I distinctly recall the first time I tested Alpona: it was the holiday season of 2006 and I had come very late to the cult, considering my perfume habit dates back to the time I was collecting minis and mixing (nay, ruining) my mother’s expensive perfu…
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Haunting Dreams of Aviation
February 20th, 2008 — Adrienne Bolland, Amelia Earhart, Aviation, Caron, En Avion, Ernest Daltroff, Hélène Boucher, Joni Mitchell, Maryse Bastié, Perfume Review from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
These nights, I’m haunted by dreams of aviation. Flying small primitive aircrafts of not-particularly functional structure; descending overtop clouds, green lands and fields of ice stretch beneath me; arriving at unknown continents in unpredictable t…
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Of all perfumes, that one that reminds me most of a Northern Christmas isn’t actually Nuit de Noël, but Parfum Sacre. The olfactory connection of Nuit de Noël to Christmas did not reveal itself to me until few days ago. It suddenly dawned on me: Pl…
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