can just tell us what... -
PSA: there are still fragrances looking for a new home over in the swapmeet!
Meanwhile, Saturday is Earth Day, and Sunday is World Book Day, St George?s Day, UN English Language Day and Shakespeare Day. We\'re celebrating all of it with a twist... -
It was a few days before Easter when I arrived in Ukraine in 2014 to stay with my grandmother, Valentina. Taking advantage of being together for the first time in years for this holiday, we prepared a large feast, colored eggs with onion peels and... -
Do you remember a time around 2005 when only a handful of "niche" perfume brands were available at most department stores" In my recollections of that era, Miller Harris was one such entity that had been granted generous counter... -
French niche line Pierre Guillaume has introduced 31.1 L?Air & L?Eros, a new floral amber fragrance. L?Air & L?Eros is the second fragrance in the Tonka series that started with 31 Tonka Bodykon... -
Stepping inside the Princess of Wales Conservatory during Kew Gardens? annual orchid festival?it usually runs from February to March?is a chance to discover how beautiful the fragrance of these opulent tropical flowers can be. While the most popular... -
Saturday is World Art Day, National Anime Day, the Universal Day of Culture, plus Leonardo da Vinci?s birthday. Sunday is World Voice Day.
We?re chatting (in between visits to the swapmeet) in our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you... -
The swapmeet (episode 22) is open for business! PLEASE read the instructions! (For those of you who refuse to read the instructions, please do not respond to anyone else\'s comment except to say that their email address does not work. ANYTHING... -
Endless fields of lavender. The scents of flowers and spice. The generous warmth of the summer sun. We will be in Bulgaria exploring its lavender plantations from June 26th to June 30th, 2023. I?m partnering with Silvia Yonkova of Roseoverdose, to... -
Coming from the depths of the Egyptian age, Le Dieu Bleu exhales its divine and mysterious perfume, as if extracted from a supernatural universe. Intended for the gods, rising up are heady scents of aromatic herbs, saps, roots, and bark,... -
Hailed for the incredible lavishness of its formula, no less than twenty-four herbs imported at great expense from the most distant lands, this "royal perfume" was the idol of the wealthy Romans. They enthusiastically soaked themselves... -