Instead, the dropped names of artists, aristocrats, writers and fashion designers ooze from the pages in a great oleaginous gloop of reflected glory.

oleaginous (adj) 1: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech [syn: buttery, fulsome, oily, smarmy, unctuous] 2: containing an unusual amount of grease or oil [syn: greasy, oily, sebaceous] – source: Letters from Bruce Chatwin