I purchased a bottle of no. 22 pure parfum from the original Rue Cambon boutique in Paris; it's one of my very favorite scents, and every time I smell it now, I'm instantly transported back to Europe ...

Oh, what can I say about Mitsouko?? She's not as easy to love as some other perfumes. Yes, it smells like a perfume from a different era. Yes, that means it can *occasionally* smell a little dusty ...

I've tried so, so many mascaras in the quest to make my thin, fine, transparent blonde lashes look dark, long, and lush, and for the past couple of years, I keep coming back to Diorshow over and over ...

<p>I was lucky enough to snag a bottle of this even though Saks returned their bottles to Chanel to fix a problem with the caps - Eau Premiere is expected to be re-released in mid-2008, from what I've...

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous woody-vanilla scent that somehow manages not to be too-sweet or too little-girl like so many other vanilla scents can. (For the record, I hate candyfloss scents like Pink...

I can't believe I haven't reviewed Chaos yet!! I didn't fall in love with it until a year or so ago (well after it had been discontinued - just my luck!), but managed to score a bottle of the edp for...

This is just lovely, in small doses, waftly up from my neck or wrist, but it really turns my stomach when I press my nose to my wrist and smell the cumin/body odor note. Blech. Fortunately, that not...

When I first smelled this, my eyes widened. I'd never smelled a perfume that smelled so alive! My husband had the same reaction and was momentarily rendered speechless before he could stutter how mu...

Oh, I could simultaneously kiss and slap the swapper who was kind/mean enough to send me a sample of Chanel's Bois des Iles fragrance in the *pure parfum* form. Released in 1926 (!), it is Fragrance N...

Hmm, I'm torn on this one. It's almost too sweet for me. When I first tested it, I thought it was along the same lines as Pink Sugar, which I *hate*. I didn't dislike this one, it just seemed too s...