nstperfume » business http://www.nstperfume.com a blog about perfume Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:06:36 +0000 en hourly 1 Experiencing technical difficulties! http://www.nstperfume.com/2011/12/28/experiencing-technical-difficulties/ http://www.nstperfume.com/2011/12/28/experiencing-technical-difficulties/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:50:11 +0000 Robin http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=63324 We are having problems with the user log ins this morning. Several users have logged in with their own user name and password, and the system has shown them as someone else.

Hopefully it will get fixed soon!

I'm closing comments on the contest until we get it sorted out, and I'll leave it open for an extra day at the end.

Update: the problem should be fixed, sorry about that!

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]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2011/05/05/be-back-tomorrow/feed/ 22 Coming up this weekend: haiku challenge http://www.nstperfume.com/2011/04/06/coming-up-this-weekend-haiku-challenge/ http://www.nstperfume.com/2011/04/06/coming-up-this-weekend-haiku-challenge/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:00:31 +0000 Robin http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=52704 Just a quick note to say that this coming weekend, Jill be hosting a repeat of last year's popular Haiku challenge. Sharpen your pencils! The rules will be the same: pick a perfume, write a haiku about it using the simplified English form (three lines, the first line with five syllables, the second line with seven syllables and the third line with five syllables). You can put the perfume name in the title or in the poem itself.

And if you have a great idea for a poll topic, do leave a comment!

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I am taking the day off to get some critical chores finished. Come back tomorrow, when Joe will be hosting an open poll.

Note: image is Tall and short by bensonkua at flickr; some rights reserved.

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I am moving at my usual snail's pace...

]]> Look for two new contributors at Now Smell This this month. First, Alyssa H (many of you know her from Perfume Smellin’ Things) will kick off (and explain) her ‘Out of the Bottle’ series tomorrow. Next week, our new book reviewer, Cheryl K, will weigh in on Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster by Dana Thomas.

I am moving at my usual snail’s pace…

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]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/06/14/new-contributors-a-few-other-business-items/feed/ 6 New public profiles for gravatars http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/06/07/new-public-profiles-for-gravatars/ http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/06/07/new-public-profiles-for-gravatars/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:02:39 +0000 Robin http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=39027 All of you who have taken the time to create a gravatar at gravatar.com have a new option: you can now create a public profile associated with your gravatar.1 Public profiles can include any information you want: your email address, links to your website(s), your accounts on various social media services, whatever. This should be handy for those of you who'd like to be able to share more personal information with other readers...

]]> All of you who have taken the time to create a gravatar at gravatar.com have a new option: you can now create a public profile associated with your gravatar.1 Public profiles can include any information you want: your email address, links to your website(s), your accounts on various social media services, whatever. This should be handy for those of you who’d like to be able to share more personal information with other readers…

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]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/06/07/new-public-profiles-for-gravatars/feed/ 9 Now Smell This on Facebook http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/05/01/now-smell-this-on-facebook/ http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/05/01/now-smell-this-on-facebook/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 15:20:40 +0000 Robin http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=36617 I'm on record as saying I'll be the last person on earth to join Facebook. Well, you know, never say never: Now Smell This has a new Facebook page.

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Now Smell This is looking for guest authors, and guest hosts for the weekend lazy polls. We'd also like to find regular contributors to cover perfume books, home fragrances and shopping reports for brick 'n mortar (i.e., not online) perfume stores. We're also open to new ideas for perfume-related subjects we don't already cover here.

A few general notes for anyone who is interested in applying...

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Now Smell This is looking for guest authors, and guest hosts for the weekend lazy polls. We’d also like to find regular contributors to cover perfume books, home fragrances and shopping reports for brick ‘n mortar (i.e., not online) perfume stores. We’re also open to new ideas for perfume-related subjects we don’t already cover here.

A few general notes for anyone who is interested in applying…

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]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/04/17/help-wanted/feed/ 35 On comments & the comment policy http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/04/17/on-comments-the-comment-policy/ http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/04/17/on-comments-the-comment-policy/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:05:37 +0000 Robin http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=35663

Our policy has always been to answer all (ok, most! as many as we can) comments, and to leave the comments section open on all the articles, even very old ones. But as the number of comments has grown, it's been harder and harder for some of us (ok, me!) to keep up.

My new policy: I will continue to answer most of the comments on the perfume reviews, but I'm going to slow down on answering the comments on new fragrance announcements and perfume news items and polls and whatnot. I will join in the conversation when I can, but I'm no longer going to try to be sure that everyone gets answered...

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Our policy has always been to answer all (ok, most! as many as we can) comments, and to leave the comments section open on all the articles, even very old ones. But as the number of comments has grown, it’s been harder and harder for some of us (ok, me!) to keep up.

My new policy: I will continue to answer most of the comments on the perfume reviews, but I’m going to slow down on answering the comments on new fragrance announcements and perfume news items and polls and whatnot. I will join in the conversation when I can, but I’m no longer going to try to be sure that everyone gets answered…

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]]> http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/04/17/on-comments-the-comment-policy/feed/ 24 Don’t forget… http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/04/14/dont-forget/ http://www.nstperfume.com/2010/04/14/dont-forget/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:33:10 +0000 Robin http://www.nstperfume.com/?p=35396 The polls are open for the Prix Eau Faux voting until 11 pm Thursday night. And if you were not selected as a finalist but would like to share your entry with other readers, please do so in the comments to the voting article.

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