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June 2007
Citta di Kyoto
Friday, 29 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
Notes: iris, lotus, bergamot, orange, jasmine, hyacinth, rose, hawthorn, ylang-ylang, plum, peach, cinnamon, cypress, lavender, birch, sandalwood, gaiac wood, cedar, ebony, patchouli, ambergris, vanilla
Category: Reviews
Parfums d'Empire Ambre Russe
Wednesday, 27 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
Notes: tea, incense, vodka, champagne, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, ambergris, vanilla, leather
Category: Reviews
What Not to Wear
Monday, 25 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
Someone please tell me that I'm not the only person who selects her scent not just by season but by wardrobe? I do have grapheme → color synesthesia, a state that causes me to "see" letters and numbers in color, but my sense
Category: Everything Else
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Divine L'Inspiratrice
Thursday, 21 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
Notes: rose, ylang-ylange, vanilla, tonka bean, vetiver, patchouliA warm sweetish rose, slightly powdery, mellowed by a creamy vanilla
Category: Reviews
Scent = Memory
Wednesday, 20 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
What is it about certain smells that cause one to travel back to a particular place and time? Why is scent and memory so interconnected?
Category: Everything Else
Demeter - Goddess of Fragrances That Aren't Particularly Long Lasting
Tuesday, 19 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
Now that Demeter is offering small splash bottles of their scents for the low price of $3, I went a little crazy on their site and ordered a gaggle of fragrances to try.
Category: Reviews
Virtue & Valor
Monday, 18 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
EstherNotes: lily, orange, ylang ylang, cinnamon, ginger, jasmine, clove, vanilla, amber, musk, patchouli, frankincense, sandalwood
Category: Reviews
Vero Profumo
Thursday, 14 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
I was lucky enough to win a set of samples of Vero Profumo, by Swiss perfumer Vero Kern, from fellow Swiss, Andy Tauer. KikiNotes: lavender, caramel, musk RubjNotes: orange blossom, musk, jasmine OndaNotes: vetiver, ginger, mace, cori
Category: Reviews
Kiss and Make-Up
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
Although this is a perfume blog, I feel that I should mention some of my favorite cosmetics from time to time. I've been wearing make-up since my early teens, and I've tested quite a few brands. When I was young, drugstore product
Category: Everything Else
Tauer Perfumes
Monday, 11 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
Reverie au JardinNotes: lavender (high altitude mountain lavender from France), galbanum, fir balm, bergamot, rose absolute, frankincense, ambrette seeds, orris, vetiver, tonka beans, oakmoss, vanilla, ambergris, sandalwood and cedar wood L'
Category: Reviews
More Ava Luxe
Friday, 8 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
Gardenia Musk - gardenia and white muskFig - fig leaves, galbanum, cedar, green vine, coconut milk Linen Musk - no notes listed
Category: Reviews
FiFi Awards - What a Crock!
Tuesday, 5 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
So the Fragrance Foundation has once again counted the ballots for their annual popularity contest and invited a bunch of pretty faces and fashionistas to their awards ceremony. What exactly does "luxe" mean? What is their definition
Category: Everything Else
Spicy Scents
Monday, 4 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
The earliest perfumes were made from spices like ginger, cardamon, and cinnamon mixed with fats and resins or honey and used to fragrance the body, or to scent the air, as in incense. To this day, these spices remain popular perfumery ingredients, es
Category: Reviews
Montales Aoud Roses Petals
Friday, 1 June 2007 12:00 A GMT-05
The more Montale fragrances I smell, the more it seems to me that they are merely mixing two or three notes in different combinations and then marketing them with different names. It's primarily the Aoud and Rose notes that get used in thes
Category: Reviews