mark behnke

2 min read 2021-06-14 11:14:22

New Perfume Review Vacation x Arquiste- Suntan Society

In S. Florida the pursuit of the perfect tan was a way of life. When I was growing up there was no talk of SPF just what could make you have the best

5 min read 2021-06-12 11:10:53

For as long as I’ve been writing about perfume I have believed it to be an art form. This is a position I have to defend because of the sheer

2 min read 2021-06-10 11:52:51

I often have an issue when I receive a pair of new perfumes from a brand. One can be perfect for the time of year I received it. While the other

2 min read 2021-06-09 11:19:12

I am always happy to see the process of perfume making portrayed in pop culture. The most recent example comes from the Netflix series “Halston”.

2 min read 2021-06-08 11:08:32

There is a sports term to describe the skill of the most elite athletes in a team sport. It is called “creating space”. It means through a

2 min read 2021-06-07 11:38:43

I hear it all the time, we want perfume to last for a week on my skin. Yes, a slight exaggeration except that sentence at the end of every review is

2 min read 2021-06-06 12:46:04

When we are watching the form of entertainment known as a whodunit the audience wants to play along. Some of the biggest television phenomena have

2 min read 2021-06-05 11:49:13

There is a large part of my personality I define as punk. When I first learned of the music in the late 1970’s it fit my idea of what rock and roll

2 min read 2021-06-02 11:35:59

When I was in high school, I had a friend who was allowed to cover her bedroom in posters. These weren’t just any posters these were the ones which

2 min read 2021-06-01 12:30:53

As the trends began to shift five years ago, I was concerned this was going to represent a line I wasn’t eager to cross. Some of that first

2 min read 2021-05-31 11:22:08

We have had about five years of the big perfume brands assessing what the new younger demographic wants. There are some trends which are beginning to

2 min read 2021-05-30 11:40:52

One of the great things about the current streaming platforms is the opportunity for adaptations of my favorite novels. I can finally get the depth

2 min read 2021-05-29 11:11:50

Those of us who love perfume have a story of where it began. As I’ve related in other stories of my life much of my appreciation of fragrance began

2 min read 2021-05-28 11:17:04

If there is a historical precedent for the masculine wearing of perfume it is the “dandy”. For those unfamiliar with the term it described a type

2 min read 2021-05-27 11:04:49

As regular readers know I have lost patience with the aquatic style of perfume. Recently there have been some which have caught my attention, but