I’m looking at my big, beautiful coffee table book from Roja Dove, Essence of Perfume is $44 from Amazon. Roja’s love of perfume comes through, along with a wealth of anecdotes and history. Well-written and not snobbish, though a few… Continue Reading
Tom Ford Italian Cypress is big salty, earthy cypress. It feels very masculine, but I think women who like strong wood scents will be quite taken with this. I can’t find a list of notes on it, except it mentions wood resins… Continue Reading
Well, I’d like to say that I’ve done more than cursorily sniff the new Milan store Tom Ford exclusive, Italian Cypress, but I haven’t. Just on the cursory sniff, it is very, very woody and cypressy, and it leans much… Continue Reading
Reviewing Amouage Homage Attar is a skosh painful because this takes spendy and vaults it to a whole new level AND it is a limited edition, so who knows how long they will sell Amouage Homage Attar. Running about $360… Continue Reading
Finally got my little sample of Frederic Malle’s newest, Dans tes Bras. Created by Maurice Roucel, it has notes of bergamot, clove, violet, jasmine, sandalwood, patchouli, salicylates, incense, Cashmeran (a mix of musk, woods, and resin), heliotrope and white musk. DtB… Continue Reading
Being raised on a farm, my parents were very traditional about the roles of men and women. Women did women’s work and men’s work, and men only did men’s work. That left the women to do farmwork, plus all the… Continue Reading
Call me slow because I am, but I finally just sat down this weekend and went through the rest of the ballots to get the top 25 based on your picks for 2008. These are currently in production perfumes, did… Continue Reading