By Tom Winter is the time that I really start reaching for the ambers. I love ones like Ambre Sultan, which seem to pulse with their own heat. A good amber for me is so comforting and sensual it’s almost… Continue Reading
By Tom Okay, I’ve been dashing around trying to get together a cheap outfit for a formal evening event. Who knew that finding an inexpensive formal shirt and bow tie would be so hard? I thought shops would be giving them… Continue Reading
Nothing particularly ‘fume related in this one. I don’t think I’ll ever quite get the whole holiday feeling in Southern California. I’m not complaining (well, no more than usual), but the one time of the year that I would like… Continue Reading
Yesterday on Perfume Smellin’ Things I wrote part one of my impressions of Australia-based perfume House Fleurage. Today I’ll finish up. First, the Chypres: Chypre is written of as being from a 14o year old recipe. It doesn’t smell like… Continue Reading
Kim Spadaro is a Jacksonville, Florida based perfumer who makes her scents based upon the wish to “set a mood or evoke a memory through scent, lighting and music.” Her first three scents “are a tribute to the spirit of… Continue Reading
This just showed up at luckyscent and of course I had to give it a sniff. Oud is one of those ingredients that for a while it seemed practically everyone from Avon to Xerjoff has given a shot at. I… Continue Reading
I love several scents from the (I think) rather under-appreciated Parfumerie Generale. Indochine promises to rocket to the top of the list. Which is strange, since reading the description of “spicy, powdery woods” I would normally think either snooze or… Continue Reading