On the Facebook fragrance forum I like to browse (one of the only things I still use Facebook for anymore), someone recently asked: what are everyone's favorite nature (i.e., non-perfume) scents?

My answers off the top of my head:

Petrichor! (Rain on ground, especially warm ground that has been dry a while.)

Fresh cut grass but also certain ( Read more... )

It’s been easy for everyone to bemoan how much 2016 sucked. I don’t need to rehash the more traumatizing parts of the news for you.

Instead I’m going to write a post of things that were good in 2016. For me, at least.

Of my novel-writing projects:
Immortal’s Spring was released in June, and wrapped up my Persephone-myth-based trilogy. By that ( Read more... )

In fragrance-loving forums, a common game is to post a photo of someone--perhaps a celebrity, perhaps a selfie or friend of a forum member--and ask everyone to scent them; that is, choose a perfume for them based on what they look like ( Read more... )

You guys! I found a natural deodorant that actually works. If I sound surprised, it's because I've only tried certain widely distributed natural deodorants (let's just call it Bob's of Vermont) that did *not* work ( Read more... )

I'm still me, which means I'm still sampling absurdly large numbers of perfumes, even though I haven't posted about it here much. Therefore we're past due for such a post, right? Here goes!

Of the absurdly large assortment, these are the ones I've especially enjoyed:

Bel Ami by Hermes: I've been adoring it for over a year, and what can one say? ( Read more... )

Just to clear the air, so to speak (ha, ha, ha ( Read more... )

In the company of my lovely young cousin Sally ("young" for me now includes people in their 20s), I recently procured a bunch of samples from Blackbird Apothecary here in Seattle. Following are my notes upon them all, should you be curious ( Read more... )

Grossest smell of entire week: I hosed out the yard waste cart today. Here in Seattle we get to throw food scraps into the yard waste as well, and we haven't cleaned our bin all summer, so you can imagine the grossness. There was this *sludge* formed at the bottom, which gave off noxious gases as I hosed it out and dumped it on the garden. The cart ( Read more... )

I have waaaay too many perfume samples around, yo. Obviously it's been too long since I've done a giveaway. So here goes--

SEVEN little samples to one lucky recipient! I chose a springy floral list for you today. The winner gets:

Serge Lutens, Vitriol d'Oeillet: clove, carnation, wallflower, lily, ylang-ylang
Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier, Fleur de ( Read more... )

CHOCOLATE ( Read more... )