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Tom Ford Vert des Bois, Vert Bohème and Vert d’Encens: Angel has left the building
The Tom Ford Greens are in town and they are everything I had hoped for. If you think about it, green perfumes have been making a slow, shy comeback for a while. But it was that shyness that made me
Tom Ford Vert des Bois, Vert Bohème and Vert d’Encens: Angel has left the building
The Tom Ford Greens are in town and they are everything I had hoped for. If you think about it, green perfumes have been making a slow, shy comeback for a while. But it was that shyness that made me
Memory of Scent for Fragrance Daily: Grossmith Golden Chypre, like Mitsouko on antidepressants
How the resurrection of a historical British perfume house calls the entire IFRA regulation drama’s bluff and proves that where there is a will, there is also a way. As I discovered smelling the current re-release of André Courrèges Empreinte
Memory of Scent for Fragrance Daily: Grossmith Golden Chypre, like Mitsouko on antidepressants
How the resurrection of a historical British perfume house calls the entire IFRA regulation drama’s bluff and proves that where there is a will, there is also a way. As I discovered smelling the current re-release of André Courrèges Empreinte
Smells of Geneva: Ann Gérard Perle de Mousse and the smell of summer in the city (with notes on Alliage)
I know reading this you may think I am going crazy, but summer in Geneva is so much better than summer in Athens! Please bear with me, I am not saying that one should book a holiday for the Geneva
Smells of Geneva: Ann Gérard Perle de Mousse and the smell of summer in the city (with notes on Alliage)
I know reading this you may think I am going crazy, but summer in Geneva is so much better than summer in Athens! Please bear with me, I am not saying that one should book a holiday for the Geneva
Memory of Scent for Fragrance Daily: Czech and Speake Citrus Paradisi, a citrus for the haters
Citrus Paradisi is one of my oldest discoveries in the niche perfume safari and I recently bought a full bottle of it, probably the only citrus scent that I own. Or is it actually a citrus scent? Read my take
Memory of Scent for Fragrance Daily: Czech and Speake Citrus Paradisi, a citrus for the haters
Citrus Paradisi is one of my oldest discoveries in the niche perfume safari and I recently bought a full bottle of it, probably the only citrus scent that I own. Or is it actually a citrus scent? Read my take
Krizia Spazio Uomo: Comme le papa des Garçons
It started unconsciously but since a while back it has become an active endeavour. I am retracing my perfume past. I am collecting all the bottles that I once owned, way before perfume became an obsession, and having one carefully chosen
Krizia Spazio Uomo: Comme le papa des Garçons
It started unconsciously but since a while back it has become an active endeavour. I am retracing my perfume past. I am collecting all the bottles that I once owned, way before perfume became an obsession, and having one carefully chosen
Jil Sander Woman III: a handsome woman
After my long pause I feel that my posts are becoming more personal. I focus less on what is happening to the ever growing perfume market and more on what happens inside me. So as much as I am reluctant
Jil Sander Woman III: a handsome woman
After my long pause I feel that my posts are becoming more personal. I focus less on what is happening to the ever growing perfume market and more on what happens inside me. So as much as I am reluctant
André Courrèges Empreinte 2012: zombie chypre
The chypre monster bit me and now I am infected. I love the classic chypre backbone, its robust, unapologetic grandeur. But this style is dead now, or is it…? For reasons I do not fully understand I have often found
André Courrèges Empreinte 2012: zombie chypre
The chypre monster bit me and now I am infected. I love the classic chypre backbone, its robust, unapologetic grandeur. But this style is dead now, or is it…? For reasons I do not fully understand I have often found
Niki de Saint Phalle eau de toilette: a walk in the garden of good and evil
This story is as old as perfume bloggers: boy smells chypres. Chypres are too confusing for the boy. Boy finally gets chypres and falls in love with them. For a very long time I just couldn’t understand what this perfume family
Niki de Saint Phalle eau de toilette: a walk in the garden of good and evil
This story is as old as perfume bloggers: boy smells chypres. Chypres are too confusing for the boy. Boy finally gets chypres and falls in love with them. For a very long time I just couldn’t understand what this perfume family
Aromatics Elixir Perfumer’s Reserve: the Portrait of a Lady
Nobody forgets the first time they smell Aromatics Elixir. The perfume released in 1971 was a marketing breakthrough for a company specialising in minimal, antiseptic, utilitarian cosmetics. It approached perfume from a completely different direction than one would have expected
Aromatics Elixir Perfumer’s Reserve: the Portrait of a Lady
Nobody forgets the first time they smell Aromatics Elixir. The perfume released in 1971 was a marketing breakthrough for a company specialising in minimal, antiseptic, utilitarian cosmetics. It approached perfume from a completely different direction than one would have expected
Jacomo Eau Cendrée: where it all began…
One of my first perfume memories ever was Jacomo Eau Cendrée (which translates to a mysterious Ash Water). I couldn’t have been older than six and yet I remember my uncle having a bottle of this. And what a bottle
Jacomo Eau Cendrée: where it all began…
One of my first perfume memories ever was Jacomo Eau Cendrée (which translates to a mysterious Ash Water). I couldn’t have been older than six and yet I remember my uncle having a bottle of this. And what a bottle
Jacomo Silences: why speak if you have nothing new to say?
Do you have an old aunt who lives across the city, you really love her but do not see her very often and at some point you feel the urge to visit with her because you do not know how
Jacomo Silences: why speak if you have nothing new to say?
Do you have an old aunt who lives across the city, you really love her but do not see her very often and at some point you feel the urge to visit with her because you do not know how
Angel Sclesser Homme: Sun and cicadas
While we are at it I thought I ‘d write about another “Greek summer” fragrance I have in my wardrobe. It was a blind buy because it was cheap and I had read great things about it. First of all
Angel Sclesser Homme: Sun and cicadas
While we are at it I thought I ‘d write about another “Greek summer” fragrance I have in my wardrobe. It was a blind buy because it was cheap and I had read great things about it. First of all
By Kilian Bamboo Harmony and Water Calligraphy: Asiaxploitation Tales
Kilian is the most generous perfume house. I just clicked once on their Facebook page and I keep receiving unexpected, unsolicited samples in the mail. This is so generous and I cannot thank them enough. I have recently received samples
By Kilian Bamboo Harmony and Water Calligraphy: Asiaxploitation Tales
Kilian is the most generous perfume house. I just clicked once on their Facebook page and I keep receiving unexpected, unsolicited samples in the mail. This is so generous and I cannot thank them enough. I have recently received samples
Essentially Me Impressions: the individualist voice of Alec Lawless
I have always been intrigued by natural perfumes. I have not been able to test many of them mostly because the US is the Mecca of natural perfumery and buying samples from independent natural perfumers and having them shipped to
Essentially Me Impressions: the individualist voice of Alec Lawless
I have always been intrigued by natural perfumes. I have not been able to test many of them mostly because the US is the Mecca of natural perfumery and buying samples from independent natural perfumers and having them shipped to
Kerosene Copper Skies and Creature: on a winning streak
I have tried the two recent Kerosene releases and I am happy to say that Kerosene is not a one hit artist. Copper Skies is an in-your-face amber scent and as such I am not the most suitable person to
Kerosene Copper Skies and Creature: on a winning streak
I have tried the two recent Kerosene releases and I am happy to say that Kerosene is not a one hit artist. Copper Skies is an in-your-face amber scent and as such I am not the most suitable person to
Fougère Bengale: from the Cyclades to India in a whiff
There are some perfumers who aim not only at making beautiful perfumes but whose work also aims at creating atmospheres, instant clouds of illusions that transport us in different places, situations. Some perfumes are just liquid air from a place
Fougère Bengale: from the Cyclades to India in a whiff
There are some perfumers who aim not only at making beautiful perfumes but whose work also aims at creating atmospheres, instant clouds of illusions that transport us in different places, situations. Some perfumes are just liquid air from a place
Colours of Iris* Part 1: Iris Silver Mist
The grey iris A few years ago iris was the big thing. Everyone discovered overnight how iris is the most expensive note in a perfumer’s cabinet. How it takes 5 years of growing the beautiful flower and 3 years of
Colours of Iris* Part 1: Iris Silver Mist
The grey iris A few years ago iris was the big thing. Everyone discovered overnight how iris is the most expensive note in a perfumer’s cabinet. How it takes 5 years of growing the beautiful flower and 3 years of
Memory Of Scent 