From The Past: August 4, 2004

Before Christmas last year I purchased some perfume from The Anne Rice Collection called Dark Gift. I absolutely love this perfume. It smells better than anything I have ever worn. The compliments that I that I have received have also tripled.

Imagine my total devastation when I went to purchase more of said perfume and was greeted with this message, “Mrs. Rice will be closing the Anne Rice Collection internet gift shop effective March 16, 2004. We very much appreciate your business during the three years of our operation and thank you sincerely for your personal comments that have enabled us to receive top service ratings each year from our Yahoo host.”

March 16?! Oh my gosh! I am crushed! I’ve already been looking on ebay for more and have had no luck thus far. There’s no point in saving what I have left for special occasions. I’ve heard that like everything else, perfume has a shelf life. I guess I’ll just have to keep checking back with ebay.

Currently (2020): I was never able to purchase Dark Gift perfume again, however, I did keep the bottle and still have it after all these years: