Another episode of Mood Scent 4 is here and this time around we’re featuring Superpower fragrances. My scented partners are Portia who is now with A Bottled Rose, L’Esperessence and I Scent You A Day. We are your selectors for perfumes for various occasions. Superpower fragrances are those that lend an edge […]
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Mood Scent 4 : Playing The Diva
Welcome to another edition of Mood Scent 4. This session we’re discussing diva fragrances. These days I feel that meaning of the word diva has a bit of a bad rap, however it can simply refer to a very successful and famous female singer, originally […]
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 : Hyde by Hiram Green : Rawhide
This is a very belated perfume review and it’s definitely not because this isn’t a wonderful perfume. It is. Hyde is another interesting work from Hiram Green and made my best of fragrances for 2018. It has also recently won the Artisan award at the […]
Mood Scent 4 : Perfumes That Work For Everyone Else But You
Mood Scent 4 : Perfumes That Work For Everyone Else But You
Fragrant Hommes : Interview with Ermano Picco : Italian Scent Connoisseur
Perfume people are really the best. Some encounters leave a mark. I had one such meeting with Ermano Picco and found him to be such a warm and intelligent man who is passionate about olfaction, and highly knowledgeable too. I probably didn’t know just how […]
New Perfume Review : Slowdive from Hiram Green : Just Like Honey
Slowdive : from Hiram Green // Nose : Hiram Green // Year : 2017 // Notes : Tobacco blossom, neroli, orange flower, beeswax, dried fruit, tuberose, resins The Low Down : A honeyed floral perfume with a buzzed out blissful vibe – perfect for languid days and […]
Fragrant Femmes : Interview with Barbara Herman from Eris Parfums
Welcome to a new addition of Fragrant Femmes where we find out more about people behind the scenes in the fragrance world. Today I’m introducing Barbara Herman, the creative talent behind ERIS Parfums and author of the excellent book Scent & Subversion, a treasure trove of information […]
Flower Music : Soulwax Ft Chloe Sevigny : Heaven Scent
I stumbled on this music from one of the weekly playlists that Spotify recommends to me each week. It’s not new. It came out last year but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a track that references so many flowers. On Heaven Scent, Chloe Sevigny reads a poem called […]
Perfume Review : Borneo 1834 from Serge Lutens : Classic Patchouli
I have a confession to make. I’m a patch head. I adore patchouli in perfume and love Borneo 1834 by Serge Lutens. There’s nothing like a dark, rich patchouli and the experience of a pleasurable physical reaction when one hits the spot. I know that patchouli is […]
New Perfume Review : Sotta La Luna Tuberose from Andy Tauer : A New Interpretation
Andy Tauer is one of my favourite perfumers and I finally had the pleasure of meeting him in Florence at Pitti Fragrance where I embarrassingly told him I was a huge fan. Oh well it was true. His modern classic L’Air Du Desert Marocain (LADDM) is a an […]
New Perfume Review : Hedonist Cassis from Viktoria Minya : Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Cassis is a note that I’m not overly familiar with in perfume but I was keen to smell Viktoria Minya’s interpretation in recently released Hedonist Cassis. She created Hedonist one of the most beautiful fragrances of 2013, a boozy peach of a perfume and the first in her […]
Megan In Sainte Maxime 