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 […]
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New Perfume Review : Volume 2 Precision & Grace : The Beautiful Mind Series : Dance Away
An edited version of this article by has previously appeared on CaFleureBon by Megan In Sainte Maxime. Rewind the clock five years and you may remember a perfume with an IQ. Entitled Intelligence & Fantasy it announced the arrival of The Beautiful Mind Series Volume 1. The brain behind […]
Top 10 Favourite Winter Warm Up Perfumes
February is my least favourite month in France. It’s cold and quite frankly a tad dull. But to be fair the South of France is really nowhere near as cold as other parts of the world in winter and in fact it has the odd […]
Perfume Review : Serge Lutens : Bas de Soie : A Cool French Iris
Bas de Soie is one of the perfumes from Serge Lutens that flies under the radar. It’s a bit of an anomaly and perhaps lacks the strong personality of others within his oeuvre. It’s not a Moroccan inspired oriental, nor a floral powerhouse of the […]
Perfume Review : Hedonist Iris : A Whiter Shade of Pale
Viktoria Minya released Hedonist Iris late last year, along with Hedonist Rose and Eau de Hongrie. The release of these perfumes followed the successful launch of Hedonist, a golden peach of a scent. I really loved this perfume so was excited to try the new additions to her […]
Perfume Review : Hedonist Rose : Pretty In Pink
It must be difficult to come up with a new riff on the much beloved rose theme. It is undoubtedly one of my favourite notes in perfumery and I’m always surprised to see the inventive twists and turns that perfumers can conjure with the majestic rose. […]
New Perfume Review: Viktoria Minya : Eau de Hongrie
Viktoria Minya is a young Hungarian perfumer based in Paris. She launched Hedonist, her first perfume under her own brand in 2013. It is a gorgeously ripe, lush peach of a scent and was much beloved by reviewers. Its appeal is enhanced by a covetable blinged up bottle […]
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