Mlleghoul

I love perfume. I love talking about perfume. I love how it's simultaneously the most invisible and most evocative art form we have – how a single molecule can transport you through time, space, and memory. The fragrance community has given me some of my most treasured conversations about...

Like many of you, I share reviews on various review sites, social media, and my own blog, and I often get people asking me, "Do you only review the perfumes you like?" HA! No way! If I hate something, you're going to hear about it! I thought I would share my top ten most hateful fragrances here today. Please...

  I don't know if it's because in my late 40's, everything that felt recent and not so long ago now feels very far off, and everything that once looked 100 years away, now feels like it could happen tomorrow. I'm sad about this, and I'm sad about everything all the time. Very in my feelings,...

I recently shared the following on Reddit in (probably unhelpfully) answering someone’s question about a process for writing perfume reviews, and it occurred to me that it’s something I should share here as well. In case you ever wondered about my perfume...

I’m afraid these reviews will be a bit shorter and to the point, much more so than my typical long-winded rambles. I am suffering from some wrist and thumb pain, and I don’t know if it is carpal tunnel badness or something to do with being a million years old,...

Gooped Familiar (black musk, golden amber, cedarwood, catnip, and hay absolute with a shock of carnation, clove, and cinnamon bark) I love this scent from BPAL's Witches, Sorceresses, and Sorceries in Art History collection for several reasons. One, because it is inspired by an element...