Aparatchick ? her blog handle ? has been a Now Smell This reader since the beginning. ?In 2005, I googled ?perfume blog,? and the only one I found was NST,? she says. Twelve years and more than a hundred bottles later, she?s still sampling new fragrances and making friends in the community.
Aparatchick is retired from the finance and accounting industry and lives in Florida. However, she grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and it was there she developed her love of rich, deep oriental fragrances ? fragrances that don?t wear very well in humid Florida, a subject we?ll tackle in a minute...

Aparatchick ? her blog handle ? has been a Now Smell This reader since the beginning. ?In 2005, I googled ?perfume blog,? and the only one I found was NST,? she says. Twelve years and more than a hundred bottles later, she?s still sampling new fragrances and making friends in the community. Aparatchick is retired from the finance and accounting industry and lives in Florida. However, she grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and it was there she developed her love of rich, deep oriental fragrances ? fragrances that don?t wear very well in humid Florida, a subject we?ll tackle in a minute…
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