Must Read: LA Times Magazine Vetiver Article

Visit the LA Times to read an excellent essay about vetiver by Denise Hamilton in her "Uncommon Scents" column - titled Green Goddess.
And as if a good read is not satisfying already - I was particularly surprised and happy to find mentions of both Vetiver Racinettes and Orcas!

A Scent of a Man

I'd take pumpkin pie and lavender ANY DAY over Good & Plenty and cucumber... And smoke is one of the sexiest scents there are, in my humble opinion, not to mention there are more than a handful of men's colognes that I love smelling, with or without a man attached to them.
Do women really have that bad of a taste in fragrance, or am I just an oddball?!

The Los Angeles Times talks about masculine scents in "A scent of a man".

Eau Naturel in LA Times Magazine

Read "Eau Naturel" - article about natural perfumery in LA Times Magazine, by journalist and crime-novelist (and perfumista!) Denise Hamilton (The Jasmine Trade, Damage Control).
The chart of natural-to-synthetic continuum that's in my perfumery course handbook, and is discussed at length in SmellyBlog's article "What Is Naturals?!" is mentioned there too, and if you haven't read it yet I encourage you to do so now.