November 29th, 2007 — Frapin, Guest Posters, Joint Projects, New Releases 2007, Tom from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
…or a Double Dose of Grumpiness
Esprit de Fleurs
Tom:
Esprit de Fleurs is written of as “airy and crystalline”. It is airy, a pleasant bergamotty thing, with a bit of grapefruit and a bare hint of pepper. That accord also has the lasting power of a fruit fly; the scent then morphs into a light woodiness that’s very pleasant.
Marina:
Dry, green floral with a bit of a citrusy sparkle,
Related StoresOctober 26th, 2007 — Best Of Lists, Joint Projects, Miscellaneous from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Depressing as this season can be (the summer is over, the winter is coming…), Fall deserves its own Top 10 list. Today some of us, perfume bloggers, teamed up to post our Top Tens of Autumn.
Marina’s Ten
Not much has changed since I announced my Top 10 of Summer back in July. Which simply goes to prove that, as I always suspected, the seasonality in perfume, as far as my fragrance-wearing
Related StoresSeptember 21st, 2007 — Joint Projects, Miscellaneous, Mr Colombina from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Do you like Boden as much as I like it? Probably not… I look forward to the arrival of the escapist little catalogs more than to my W or Allure. More even than to Perfumer & Flavorist. I would love to live on the pages of Boden…in the carefully understated and deliberately casual world of the inconspicuous (British upper-ish) middle class elegance, the world of fun skirts, comfy jersey tops
Related StoresSeptember 5th, 2007 — Joint Projects, Miscellaneous, Mr Colombina, Perfumes for Imaginary Encounters from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
A couple of months ago Mr. Colombina came up with a little game, in which he randomly chooses famous people and we name (or, in his case, describe) perfumes we would wear if we were to meet them. Today is Part 2.
Anais Nin. Mr. Colombina thinks a musk would be fitting for an encounter with a writer famous for her erotic stories. The one story that immediately (although vaguely) comes to my mind
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August 6th, 2007 — Joint Projects, Miscellaneous from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Perfume-Smellin’ Things and Aromascope decided to start the week on a fun note and tagged each other. Ina asked me to find perfume-”matches” for the following movies, paintings, outfits and celebrities. My answers are below; please click over to Aromascope to find out how Ina dealt with the matching tasks I gave her.
Tag 1. If this movie was a perfume, what perfume would it be?
PsychoThe
Related StoresJuly 19th, 2007 — Best Of Lists, Joint Projects, Miscellaneous from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
No season should be allowed to pass without being honored by a Best Of list. So today some of us, perfume bloggers, (participants listed at the end of the post) teamed up to simultaneously post our Top Tens of Summer.
Marina’s Ten
This summer, unexpectedly to myself, I fell in love with aoud-rose blends; I realized that the headiest, most sumptuous florals only truly blossom in the heat; and
Related StoresJuly 19th, 2007 — Joint Projects, Miscellaneous, New Releases from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Last weekend Ina of Aromascope came to visit, and the two of us hit New York. Hard. We sniffed our way from Manhattan to Soho and back to Manhattan. Despite what the image on the left, created by Mr Colombina, might imply (“their husbands’ credit cards”, as if!) we did not do that much monetary damage. Ina and I came to a sad conclusion that we became jaded. We sniffed it all and we know it all
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July 13th, 2007 — Best Of Lists, Joint Projects, Miscellaneous from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Aromascope and Perfume-Smellin’ Things are teaming up once again to introduce a new re-curring feature, 5 Random Bests, in which we will offer our ideas for scents suited for pretty much any occasion and situation imaginable and will list the favorites according to various criteria. Today we present the first five Bests and we would love it if you could tell us what other Bests we should do in
Related StoresJuly 11th, 2007 — Diva Perfumes, Joint Projects, Miscellaneous from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Ina of Aromascope came up with a very fun idea of compiling a list of Diva Scents (please check Aromascope for her choices). Diva is the term derived from the Latin word “divus”, “a divine one”, and in its original use described a woman of exceptional talent, more specifically a great female opera singer. Nowadays the term is applied to very popular non-operatic performers and is often used with
Related StoresJune 13th, 2007 — Joint Projects, Miscellaneous, Mr Colombina from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
Mr. Colombina came up with a little game, in which he randomly names famous people and I name a perfume that I would wear if I were to meet them. Fun for me, most probably boring for him, but he undoubtedly does it to earn brownie points. He often has great suggestions, but as he doesn’t know any many actual perfumes, his suggestions are of general -and not seldom politically incorrect- character
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