Years ago, I went to a theme park with some friends. They had one of those free-fall rides there, the kind where you get strapped into a chair inside a big cage about 4 stories up, and then the whole...

First of all, it must be noted that I am NOT a floral person. I am an amber-spice-chypre-cedar-aldehyde person. I have met very, very few floral perfumes in my life that I like well enough to wear, ...

Sweetness & light. Spritzed this on a whim and fell instantly in love. It's the scent of mimosa. I've since learned that the mimosa Europeans use in perfume isn't the same as the trees with the big ...

It's the smoke that does me in. Not tobacco smoke or incense, but a deep, dry woodsmoke, like in a Bedouin tent in the darkest desert night. This is a fragrance with kohl-rimmed eyes and a low, dust...

Still my favorite of all time, and unjustly relegated to discount and drug stores. When I first began buying this fragrance, you could only get it in high-end department stores and I could barely aff...

Does Estee Lauder just pour all their leftover perfumes into their skincare products? This is the last time I'm suckered in by them. This feels nice going on and maybe it even works, but I'll never...

I am stunned by this fragrance. I'm fairly new to perfume, so I have sniffed A LOT of samples in the last couple of months, but this is one of three or four that stopped me dead in my tracks. I've a...

Pixie Stix crossed with soap. No, thank you. Tried this again a few days later (just to be sure) & it's even worse. Bitter and acrid and catching at the back of my throat. I have hit it with just ...