By Lisa @Privilege

Last year I bought perfume for the first time in 30 years. In an Alice-in-Wonderland sort of experience, I spent inordinate sums of money on a perfume named Rose Oudh. It was the only scent I found that was a) non-synthetic b) complex enough to enjoy.

Were you not terribly kind people, I would say, “Rejoice in LPC’s floundering!” Why?  I have made a discovery and returned to report.

But first, an important question. Have you ever read about “layering” perfumes and then recoiled in horror, assuming that such an act would lead you right down a rabbit hole of overwhelm? Alternatively, have you tried to layer scent at a perfume counter, and woken from a faint, scented, surrounded by whispering gawkers? High WASPs in particular are prone to... More...