Welcome to the first 2020 edition of Mood Scent 4, where the fragrant team of Australian Perfume Junkies, L’Esperessence and I Scent You A Day and Megan In Sainte Maxime are your selectors for perfumes for various occasions. This time around we are focusing on discontinued fragrances. In the fragrance world there […]
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Mood Scent 4 : Festive Event Fragrances
Welcome to another edition of Mood Scent 4, where the fragrant team of Megan In Sainte Maxime, Australian Perfume Junkies, L’Esperessence and I Scent You A Day are your selectors for perfumes for various occasions. This time around we are focusing on FESTIVE EVENT FRAGRANCES. There are various festivals and times of celebration […]
Mood Scent 4 : Duvet Perfumes
Welcome to another edition of Mood Scent 4, where the fragrant team of Australian Perfume Junkies, L’Esperessence and I Scent You A Day are your selectors for perfumes for various occasions. Today we are taking a peek under the duvet and choosing the perfumes for […]
Perfume Review : Paris – Riviera from Chanel : Pure Summer Refreshment
Have you tried the Chanel Les Eaux collection? Originally released as a collection of three fragrances – Paris-Deauville, Paris-Biarritz and Paris-Venise, this summer we were introduced to the Côte d’Azur influenced Paris-Riviera. The fragrances are characterised by a lighter style in an Eau de Toilette […]
Perfume Review : Embers And Musk from Aftelier Perfumes : A Smouldering Scent
Mandy Aftel is the perfumer behind Aftelier Perfumes and has made a swathe of interesting and fragrant scents. Her perfumes just seem to work for me and sometimes that is just the way it is. Aftel uses only pure and natural essences and if you […]
Perfume Review : Irisistible from April Aromatics : Intricate Iris
Iris is one of those materials that you either love or find a bit tricky in perfumery. I have come around to it now but it took a while. Iris perfumes encompass a wide playing field as there are a multitude of ways in which […]
Perfume Review : Antique Ambergris by Mandy Aftel : Old Soul
Mandy Aftel is one of those incredibly gifted creatives who seems to be able to bring a sense of purpose and wonder to all that she does. Not only is she a master perfumer in her studio in Berkeley but she is also a teacher […]
Mood Scent 4 : Relaxing Perfumes
Welcome back to another session of Mood Scent 4 with my perfume blogging friends, I Scent You A Day, A Bottled Rose and L‘Esperessence who is here with us today after a leave of absence. This instalment features our most relaxing perfumes. So when do you feel relaxed? […]
Mood Scent 4 : Scents of Place
Welcome to another edition of Mood Scent 4 with my perfume blogging friends, I Scent You A Day and A Bottled Rose. We’re here to scent moods and occasions and today we’ll be writing about Scents of Place. L’Esperessence is currently taking a break but […]
Aftelier Perfumes : Part 2 : The Scents of Natural Fragrant Wonder : Oud Luban, Cepes and Tuberose and Amber Tapestry
Aftelier Perfumes is based in Berkeley and it’s there that Mandy Aftel crafts her wonderful fragrances. Aftel makes not only natural perfumes but also scented teas, chef’s essences and body products. If you wander over and take a look at her website you will find […]
May Day Muguet
This is a post that I had planned for earlier in the week but my house moving completely took over my life. There was a lot of physical labour involved from dawn to the early hours and a fair bit of angst over what to […]
Aftelier Perfumes : Part 1 : The Scents of Natural Fragrant Wonder : Vanilla Smoke, Velvet Tuberose, Palimpsest and Cuir de Gardenia
When I wrapped up my favourite perfumes for 2017 one of the olfactory adventures that needed to be ticked off the list was the exploration of the Aftelier Perfumes collection. So many lovely words are written about Mandy Aftel‘s natural range of perfumes that I really felt […]
