Les Très Riches Heures

May 18, 2013

- a review of Guerlain L’Heure Bleue What constitutes a masterpiece? Is it a perfumer’s sleight of hand, some alchemical …

Eau de Maman

May 12, 2013

- a Mother’s Day tribute Of all the many guises of womanhood, perhaps none are so revered – and sometimes …

May 7, 2013

- the Genie’s favorite Scents of Spring After a long, dismal and dismally cold winter that seemed as if it …

April 28, 2013

- a review and a tale of vero profumo Kiki Today was one of those breathless summer days in Paris …

April 20, 2013

- a review of Ormonde Jayne’s ‘Tsarina’ Opulence, luxury, complexity. What do you think about when you read these words …