Un Bel Amour d’Été by Parfum d'Empire is a stupendously sexy, humid, fleshy white floral monster the likes of which have not been seen since Fracas and Songes. …
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All Natural Aromatic Balsamic Cult of Raw Materials Fougere Herbal Incense Independent Perfumery Masculine Oud Review Rosewood Saffron SmokeOud Taiwan by Areej Le Dore
Oud Taiwan by Areej Le Dore smells great, but not the ‘perfume’ kind of great. It smells great in the way that certain spaces – a carpenter’s workshop, a fuel court, a supplies…
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Chypre Floral Hay Honey Incense Independent Perfumery Iris Review VioletEpona by Papillon Artisan Perfumes: A Review
Epona is pure gorgeousness. Though I do have an equestrian background myself, horsey perfumes can be a little bit too on the nose with the mane accord – Arabian Horse by Pierre Guillaume,…
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All Natural Independent Perfumery Review Rose Single note explorationThree Roses by Annette Neuffer
The only possible reason why Annette Neuffer is not discussed in the same breadth as other talented, self-made European perfumers (Andy Tauer, Vero Kern, Antonio Gardoni, etc.) is because, unlike these, she has…
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When you move to Africa after a whole life spent in Europe, you quickly begin to grasp the economies of scale (and lack of trade tariffs) that made your nine euro litre of…
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Vanille des Afriques is essentially a reformulation of Vanille d’Iris to adhere to IFRA regulations but with the addition of a bourbon and a Madagascan vanilla absolute to replace the Tahitian vanilla of…
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Ambergris Animalic Aromatic Chocolate Chypre Civet Collection Cult of Raw Materials Floral Oriental Fruity Chypre Hay Honey House Exploration Incense Independent Perfumery Iris Jasmine Leather Musk Osmanthus Oud Patchouli Review Rose Saffron Sandalwood Smoke Spice Tuberose Violet White Floral Woods Ylang ylangThe Musk Collection by Areej Le Doré: Reviews
I can’t help feeling sad that ‘regular’ people who just love a good, well-constructed perfume rather than obsessing on one or two of their constituent raw materials will likely never get to smell the…
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I was back in Rome recently for a strategic retreat and thought it might be interesting to wear an Italian dessert fragrance every day to mark the occasion. Caveat: I have incredibly narrow…
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Five O’ Clock Au Gingembre, I love ya, even if you are a B side in the Lutensian catalogue. Christopher Sheldrake and Serge Lutens were probably going for zest rather than realism when…
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Il Dieci X by Bogue had a very short run of 50 bottles produced in 2019, so perhaps it doesn’t even make sense for me to write about it. But I have to…