Vanille Exquise is a sublime well rounded non-sweet vanilla. It reminds me of vintage Guerlain Shalimar minus the leather note plus a bittersweet hint of almond. It starts off with a blast of non-gour...

I get artificial flowery-fruity notes, citrus and grapefruit, mandarine and more melon and peach than tuberose and Jasmin. It's perfect for office use since it is very nondescript, run of the mill an...

Best foundation ever! The Chanel Healthy Glow foundation is very easy to apply just using fingers. I tried it out on a whim in a shop while on my way to 2 hours of sports and 3 hours of dancing afterw...

I totally get the association of a mediterranean pine forest, warm and full of golden light in the late afternoon, right next to a sandy beach. When the kids were small, we used to have holidays right...

Over 100 years old, this perfume is, but I never found a fresher, more youthful, more exhilarating rose. This is a true rose with overtones of green tea and citruses, like sniffing a bunch of pink ros...

After having done a lot of testing during the course of a few days in Paris Perfumeries, I bought a full bottle of SL Rose de Nuit in the Palais Royal Boutique, because I could not get that smell out ...

June, almost midsummer, but it's pouring down. wet and cold outside. But inside, wearing Serge Noire, I am warm and very happy in my skin. Serge Noire seems to be hugely a matter of skin chemistry. O...

On the eternal quest for the perfect foundation, I went into a shop yesterday and had my face done professionally by a makeup artist. I am over 50, medium pigmented, neutral combination skin with shin...