A number of sites have already covered holiday gift ideas, and covered them well, but usually the hardest things to shop for are stocking stuffers. Well, I mean it’s easy to find tons of little stuff, but not necessarily the little stuff that folks might actually appreciate. Here’s my fragrant list of ideas, with online […]

Following up on an earlier post from last week, both of the following Perfume in Art parodies were sent in by the Fragrant Funster of the Spoofume blog:
Rubens’ Adam and Eve:

Dali does Chanel:

Great work! Thanks so much!
If you are inspired or just plain bored at work, I’ll continue to take submissions for a little […]

In the past two days, we’ve had a pipe burst; which led to flooding in the master bedroom and its bathroom; a light that we knew need replacing but hadn’t gotten around to burned its light bulbs to a crisp, and it is now shorting out the fuses that handle both our living room and […]

I was waiting for a stroke of inspiration to hit me for a Thanksgiving-themed post this week, but it hasn’t come yet. The trouble with inspiration seems to be that it usually occurs in the middle of the night, when there’s sleeping to be done, and then I wake up to discover I’ve forgotten the […]

I spend a lot of time talking about the art of perfumery, but a recent Pixel Challenge (photoshopping contest) at Television Without Pity to insert favorite characters from TV into works of art got me thinking… why not have some fun putting perfume in art?

Bond No. 9 Scent of Peace:

Original, Man in the Bowler Hat […]

1869 comes from a company that only recently caught my notice, Acca Kappa. Acca Kappa produces a full line of grooming products in addition to fragrance, which includes some nice vegetarian-friendly hair brushes. (Well this vegetarian is happy with hers, anyhow.) The 1869 men’s line ranges from an eau de cologne to a broad selection […]

I put about exactly as much stock in the gossip rags as they deserve, but I thought this blip from Page Six was pretty funny:
From We Hear:
“November 14, 2006 –
THAT Tom Ford specifically asked executives at Estée Lauder to have his new Black Orchid fragrance smell ‘like a man’s crotch’ . . .”
My first reaction […]

Some fragrances I like, some I loathe, and some I simply admire. But Benefit’s Maybe Baby is one I’ll have to ‘fess up to loving past all rationality.
Its petalled aroma comes across as effervescent and sweet, like apricots infused with champagne instead of juice. Maybe Baby features floral notes that include cyclamen and Himalayan poppy; […]

Perhaps it’s a personal failing, but I’ve always felt slightly suspicious of the excessively hygenic. Not to say I don’t prefer things tidy, but I cotton better to folks whose hair is worn just a little mussed, or whose desks appear to be hurricane-triggered.
Unsurprisingly, I’ve always been a bit fickle when it comes to fragrances […]

The NPR show All Things Considered will be broadcasting a story today about the Osmotheque… Susan Stone interviews Jean Kerleo, and they chat about the perfumes the Osmotheque recreates and preserves. You may check your local listings for a broadcast schedule through the website, or else wait for the audio to be posted later this […]