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The 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…

20th March 2024
Gourmand Lists Round-Ups
A Week’s Worth of Italian Dessert Fragrances

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…

5th February 2024
Honey Review Spice Tea Woods
Five O’ Clock Au Gingembre by Serge Lutens

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…

17th January 2024
Aromatic Barbershop Independent Perfumery Masculine Sandalwood Woods
Il Dieci X by Bogue: A Review

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…

12th January 2024
Herbal Honey Independent Perfumery Review Spice Vetiver
Onda 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…

11th January 2024
Ambrette Iris Leather Musk Spice Spicy Floral Suede Vetiver
Heaven 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…

10th January 2024
Aromatic Citrus Designer Gourmand Green Review
A 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…

16th October 2023
Lists Review Rose Round-Ups Single note exploration
A Rosy Roster: My Favourite Rose Fragrances

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…

7th October 2023
Aromatic Herbal Review Tonka
Fève Délicieuse by Dior: A Review

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…

2nd October 2023
Aromatic Chypre Herbal Oakmoss Patchouli Review Sandalwood Spice
Marescialla 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 –…

28th July 2023

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