My partner-in-crime, Brian, who co-writes I Smell Therefore I Am with me, is the best because he puts up with my incessant emails about perfume. I’ve noticed, from reading the email threads back and forth between the two of us that my taste in perfume has begun to change. I wonder if this happens to other perfume-addicts? Eight years ago I would never have longed to wear Tabac Blond, Bandit,
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Bring on the Earthy Scents
August 13th, 2008 — , Ava Luxe, Bandit, Caron Tabac Blond, Montale Black Aoud, Serge Lutens, earthy fragrances from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
The indies saved violet for me: three reviews
July 24th, 2008 — , Ava Luxe, Liz Zorn, Neil Morris, Serge Lutens, Soivohle', Violet perfume from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
In one of my first blog entries, I made a list of the notes that I like and dislike. Among my dislikes was violet. My co-writer, Brian, happens to be a lover of anything violet, and mostly due to his enthusiasm for the note, I’ve tested several violet perfumes over the past few months. For me, the indie perfumers make the most beautiful violet fragrances. I completely understand Brian’s
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The indies saved violet for me: three reviews
July 24th, 2008 — , Ava Luxe, Liz Zorn, Neil Morris, Serge Lutens, Soivohle', Violet perfume from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
In one of my first blog entries, I made a list of the notes that I like and dislike. Among my dislikes was violet. My co-writer, Brian, happens to be a lover of anything violet, and mostly due to his enthusiasm for the note, I’ve tested several violet perfumes over the past few months. For me, the indie perfumers make the most beautiful violet fragrances. I completely understand Brian’s
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Twin Peaks: Perfect Veil, Nude Musk and Opal
July 24th, 2008 — , Ava Luxe, Smell-alikes, creative scentualisation, nude musk, opal, perfect veil, skin scent, sonoma scent studio, twin peaks from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Sometimes the perfume lover is jaded after being entrapped into the midst of deep and meaningful perfumes which sing the praises of king Solomon and his court. Sometimes I just want to put on something that is cuddly and soft and doesn’t smell like per…
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Tribute to the Indies
July 11th, 2008 — , Aftelier, Ava Luxe, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Indie perfumers, Michael Storer, Neil Morris, Strange Invisible Perfumes, sonoma scent studio, tauer perfume from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
I’d like to express my gratitude for the indie perfumers. I’m focusing on the indies, not the niche perfumers, who seem to be an entirely separate category. Niche perfumers are usually well-funded and spend much of their production budget on sexy packaging, designs and bottle labels. The true indies, are usually one-woman/one-man acts, who are seriously passionate about fragrance. Most indie
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May 19th, 2008 — , Ava Luxe, Fragrance, Perfume, limited edition from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde
There are people who start getting twitches in the credit card area as soon as they learn that something is a limited edition, limited quantity, here-today-gone-tomorrow, buy now or forever hold your lemming. Sometimes, I’m one of these people.I know I…
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Fragrance review: Midnight violet by Ava Luxe
October 25th, 2007 — Ava Luxe, Floral, Review, animalic, earthy, midnight, violet from helg @ Perfume Shrine
By guest writer Ida MeisterI am such a neophyte, that I feel a disclaimer is in order. To begin with: it should be noted that I am neither a writer nor a perfumer. I am simply a woman possessed by a 50 year love affair with fragrance, who lives for her…
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Fragrance Bouquet’s Top 5 for Fall
September 30th, 2007 — Ambre Précieux, Annayake, Autumn, Ava Luxe, DSH, Fall top 5, Fragrance, Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, Miyako, Palisander, Perfume, Sequoia 7, Tsukimi, Van Cleef and Arpels, amber from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
What are you wearing this fall? Fragrance Bouquet and For the Love of Perfume are sharing their Autumnal loves for 2007 today. Are you going to stay and share your own loves with us? Have you brought out the big guns already? I am talking about the spices, of course! I’ll admit, I never really put them away – there’s always going to be a day when I need some spice in my life, even if it’s during
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September 17th, 2007 — Ava Luxe, Balmain, Feature, Forget me Not, Fragrance, Green, Ivoire, Perfume, Review, moss, soapy from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
It’s the third Monday of the month and it is time for the first installment of Forget me Not, a monthly feature brought to you by Fragrance Bouquet and For the Love of Perfume. I wish I could offer some deep, meaningful justification on why I chose Ivoire by Balmain to be the first fragrance featured in this joint project, but I have to admit I cannot. It is not a choice that emerged after
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August 27th, 2007 — Alyssa Ashley, Ava Luxe, Clean, Fragrance, Perfume, Review, Skin, Skin², The Body Shop, musk from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
Give me something that blurs the lines between the point where my own skin’s scent ends and the point where the fragrance itself begins and chances are I’ll love it. I passionately seek these fragrances out and it always gives me such a feeling of satisfaction when I find a new one to add to my collection. It comes as no surprise then, that when I found Ava Luxe a year or so earlier, the first
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July 21st, 2007 — Ava Luxe, Incense Musk, Miyako, Palisander, Passage d’Enfer, Woody, amber, incense, smoky from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
Ina, over at Aromascope made a post some time ago which sparked a discussion on straightforward perfumes. As I stated at the time, I believe that straightforward, linear perfumes can sometimes be a blessing, because you do not have to think too much. Too, sometimes what you are looking for can only be satisfied by a simpler creation, without too much fuss around it. I know I personally have a
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June 29th, 2007 — Ava Luxe, Labdanum, Leather, violet from Lucy @ indieperfumes
Ava Luxe is an artisan perfume line from California created by Serena Ava Franco, based on inspirations from modern culture, music and art. Her fragrances are currently available only online directly from her well organized site. Her products are ext…
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