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Tuesday, 1 September 2015

Love Exposure

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It's difficult to judge a perfume that's based on a movie you haven't seen. It's also difficult to ignore that backstory if...
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Wednesday, 12 August 2015

Salome

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A few months back I declared Absolue Pour le Soir the kinkiest scent around. It still might be the kinkiest, but it's not the sexiest ...
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Friday, 24 July 2015

Geste

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A lovely gesture. That's exactly what it is. A pillow of violets on a bed of pine. Intimate and soft, but intriguing. Very modern in fe...
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Saturday, 20 June 2015

A comparison of colours - Shalimar, Musc Ravageur and Meharees

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I have recently discovered that I do have a desert island perfume, one that I could probably wear forever if I had to make that choice. And...
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Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Angelique

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Tomorrow is the night of the Fragrance Foundation Awards, and what better opportunity to post about one of this years' finalists: Angel...
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Monday, 4 May 2015

Perfume shopping in Frankfurt

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"Off to somewhere nice?" asked the ueber cheerful sales assistant behind the Boots counter at London City airport. "Frankfur...
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Friday, 3 April 2015

A Shropshire Lad with added scents

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As I have mentioned in my post about the Gorilla perfume exhibition, I have a "thing" about interdisciplinary co-operations. The ...
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Liquid Night

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I love it when a fragrance house offers the choice of small bottles. My last purchase was a 10 ml travel spray of Musc Ravageur, bought on ...
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Monday, 9 March 2015

La Danza delle Libellule

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La Danza delle Libellule by nobile 1942. Bonkers. And very, very sweet. 
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Thursday, 26 February 2015

Maai by bogue, pregnant with meaning

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I hadn't planned to write about Maai. Highly praised, this recreation of a classical chypre by Italian artisan house bogue appeared in...
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Thursday, 12 February 2015

Ragu

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If you google the words "Ragu recipe" and read everything that comes up at least 4 pages in, you will find yourself puzzled and p...
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Wednesday, 4 February 2015

An old couple on holiday: Pomegranate Noir and me

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I am just back from 2 weeks in Thailand and the cold weather is really biting. Post holidays blues - here we come... But I won't bothe...
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Saturday, 10 January 2015

Seven Veils by Byredo

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Byredo, the Swedish perfume house was one of the first niche brands I encountered and sampled in full, thanks to the generosity of the Byre...
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Monday, 5 January 2015

Puredistance Black, and other colours

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     First things first: Happy New Year.  I haven't posted anything for a while, a fact for which I can partly blame an ove...
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Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Felanilla, languid and luxurious

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Adding a new perfume bottle to your collection is always exciting, but sometimes there is a level of anxiety involved. Will I still like it...
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