Category Archives: Internet

Some Potentially Useful Misinformation About My Upcoming Absence From Fragrance

Posted on December 5, 2021 by cologniac

I never thought I would make a post with a bizarro-world title like this one, but then, these are interesting times. Ultimately, this is a post about Anosmia. I decided to do it here, rather than on Basenotes, because on … Continue reading →

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kaffeeklatsch!

Posted on April 26, 2018 by cologniac

I view the health of public discourse by an interesting metric.  Can I make a good-natured joke about Donald Trump in the fragrance world – one with deep knowing humor on many levels to all sides – and only minimally … Continue reading →

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A Gentle Correction to Online Cosmetic Batch Code Checkers for Modern Guerlain Products

Posted on December 11, 2017 by cologniac

It is with great sadness that we report to the PERFUME LITERATURE otherwise known as the fragrance community otherwise known as the worldwide brotherhood and sisterhood of perfumistae otherwise known as (*shudders*) “fragcomm” that NONE of the three (3) online … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 18, 2017 by cologniac

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 cologniac

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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Red’s Ultimate Fragrance Blogroll Post

Posted on June 27, 2016 by cologniac

The time has come to do something useful in this life.  And at this very moment, I am struck by the need for somebody to create a simple travel guide to the world of fragrance.  Something useful to newcomers.  Something … Continue reading →

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Going Postal: Addressing the Perfume Mailability Problem at USPS with Technology

Posted on February 2, 2014 by cologniac

I will admit that I’ve been a merciless critic of the USPS in regard to fragrance mailability.  When it was pointed out to me on Basenotes that it is far easier to mail fragrances in China – as in RED … Continue reading →

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The Adventures of Hinoki Oh

Posted on January 2, 2014 by cologniac

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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We Interrupt This Blog

Posted on December 18, 2013 by cologniac

…for this important message. We regret to inform  our few readers, that we are unable to continue our series of reviews, Letters to Primrose.  We may resume reviews of these scents at some time in the future, but due to … Continue reading →

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Dear Primrose (in the Steampunk Universe)

Posted on December 1, 2013 by cologniac

Dear Primrose, Please forgive the tardy nature of this correspondence.  It approaches Christmas in the Electrical Universe, and I am therefore quite busy.  Compounding the busy season, there is a curious tradition here, in which all presents for Christmas must … Continue reading →

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