Four fragrance bottles dried up this week – oh horrors! Easily considered a fate worse than death if you’re to believe Coco Chanel who once said that a woman without perfume has no future. My dismay was further intensified by the fact that I had purchased them at shoppers delight called ‘duty-free’ two years ago. Bargain!

Paco Rabanne Lady Million EDP 80ml: R712. Normal price: R890

Replenishment at a full price department store just doesn’t hold the same appeal. So what’s a girl to do if a private Lear stationed at Cape Town International Airport doesn’t feature her name on the reserved parking bay sign and if the credit card in her Paul Smith purse is a green Nedbank Affinity as opposed to a black Amex? Continue reading →