16 days ago by Victoria

Annick Goutal Encens Flamboyant is a perfume that is meant to conjure up Eastern Orthodox churches – icons lining the walls, colorful hues on your skin from sunlight and stained glass; churches filled with incense smoke and chants. This fragrance does conjure up this environment, but as a person tha ...

34 days ago by Victoria

Caron 3ème Homme merges two of my interests – perfume and film noir. And not just any perfume, 80′s masculines, a “genre” that I adore. Caron 3ème Homme is inspired by The Third Man, a late 1940′s British film noir by Carol Reed. This film is one that some say “epitomizes” the genre and it has a str ...

84 days ago by n.

“Molecular recognition is arguably the fundamental mechanism of all life… The only variable is time.” —Chandler Burr, The Emperor of Scent I like to read the Missed Connections ads on Craigslist. In these ads, clusters of molecules reach out to other clusters of molecules they have glimpsed, tasted, ...

86 days ago by Ajent Orange

Annick Goutal created Eau de Charlotte for her step-daughter, Charlotte. It’s meant to be jammy, “young” and casual. But, I don’t know what it is supposed to be on my skin. Eau De Charlotte smells so weird on me. I hate to say it, in fact, I can’t believe I’m going to say it, but I’m reminded of bug ...

93 days ago by Ajent Orange

Divine Divine is a perfume that wears you. This is perfume. It smells like perfume. It wasn’t created to smell like a Mediterranean holiday or exotic trade spice routes. Divine was meant to smell like perfume. Old-fashioned and glamorous French perfume for fabulous grown-up and glamorous ladies. Unf ...

156 days ago by Ajent Orange

Maitre Parfumeu et Gantier Fleur des Comores is a tropical custard of banana-like white florals, overripe fruits and creamy vanilla. It’s more than another gourmand fruity-floral. This fragrance captures the realness of black currant and passionfruit, adding a musky-fruit atmosphere that makes this ...

161 days ago by Ajent Orange

Serge Lutens Borneo 1834 – best patchouli perfume ever. This should be my review and it very much could be, but you know me. I can’t shut up. So here’s my review of the best patchouli perfume. Borneo opens up as a camphoric patchouli, slightly medicinal. It’s less “dirty” or “earthy” than patchouli ...

163 days ago by SgtPepper

edit@hollywoodreporter.com (Lauren Schutte) The musician stars in a new ad campaign for the scent Decibel from French perfume company Azzaro. read more Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thr/music/~3/ifD72wS6qAE/strokes-frontman-julian-casablancas-stars-230304 Heidi Klum Heidi Montag

195 days ago by honorehonorhonour

This September, Balenciaga launches L’essence, a lighter version of the original Balenciaga scent of moss and violet. As usual, Charlotte Gainsbourg looks stunning in the ads. As soon as I get my September issue of Vogue, I am ripping this out … Continue reading →

198 days ago by Ajent Orange

Annick Goutal La Violette is a violet soliflore. It’s feminine, floral, and sweet. It reminds me of so many things that make me happy: Choward’s Violet Mints, mild weather, and fancy French cosmetics. This is my favorite violet soliflore ever. There isn’t much to La Violette. If you are familiar wit ...