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I was hoping to spend today of my Detroit trip actually in Ann Arbor, meeting up with Molly, one of my long-time online partners-in-crime and fellow Etsyian that I had yet to meet in person. That was, most unfortunately, a busted plan. So for most of the evening, I have been perusing perfumery websites and listening to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in the other room (y'know...Alec Guinness, Patrick Stewart, BBC spy series...?) and occasionally picking up my shiny new Nintendo DS when the mood strikes.
One genius thing I discovered today during my moping was The Perfumed Court's brilliant usage of categorizing their perfumes by Guide ratings. My standard transit book as of late, Luca Turin's Perfumes: The Guide, has kept me pretty well occupied on the bus, at the airport, and during dayjob lunch breaks. If you haven't picked it up, it's fascinating at what it does. And what does it do? It reviews just about every major perfumery release you could ever dream of, categorizes them, and then rates them on a five-star system. NO, it's not the first perfume book on the market, but it might be the first commercially entertaining one.