Annick Goutal Heure Exquise is one of the perfumes that induced complete perfume mania in me, after years of dabbling. I’d read ecstatic comments about it on various blogs and forums, so I bought samples of both the EDT and EDP,… Continue Reading
I am fascinated by sillage in perfume. Sillage (‘see-yazh’) is the trail that a scent weaves and leaves as the wearer walks by. Some people make a distinction between sillage and ‘projection’, or ‘diffusion’, the latter two words being used to… Continue Reading
For about a decade there has been in Australia a perfume chain known as Perfume Connection, consisting of mall outlets in major cities, and a website. Today the Perfume Connection shop in my city closed its doors. When it began,… Continue Reading
Habanita: a weird phenomenon. A survivor from 1921, it is the stand-out offering from a brand that otherwise rarely seems to excite anyone’s interest. What has excited my interest is the fact that this year Molinard has re-released Habanita as an… Continue Reading
Does anyone out there collect perfume ads? I ask because I have often thought of starting a collection myself. I adore browsing them online, and often I see one that it is so lovely it immediately inspires a desire for… Continue Reading