Tag: Perfume
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Sienne L’Hiver by Eau d’Italie
Sienne L’Hiver (Sienne Winter) is true olfactory portraiture; a landscape artwork captured in scent. It is an atmospheric fragrance as a realism style teeters between the natural and the abstract. A paleness with depth, Sienne L’Hiver is a moment in history suspended in time. It is a beautiful, near transcendental scent with a…
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Jasmin et Cigarette by Etat Libre D’Orange
Do not expect a tobacco fragrance. Expect a cigarette scent. Where’s the magic in Etat’s Jasmin et Cigarette? For me, it’s the juxtaposition. Elegant, white, and green smelling indolic jasmine surrounded with a firm base of spice and warmth. It’s a classic floral oriental recipe: Heady floral top notes atop…
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31 Rue Cambon by Chanel
In reflection, treating this blog as an academic exercise became a secondary function very quickly. Instead, it became a medium to express improvement. One of the first reviews on this blog was of 31 Rue Cambon, and I have no shame in stating that when reading it, I now vehemently…
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Sauvage by Dior
This post was written pre-release. I have a mantra: don’t trash, but fairly critique instead. As the information trickles [and as I type this, the information is still trickling] for Dior’s latest masculine, I am left sorely disappointed. Before I got my nose on this scent, I was positively charged…
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Frida by En Voyage
Shelley Waddington is a highly respected independent perfumer based in the United States. A real force to be reckoned with, she is highly regarded and well known in the fragrance world. With a constant knack for fine-tuning, she challenges herself to create new scents with large scope. Shelley shares a great…
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Kouros by Yves Saint Laurent
I love fragrant outings in unknown territories… It means I can act clueless. My plan (scheme, actually) early one December was at once evil and genius. I would wander around promoting the idea that I had never worn a fragrance (despite the fact I was lingering around with both arms…
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La Myrrhe by Serge Lutens
The way the ‘r’ in Myrrhe rolls off the tongue is much like the eventual smoothness of this fragrance. A cacophony resolving to silence; from discord to accord. Serge Luten’s La Myrrhe is something recognised immediately, but never quite grasped. Its complexity is a testament to this fact, and seems…
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Chaperone by Fleurage
I am often quite cautious and avoiding of small independent perfume setups. I am wary because in my experience I have encountered far too many lacklustre and utterly erroneous perfumes that I begin to feel a higher duty to warn people of their danger. But, Fleurage tells a different story.…
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Santal Massoïa by Hermès
Originally on APJ There is no secret that I dislike gourmand perfumes: I can’t stand them! But, there’s another side of myself that secretly adores the sort of gourmand that doesn’t make itself out to be one. Shalimar and L’Heure Bleue are considered gourmands to an extent, but perhaps because…
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A Moment with Criminal Elements
After much dilly-dallying deciding what to do to celebrate the blog’s one year anniversary, I had finally reached a decision. I had decided to celebrate perfumery unconstrained by the commercial and reflect back at the very essence of perfume – scent. I can often be led astray by perfume fairytales…
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