Category Archives: Entertainment

Diddy Sport: It’s 3AM and Time to Find a Daytime Fragrance for Summer 2017

Posted on May 18, 2017 by

I suppose that going from the Donald Trump fragrances to Sean John’s line is a bit like jumping from the frying pan into the fire, but what the heck.  Somebody has to tell the truth about Sean John 3AM (if not … Continue reading →

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Sikkim Grlz

Posted on July 5, 2016 by

I don’t think that I understood the whole Lush / Gorilla Perfumes concept until yesterday.  That’s when I smelled one of their earlier entries – Sikkim Girls – for the first time. I was immediately transported back to a head-shop in … Continue reading →

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Four Dudes, a Classy Dame, and a Boozy Babe

Posted on June 19, 2016 by

….OTHERWISE known as Field Notes from Cowtown – this week’s ruberrific report on my spectacular sniffing experiences, out in the real world of designer fragrance, in the malls of flyover country. But first, a message from our sponsor’s required movie of … Continue reading →

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Cultural Capitalism: Fear and Loathing in the Perfume Aisle at Macy’s

Posted on January 25, 2016 by

….an abstract symphonic post, in which, by a Kansas tornado of antideconstuctive disestablishmentarianism, we consider the fragrant origins of Donald Trump’s cultural counter-insurgency, mostly by way of stream-of-subconsciousness, non-snob reviews of Trump’s two modern scents, Success and Empire. prelude When Donald Trump announced that … Continue reading →

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The Adventures of Hinoki Oh

Posted on January 2, 2014 by

This post was inspired by the amazing and unique Comme des Garçons fragrance Monocle Scent One: Hinoki.  Everything you are about to read is true.  As determined by a secret court that you cannot question, using secret law that you … Continue reading →

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Heterodoria iridum

Posted on December 7, 2013 by

Good irises come in pairs.  At least, it sure seems that way.  Two of my favorites are the matched Prada pair, Infusion d’Iris and Infusion d’Homme.  They’re even better in French – as member JaimeB taught us on Basenotes.  Most … Continue reading →

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Fragbusters: Three “Edgy” Feminines at Macy’s

Posted on June 16, 2013 by

Ah, yes – I do love it when my wife goes looking for Ralph Lauren dresses at one of our nearby Macy’s stores.  When she does, it puts me right smack dab next to the counter with all the “young” … Continue reading →

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