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Perfume Tip : Improving the staying power of your perfume 2007-05-02 12:42:00 Most of the perfumes I wear are strong enough to not require layering to improve their sillage and staying power
. Yet others, are so soft and subtle I can barely smell them half an hour after application. I normally do not layer products; not only because of sometimes being unable to find matching body products for the perfumes I’d like to enhance, but also because oftentimes I suspect the
Trouble by Boucheron : Perfume Review 2007-05-01 13:11:00 Boucheron released Trouble
in 2004 and it has been marketed as a sensual, provocative floral-oriental. Trouble is indeed an oriental scent, but unfortunately it does not have the come-hither potential most of its oriental siblings possess. It starts out with a strong burst of citrus that quickly takes on a sugared quality that brings to mind strong, rich lemon hard-candy. The citrus continues to Read more:Perfume
Le Parfum de Thérèse by Frédéric Malle : Perfume Review 2007-04-30 12:14:00 What strikes me as magic with the Malle perfume line is how the fragrances constantly change after application, yet somehow, they also stay the same throughout the day. I know this sounds like an oxymoron, but this is indeed the way I experience them. Therese is an explosion on the skin upon application. If Lanvin’s Arpege is a rain of notes, played one by one upon the skin, this one is a Read more:Perfume
Magie by Lancome : Perfume Review 2007-04-29 11:17:00 I am a great fan of the older Lancome
perfumes. I simply adore Magie Noire and am lucky enough to have smelled vintage Climat. Perhaps it is due to my intense love of Magie Noir that I’d always wanted to try Magie. The opportunity finally came with its re-release as part of “La Collection” de Lancome. Earlier this year this collection of re-issued perfumes was finally made available close to Read more:Perfume
Cashmere Mist by Donna Karan : Perfume Review 2007-04-27 10:51:00 It is not surprising to me that Cashmere
Mist was released in 1994, the same year CK One was introduced. The market was ripe for perfumes that were clean, unobtrusive and almost asexual – perfect matches for the heroin-chic, boyish figures that were advertising clothes at the time. Although admittedly more feminine than CK One, and a good deal more interesting than L’Eau d’Issey, Cashmere Mist Read more:Donna
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L'Eau Trois by Diptyque : Perfume Review 2007-04-26 11:26:00 Words could never describe how I feel about this perfume, but I will give it a try even though I’ll probably do my heart that beats to its rhythm injustice. L’Eau Trois
must be one of the most unique fragrances I have ever had the joy of experiencing. I am a great lover of chypres and even though this is not traditionally identified as one, to my nose and heart it feels and behaves like one. But Read more:Perfume
Joop! pour Homme by Joop : Perfume Review 2007-04-25 11:14:00 I went through a period when I used to wear male perfumes quite often. I never saw this as a strange thing to do, inspired by a bold mother who introduced me to several of those fragrances. The ones I have worn most and still crave from time to time are the original Kenzo pour Homme by Kenzo (sadly reformulated), Joop! pour Homme and Nightflight, both by Joop. The last two had always been Read more:Perfume
Wrappings by Clinique : Perfume Review 2007-04-24 13:43:00 Clinique launched Wrappings in 1990 as their second fragrance for women in the line. Visiting beauty counters as a very young girl at the time, I remember thinking that Clinique was the epitome of good taste and elegance when seeing Aromatics Elixir and Wrappings lined together under the rows upon rows of pastel, tastefully simple-packaged cosmetics. It was the time before all the “Happies”. Read more:Clinique
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Perfume Blog Launched! 2007-04-22 21:45:00 Well, the title sounds a bit pompous... But I am excited! I have optimized the template to a level that I am content with to start trying to get my blog ‘out there’ so to speak. I will of course continue tweaking it to reach my vision of how it should be, but this is basically how it will look like from now on. For now my main concern is to start getting some visitors so that I am not only Read more:Launched
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A La Nuit by Serge Lutens & Gardenia Rain by Ava Luxe : Perfume Reviews 2007-04-21 17:54:00 I keep returning to Greece every summer. I begin my trip by going to the mountains and I end my vacation by going to an island, a different one each year. I revisit countless tastes and smells each time, tastes and smells that mean so much to me, intertwined as they are with colorful memories. I plan to visit many of those memories as I write this blog and I wish to start this journey with the Read more:Perfume
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Imperial Opoponax by Les Nereides : Perfume Review 2007-04-18 10:46:00 One has to give Imperial Opoponax some time to settle on the skin, because when first applied it really does not show its true colors. It starts off quite zingy and sharp, with a herbal, medicinal quality that I, personally, found unpleasant. Yes, the beautifully resinous Opoponax is there, present in the opening, but it is not well behaved. The top notes of citrus oils cover its sweetness and Read more:Perfume
Under Construction 2007-04-17 17:29:00 I am still working on getting this blog set up. My two posts so far have been an exercise in talking to myself, since the blog has not yet been made public. The reason for this is that it is not quite ready yet. I did not want to publish it while it is still looking so unfinished. I wanted to have the perfect version ready! Even though I am not very web/tech-savvy, I still want to make the best Read more:Construction
Aimez Moi (Love me), by Caron : Perfume Review 2007-04-16 13:52:00 Aimez Moi is the siren song of a nyad. As captivating as it is deceptive, this floral creation is a force to be reckoned with. If Aimez Moi was a woman she would appear gentle and romantic. She would appear as the stereotype of purity and gentle, effortless beauty. The unsuspecting victims would let their guard down around her and even though none would be able to deny her obvious charm, they’d Read more:Perfume
In The Beginning 2007-04-15 22:29:00 This is a little about me and the reasons why I started this blog:
My love affair with perfume started when I was a child. I would always beg the SAs of the stores my mother visited for samples, which I collected with a passion. On one of those trips, when I was around eight years old, I finally asked my mother for my very own full bottle. She could not comprehend what a child would do with one,
Blue Jeans by Versace 2007-05-04 13:58:00 In 1994 the Versace fashion house launched the jeans perfume line to represent the Versace Jeans
Couture Collection. The first two fragrances were Blue Jeans and Red Jeans, to be followed in 1995 by Baby Blue and Baby Rose. 1996 saw the releases of Green and Yellow Jeans and the fragrant family continued to expand in 1997 with the launch of Black and White Jeans. The prolific line saw its last
Nahema by Guerlain : Perfume Review 2007-05-03 13:25:00 Have you ever buried your nose in a fabulous rose? Imagine the experience magnified a hundred times...Take away the musty, earthy odor, for this is a new, waxy rose, its petals still tightly wrapped together, yet the godly scent is flowing unfaltering, unstoppable out of its calyx. Yes, Nahema starts out with a triple dose of rose, heady and determined, but the top notes are soon joined by Read more:Guerlain
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Antonia’s Flowers by Antonia’s Flowers : Perfume Review 2007-05-07 14:37:00 Two weeks of beautiful sunny days, not a hint of rain in sight. And then suddenly, the rain and cold are back, everything changed. The weather started taking a turn for the worse last night and today we woke up to overcast skies and dreary rain. When you live in a country dominated by the wind and rain, you start thinking about the weather a lot. Talking about it, even. It becomes a conversation Read more:Flowers
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Padparadscha by Satellite : Perfume Review 2007-05-06 13:26:00 There was no review yesterday, since I’d been out of the house all day on a little day trip to another city. Yes, as you might have guessed, I was on a fragrance quest: I went there predominantly to sniff out some perfumes suggested to me by a friend. But the day was astoundingly bright for this time of year in our rainy country – which miraculously has been dry for a while now- and I found Read more:Perfume
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Un Parfum d’Aventure by L.T. Piver : Perfume Review 2007-05-09 13:05:00 The world of fragrance can sometimes be overwhelming and it is not hard to get jaded while sampling its offerings. Truly, how often does it occur that you fall in love with a scent the moment you spray it on your skin? How often does it happen that it haunts you every day after that initial application until you acquire it? This is not a common occurrence for me, yet this is exactly what Read more:Perfume
Burberry by Burberry : Perfume Review 2007-05-11 13:54:00 Last night an email prompted me to prepare a skin scent review for today. I wanted to challenge myself by picking something I do not personally wear and I thought I had the perfect contender in my samples drawer: Murmure by Van Cleef & Arpels. Such a misleading name... The darned thing was nothing short of a scream, a foghorn in the dead of the night! Disappointed, I decided to fall back on a Read more:Burberry
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Tendenza for Her by Van Gils : Perfume Review 2007-05-10 12:44:00 Van Gils is a Dutch fashion house that dates back to the 1920s. Their clothes and accessories are clearly inspired by Italian sense of style but can readily be described as boring and unoriginal. Their fragrance line however has enjoyed considerable and not altogether undeserving success. Tendenza for Her, the first female fragrance in the line, was released in March 2005 and is widely available Read more:Perfume
Libertine by Vivienne Westwood : Perfume Review 2007-05-15 12:03:00 Libertine... Gluttonous abandon, hedonistic encounters... The word brings many associations to mind, but perhaps most salient to me are the wordy, loquacious, sometimes downright pleonastic writings of the time. But no matter which association my wandering mind stumbles upon, the perfume itself seems incongruent with its gifted name. No, I do not mean that this is a fragrance with mass-market Read more:Libertine
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Montana Parfum de Peau by Claude Montana : Perfume Review for Mother’s Day 2007-05-13 13:39:00 I was not planning to write a special review for Mother’s Day, in fact, I had been preparing a different review for today. But something happened yesterday, a strange coincidence, a little touch of fate that prompted me to suspend the piece I had prepared, in order to write this one, a Mother’s Day special.
As it has probably become clear by now, Saturday mornings are perfume exploration days Read more:Claude
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A Little Trip 2007-05-17 00:59:00 My Dears!
In the beginning of this week I arranged for a last-minute trip. I will be visiting Greece from Thursday morning until Sunday morning. I do not think I will be able to post anything while in Greece, so I am asking for your patience until the next review that will be posted on Monday. Wish me strength, it is 1 o'clock and I have to wake up at 4.30 to go to the airport! Argh!
Lots and
Laura by Laura Biagiotti : Perfume Review 2007-05-16 11:56:00 I remember the day I first smelled Laura
by Laura Biagiotti very clearly. I was fourteen years old, out for a cup of coffee with a good friend and she, knowing that I loved fragrance samples brought me several her sister had brought back with her from a trip to Italy. We tried most of the samples together, right there at the cafe and the verdict was unanimous: Laura was the best one of them all. Read more:Perfume
Bal à Versailles by Jean Desprez : Perfume Review 2007-05-21 15:48:00 There’s something to be said about perfumes whose development does not hold too many surprises. They are trusty, they will remain true from the moment you wear them till the moment they fade. They offer a single dream, a single location to which they will transport you and once there, you do not have to second-guess your surroundings. It is safe to put your guard down; seasons might change, the Read more:Perfume
Tsukimi by Annayake : Perfume Review 2007-05-24 06:21:00 Since I promised to start with Hanami and Tsukimi, I will unorthodoxly suspend a review of the second seasonal fragrance, Natsumi, to write about Tsukimi. The third fragrance in the seasonal quartet of the Annayake fragrance line, Tsukimi, means Moon Viewing. It embodies the spirit of autumn and is meant to represent a woman who is radiant, devoted to tradition and family. This characterization Read more:Perfume
Hanami by Annayake : Perfume Review 2007-05-23 05:06:00 “We carry the perfumes of Annayaké exclusively” the kindly sales assistant informed me when I inquired about them, taking extra care to raise her tone of voice slightly to accentuate the last vowel with the correct intonation after I had mistakenly pronounced it in a rather western manner. She was right of course. I do not know why I did not think of it myself. Perhaps it was out of force of Read more:Perfume
Posts for this coming week 2007-05-22 04:24:00 Hi dears,
There will be no post today as I have an inordinate amount of studying to do. I am giving exams in a couple of weeks time on the anatomy and chemistry of the human nervous system. Come back tomorrow when I will begin my three-part review on my favorite Anna Yake fragrances.
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