...LizzieB, who takes the Imaginary Authors Saint Julep travel spray, and Rosiegreen62, who takes the bottle of Tauer L'Eau. Congrats!
The 2017 fragrance awards season ~ the big winners

The 2017 fragrance awards season is (mostly) over, and we have a tie: L’Homme Prada and Chanel No. 5 L’Eau. They are not really what you’d call BIG winners, though — both fragrances took 3 awards, making this the year with the least consensus since I started keeping track in 2008 (see below).* Most years I also announce second and third place winners, but for 2017, there’s no there there…
Marie Claire International Fragrance Awards 2017 ~ the winners

Way back in April, Marie Claire magazine announced the winners of their 7th annual International Fragrance Awards (Prix International du Parfum). The winners were selected by the beauty journalists at Marie Claire (France and international)…
Academia del Perfume Awards 2017 ~ the winners

In late May, the Academia del Perfume in Spain announced the winners of their fragrance awards for 2017…
Lazy weekend poll ~ four questions for July 2017

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit! It’s July, and we have four questions. As always, answer as many or as few as you like, or just talk about something else.
1. What’s the best new scented thing you discovered in June? It can be anything, from a flower to a fragrance to a body product.
2. What new scented thing do you hope to discover in July?
3. Now that the year is about half over, what do you think is the best new fragrance release of 2017 so far?
4. Share something wonderful with us! It can be anything — good news you received recently, something delicious you ate, the latest TV series you binged — really, anything…