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…
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Herbal Honey Independent Perfumery Review Spice VetiverOnda Voile d’Extrait by Vero Profumo: A Review
I always thought of Onda by Vero Profumo as a difficult perfume, but now, at a distance of a decade, I understand that I was just not grown enough for it. Though I…
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Ambrette Iris Leather Musk Spice Spicy Floral Suede VetiverHeaven Can Wait by Frederic Malle: A Review
I can’t decide if Heaven Can Wait by Jean-Claude Ellena for Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle is really that good or if I am just happy to get some relief from the heady…
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Aromatic Citrus Designer Gourmand Green ReviewA Tale of Two Pistachios: Un Jardin à Cythère and Yum Pistachio Gelato | 33
Un Jardin à Cythère by Christine Nagel for Hermes is two thirds of a good fragrance. The burst of citrus up top is a tonic for the soul, full of the rinsing sourness…
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Roses are an intensely personal thing, aren’t they? A fresh, wet ‘ripped from nature’ rose is one person’s idea of heaven and another person’s hell. Now, this is kind of fun because it…
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I don’t require Fève Délicieuse by Dior to do anything more than it does, which is to step between me and this cold, cold world like a bodyguard. In the late nineties, I…
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Aromatic Chypre Herbal Oakmoss Patchouli Review Sandalwood SpiceMarescialla by Santa Maria Novella: Mad, bad, and dangerous to know
Santa Maria Novella’s Marescialla is one of only three fragrances in the ‘interesting and ugly-beautiful but almost too brutal to love’ category that I keep around and wear on a regular basis –…
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I fought tooth and nail to get my hands on a vintage-ish bottle of Annick Goutal’s Heure Exquise, and each time I wear it, I am less and less convinced that the juice…
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Serge Lutens’ Ambre Sultan is the Elvis Presley of amber fragrances – it’s left the building, but its influence is still felt everywhere. Its sugar rush of resins playing tag with dry, aromatic…
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All Natural Amber Aromatic Balsamic Chypre Cult of Raw Materials Floral Oriental Independent Perfumery Patchouli Review RoseRaven by Teone Reinthal Natural Perfume: A Review
Raven by Teone Reinthal Natural Perfume (TRNP) is the kind of rose chypre that hasn’t been in production since the 1980s – big, tart roses spread strewn across bittersweet, glittery balsams and a…