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Heliotrope : Two Sides of the Same Coin

Opinions seem to be split down the middle when it comes to heliotrope. Some love it and seek its warm, comforting scent, while others hate it with a passion, reporting aversive reactions to it. Rarely are there any indifferent comments to be found when it comes to heliotrope scents. But that is a good thing, isn’t it? Something that sparks such intense emotions, whether these belong to one side

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In Which I Am Feeling Goth

It happens once in a while - and it happens especially often in autumn, when the weather finally turns chilly and weepy, and it becomes blindingly obvious that summer is indeed over despite irrational hopes to the contrary - that I turn the proverbial street corner and the feeling of absurdity strikes me in the face. Or, to use plain language, that out of nowhere, for no particularly rational

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Layering in October

There are as many ways to layer scents as there are to layer clothes, which can be a good way to deal with the variable temperatures, atmospheric conditions and moods of the Fall.Lately I find I am increasingly drawn to this practice. Combining and set…

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Perfume in public places?

Perfume Shrine receives lots of mail by fans, lots of it with questions to pose. One of them recently rehashed that perennial subject of what personal fragrance is suitable for public occassions in closed spaces.Dear Helg,I have been reading your wonde…

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Etro

End of Summer but before the beginning of Autumn, these days it seems too late to wear light summer perfumes but not quite time for the more powerful ones appropriate to colder weather. I have a number of Etro samples, and because they are Eau de Toil…

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Vetiver

Vetiver is fashionable these days, and has always been used in wide array of perfumes, because it is so intensely aromatic and it blends so well with many other of the classic natural elements. The plant is a tall grass in the same family as bamboo; lo…

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