The area in which I live got a Mecca recently. I had the opportunity to test several Frederic Maille's that had eluded me in the past. It was food for thought. I'm not comparing a perfume like 'Parfum...
I bought it at an incredible price. I read the Non Blonde's review of it while it was winging its way to me. I washed it, blotted and caressed it. I dried it on a window sill with a rubber band compre...
Being of Scottish descent with short arms and long pockets I like a bargain, but sometimes bargains can masquerade as luxe and this is the case here. Chanel Soleil Tan is a full 30 grams, goes on in a...
I can't get past Perfume Shrine's review of Yardley Iris where a strong resemblance to Hiris was highlighted. I went through two bottles of Yardley Iris using it as a cheap splash, suffering through t...
I bought the EDT to begin with. It has more kid leather to it than the EDP and is the better fragrance if you don't mind reapplying. The EDP is rosier but I miss the kid leather for the duration, whic...
I am in my sixties now, a cosmetics junkie since I bought my first Mary Quant product in 1969. My skin is invariably dry and even as a teenager I was able to use cold cream, Ponds usually, with a warm...
I ordered a back up bottle today, the equivalent of building a bunker at the edge of the millennium, I fear world war and pestilence. I'm told there is a movie where Adolf HItler wakes up, bemused, an...
I purchased a 1oz bottle in high summer and found it rather too powerful. Six months later, in cold and rainy weather Love Chloe Intense is in its element (s) It's rich and aristocratic, a bit highbro...
A soft whisper of rose is listed on the packaging blurb but it's much more than that, this is a variation on Ce Soir Ou Jamais, a less jammy version. I own both. Quel Amour opens with a fizzy sherbet...
I've been on a Goutal kick. Over eighteen months I've collected some that I had sampled and some bought blind. I first bought the Musc Nomade Body Cream when my skin was very dry and the cream was onl...
