I’m delighted to share that my book The Rooster House is now available in the USA and Canada. It has been released by Abrams Press on June 27th and it’s now on the bookshelves around the country. The New York Times ran a review of my...
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... -
Saturday is Midsummer 2023, and we\'re celebrating with our usual open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like ? the fragrance you?re wearing today, the fragrance that says summer to you, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then... -
Niche line Byredo will introduce Rouge Chaotique, a new gourmand oud addition to the Night Veils collection. Rouge Chaotique was inspired by the idea that beauty can emerge from chaos. The last in the Night Veils series was 2022\'s Vanille... -
French niche line Etat Libre d?Orange has launched Clean Suede, a new fresh leather fragrance. Clean Suede is the successor to the now-discontinued Tom of Finland... -
Viktor & Rolf will launch Good Fortune Elixir Intense, a new fragrance for women. Good Fortune Elixir Intense is a flanker to last year\'s Good Fortune... -
This is a repeat of half-year poll we\'ve done for the past couple years. As always, answer as many or as few of the questions as you like, or just talk about something else.
1. What?s the best new scented thing you discovered in the first half... -
Burberry has launched Extreme Botanicals, with three new fragrances, Ash Flower, Oud Storm and Snow Blossom, joining the Burberry Signatures collection (originally the Burberry Bespoke collection)... -
Today I would like to introduce you to a fascinating blog called Asian Markets of Philadelphia. Written by David Dettmann, it’s a treasure trove of articles about Asian food, with forays into whatever catches David’s interest at the... -