ORANGE BLOSSOM PERFUME

    Greetings dear Fragrance Friends,   If you are one of those rare individuals who’s ever taken a gummy, isn’t it weird how these random thoughts enter your mind that seem like epiphanies? That’s what happened to me last night when I decided to step it up from melatonin and for some reason started … Read more

ARRIVIDERCI 2020

SO LONG 2020 Surprise, surprise I’m back! I could give you you a l-o-n-g list of reasons I’ve been MIA for so long but I’m here now and hello again. It’s hard to believe that this year, which feels like a decade, is finally coming to an end. It’s been a crazy, trying and confusing … Read more

SCENTS FOR STRESSFUL TIMES

  Hello, my social distancing, hand washing, perfume loving friends out there! Are we all going slightly crazy? I’ve sometimes thought that I’m glad I can’t see into the future and that’s certainly the case now.   Wherever we are in the world, whatever our individual situations, we are all going through this mayhem together. … Read more

THE LATEST: LOSS OF SMELL AND COVID-19

Just when we thought we knew all of the symptoms of coronavirus – cough, fever, tiredness, aches and difficulty breathing – one that seems to have slipped under the radar shows up.   Rudy Gobert, NBA player for the Utah Jazz tested positive earlier this month and tweeted yesterday that he’d been experiencing loss of … Read more

OLFACTIVE THERAPY FOR CHALLENGING TIMES

    We all know that these past couple of weeks have been crazy. COVID-19 has completely taken over the news and all social feeds. It’s gotten to the point that it’s practically impossible to focus on much else. For lack of any better options, I’ve been turning to olfactive therapy to help get through … Read more

CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES

Dear Fragrance Friends, So sorry to have been away from you for this long (again). It feels like an eternity although it’s been months, at least, not years. But still knowing that my last post was well over 5 months ago is still pretty Eek. It’s been a mix of things that have kept me … Read more

QUINTESSENTIAL CALIFORNIA PERFUMES

  Please excuse my near radio silence here. I’ve had writer’s block in a major way.   After my brother passed away suddenly at the beginning of summer I didn’t feel much like  wearing perfume much less writing about it. In fact, I didn’t have much of an appetite for anything.?   A few weeks … Read more

SUMMER UPDATE

Hi there fragrance friends, Have you missed me? I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted but here I am. Long story short, it’s been a challenging month.  Right around Memorial Day I found out that two family members were diagnosed with serious, life-threatening illnesses. As I was still processing this news, my brother … Read more

10:00 AM FLIRT BY KIERIN NYC

  Sorry to be so behind in writing this review that was promised on the last post. I’m behind the eight ball lately and my blog hasn’t been getting the attention it deserves.   First there was a whirlwind week in California. Highlights included my son’s graduation from USC, Mother’s Day brunch in West Hollywood … Read more

BEING NOSY AND LOVING IT IN NYC

  Hello there fragrance lovers,   Last Saturday I had an amazing time at a Sniffapalooza event in NYC. If you’ve missed my earlier mentions of these fun-filled events organized by perfumistas Karen Dubin and Karen Adams – aka “Team Karen”- you can get a sense about them from reading my previous review here.   … Read more