I adore Serge Lutens perfumes. I think Mr. Lutens’ work is in a class by itself. I do believe that Lutens has breathed new life into the world of fragrance. There are many perfumers that try to copy his masterpieces, which seems fine to me, at lea…
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A Serge Lutens Which I Despise: A Review
June 18th, 2008 — , Black March, CB I Hate Perfume, Miel de Bois, Serge Lutens from Abigail @ I Smell Therefore I Am
6 Perfumes that Are My Loves
April 3rd, 2008 — , CB I Hate Perfume, Guerlain, Le Labo, Perfume Review, Serge Lutens, Strange Invisible Perfumes, apres l'ondee, christian dior, dior diorling, iris silver mist, ormonde jayne, ormonde woman, patchouli 24, vanille 44 from Patty @ Perfume Posse
When one sets out to narrow down to six perfumes her favorites, what she should do instead is grab a Xanax, place her head under the pillow, hold it down firmly so nobody hears and scream until the mood passes.
But I didn’t. Instead I have come up with the list of the …
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April 2nd, 2008 — , CB I Hate Perfume, Comptoir Sud Pacifique, Fendi, Parfums de Nicolai, Perfume Review, ormonde jayne, rochas from March @ Perfume Posse
Item One: Sniffa attendees — you should all have gotten your email itineraries. I didn’t realize it was such a full schedule. What say we try to hook up during the two-hour cocktail deal Saturday night (6:30 - 8:30) at BlueMercury, assuming we haven’t met already? Everyone …
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December 18th, 2007 — CB I Hate Perfume, Guest Posters, Layering, Linda, annick goutal from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
By Linda
People who know me well know that I love the smell of the dry summer hills on the central coast of California, where I live. I know that sounds like a weird thing for everyone to know about me, but I cannot be restrained from standing around sniffing the air and exclaiming about how good it smells around here in summer. More than good: the dry, golden, rolling hills, forever evocative
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Perfume Review: CB I Hate Perfume In The Library and Demeter Paperback…plus a small prize draw and a short poll
November 30th, 2007 — CB I Hate Perfume, Demeter, Prize Draws from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Today I salute my fellow bookworms. In search of a perfume that would smell like a just-printed-just-received-from-amazon tome (a little acid, crisp, almost clean in a way), like an old, old book found in an antique bookstore (dump and a little incensey) or as an library in general, preferably The Bodleian Library in particular (a little musty, a little dusty, a little leathery, old-worldly,
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You’ll never convince me that the fruit of temptation was an apple. I like apples well enough, but for me, sensuality, danger and passion are symbolized in fig. I might be on to something, because Michelangelo seems to agree with me, as the serpent in…
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Perfume Review: CB I Hate Perfume I am a Dandelion, Greenbriar 1966, Under the Arbor, Wild Hunt and Eternal Return
August 9th, 2007 — CB I Hate Perfume, Guest Posters, New Releases, Tom from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Review by Tom
Christopher Brosius is of course the New York perfumer who specializes in the most unperfumey perfumes imaginable. He is also the creator of one of my four best American perfumes (from July 4th), Musk Reinvention
The italics are the descriptions from his website:
Eternal Return
Eternal Return is the scent of sailing toward the shore. It is a blend of Fresh Ocean Air, Wooden
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July 23rd, 2007 — Andy Tauer, CB I Hate Perfume, Ellie D, Ineke, Interviews, Le Labo, Parfumerie Generale, Perfume Stars, Pierre Guillaume from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
In the second part of Perfume Stars: Summer Favorites, the creators of some of the most exciting new lines tell us about their ideal warm-weather scents and their preferred holiday destinations.
Pierre Guillaume, Parfumerie Generale
What are you favorite summer fragrances? What are the characteristics of your ideal summer scent?
“It is rather more a matter of personality than of climate…
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June 17th, 2007 — CB I Hate Perfume, New Releases from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Christopher Brosius has finished and posted on his website five new perfumes:
CB Archetype #01 Eternal Return ( ocean )
The first scent in the series of primal smells, “Eternal Return is the scent of sailing toward the shore. It is a blend of Fresh Ocean Air, Wooden Ship and a faint hint of Cypress Trees growing on the cliff above the water…”
CB Archetype #04 Wild Hunt ( forest )
The fourth