Hyde by Hiram Green is an exercise in birch tar. Actually, it’s an exercise in how to do birch tar without swamping the structure in an overwhelming wall of BBQ smoke. The scent…
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Ambergris Animalic Aromatic Attars & CPOs Balsamic Floral Oriental House Exploration Incense Independent Perfumery Jasmine Musk Oriental Oud Resins Review Rose Round-Ups Saffron Sandalwood Smoke Spice Spicy Floral Tonka Tuberose Vanilla Vetiver White Floral WoodsAreej Le Dore Koh-i-Noor, Malik al Taif, Oud Luwak & Baikal Gris
In autumn 2018, Areej Le Dore released its 4th generation of fragrances. Russian Adam very kindly sent me a sample set, which I’ve been playing around with for a while now. Without further…
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Floral Fruity Scents Gourmand Green Independent Perfumery Review Saffron Sandalwood Spice Spicy Floral Thoughts Vetiver WoodsConcept versus Execution: I Am Trash, But Not Today, & Vetiverissimo
It might seem to regular readers of this blog (all 23 of you) that, for a fragrance writer, I write very infrequently about perfume. In fact, I write about perfume every day. But…
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Books Independent Perfumery Review The Business of Perfume ThoughtsReview of Perfumes: The Guide (2018) by Luca Turin & Tania Sanchez
Takeaway for the casual browser To the casual browser who’s wandered in here because the SEO on my site is working – yes, you should buy Perfumes: The Guide (2018) by Luca…
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Animalic Chypre Floral Independent Perfumery Iris Leather Review WoodsFrancesca Bianchi The Lover’s Tale (2018)
Francesca kindly sent me a preview sample of The Lover’s Tale and as we were chatting about it over email, she mentioned that at Pitti fragrance fair, the perfume proved to be quite…
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Chai Citrus Floral Fruity Scents Green Floral Herbal House Exploration Independent Perfumery Japanese Perfumery Milk Musk Review Round-Ups Sandalwood Spicy Floral Tea WoodsDSH Perfumes Series: Japanese Haiku
Welcome to Part 4 (Japanese Haiku ) of my series on DSH Perfumes, the American indie perfume brand helmed by the talented and prolific Dawn Spencer Hurwitz. For those of you joining me…
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Amber Aromatic Chocolate Coffee Gourmand House Exploration Independent Perfumery Milk Review Round-Ups SpiceDSH Perfumes Series: Gourmand
Welcome to Part 3 (Gourmand) of my series on DSH Perfumes, the American indie perfume brand helmed by the talented and prolific Dawn Spencer Hurwitz. For those of you joining me just now,…
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Balsamic Chai House Exploration Independent Perfumery Review Round-Ups Saffron Spice Spicy Floral TeaDSH Perfumes Series: Spicy-Warm
Welcome to Part 2 (Spicy-Warm) of my series on DSH Perfumes, the American indie perfume brand helmed by the talented and prolific Dawn Spencer Hurwitz. For those of you joining me just now,…
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Aldehydes House Exploration Independent Perfumery Oriental Review Round-UpsDSH Perfumes Series: Orientals & Chypres
Dawn Spencer Hurwitz is an American indie perfumer based in Colorado, much loved among American perfumistas for her warm, engaging personality and prodigious talent. Her perfumes have long been a point of curiosity…
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Animalic Aromatic Balsamic Floral Green Independent Perfumery Masculine Resins Review Rose Sandalwood Smoke Vanilla White Floral WoodsZoologist Tyrannosaurus Rex
Antonio Gardoni’s style is so distinctive that his work can almost be graded in Gardoni-ness, with Noun being a 9/10 (i.e., immediately identifiable as an Antonio Gardoni creation) and Aeon 001 being a…
