I'll confess that I sometimes buy an expensive trinket, knowing full well that I won't use it to amount to anything, but also knowing that its value as a kind of amulet, a charm for shaping thought, w...

I recently managed to snag a gorgeous bottle of extrait on eBay. The reviews are spot-on: this scent is uncannily canny. I've never smelled anything like it, but as soon as I sniffed it, there was ...

I just received a decant of Rose Poivree, and I really, really like it, and I can also see how it's not for everyone. The first sniff was incomprehensible. I didn't understand what I was smelling, a...