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Helpful and knowledgeable in equal measure, though charmingly camera and interview shy, in the flesh she is ananimated, elegant and wittyfigure replete with funny tales of fragrance critics and reminiscences of days gone by when the Big Apple’s big stores would hire models to parade their perf...
and smell it differently than when we smell the same fragrance on a woman. It’s not skin chemistry – it’s psychology of perception. Often, when you recognize the fragrance, the illusion of difference is broken, and you realize
and smell it differently than when we smell the same fragrance on a woman. It’s not skin chemistry – it’s psychology of perception. Often, when you recognize the fragrance, the illusion of difference is broken, and you realize
fragrance is with a friend so they can give you a second opinion on the spot. It’s something that can take time – if you’re like me your nose can probably only take so many sniffs in one session. I like to browse reviews or new releases online and often make a smell list and ...
By Kilian Rose Oud. You’d think once they did the Pure Oud, Amber Oud, Incense Oud there would just be no reason at all to do a Rose Oud. Let’s all take a moment of silence and contemplate this fragrance. I adore Pure Oud, it is my singular favorite oud go-to – well, along...
YouTube videos took over everything. One of those YouTubers, and one of the most beloved characters in the worldwide perfume community, Carlos of Brooklyn Fragrance Lover and before that of the Facebook group Peace-Love-Perfume, died unexpectedly, and this hit me very hard. ...
Vanilla in general has a terrible reputation. Vanilla has become a byword for anything boring, bland, middle-of-the-road. It is a safe fragrance, a safe flavor, and ‘safe’ is not an adjective I like to keep in my vocabulary. When used to death in cheap scented candles, bath products...
Intense fragrance of spiced Bing cherries, raspberries and plums. Richly flavored but light on its feet, with alluring flavors of black cherries, black raspberries, herbs and spice. So good you want to bite into it. Refreshing acid spine, gossamer tannins and a memorable finish of uncommon ...
La Myrrhe by Serge Lutens (125 eauros, 75 ml EDP) is part of Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido exclusive line, only available from the Paris boutique or online for EU residents. The Posh Peasant and the Perfumed Court sell samples and decants. ...