Comprehensive Guide to gardenia perfume, rose perfume, niche perfume, French perfume, jasmine perfume, vanilla perfume, gourmand perfume, and more! This category will just keep growing as long as my nose and fingers hold out.
Frederic Malle Cologne Indelebile and its soaring sunshiny scent reminds me of some other orange blossom perfume, but which one? I scurried over to my oversized Orange Blossom Perfume post to get some ideas. L’Artisan Seville is gorgeous and a little naughty,… Continue Reading
We happily arrive at my favorite – iris perfume. Now, the thing you have to understand about Iris Perfume or What the Underpants are Hiding, they can’t capture the bloom’s smell except through headspace technology, and even that is pretty… Continue Reading
Many, many years ago, when I first was paying attention to notes in perfume and had some awareness of lily of the valley as a note, my immediate hatred cemented. I used to call it Satan’s Flower. My, how things… Continue Reading
How do I Find a New Perfume? … is one of the most common questions I hear over and over, phrased in a thousand different ways. It can vary from – “I used to wear Giorgio, but it smells like Mule… Continue Reading
Best Leather perfume. What a paradox, when you consider that originally perfume was used to mask the scent of hides used for gloves, boots and garments. And the long, exalted history of leather glovemakers scenting their creations that evolved into… Continue Reading
The perfume industry has its own publicity machine, and everyone knows the best-selling perfumes from the mainstream icons – Chanel, Dior, Hermes, etc. Niche perfume lines also have their own “best perfumes” pecking order, with people quickly being sent to… Continue Reading
Vetiver perfume – earthy, almost loamy, often thought of as one of the more masculine notes. When I do these guides, the characteristics of the note seems to invade how I write about it. Vetiver, while thought of as refined,… Continue Reading