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from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet*This post is dedicated to the wonderful, warmhearted, generous friend who recently gifted me with a bottle of Kelly Calèche. She always impresses me with her great manners and thoughtful character. May her generosity find its way back to her tenfold.*
Last summer, Hermès’ newest launch, caused quite a stir among perfume aficionados: Everyone wanted to have a whiff of the newest member of the
Read the rest here: Kelly Calèche by Hermès : Perfume ReviewPerfume Review: Histoires de Parfums 1740 Marquis de Sade
from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume BlogI am not going to preface the review with an aside on Marquis de Sade. We all know who he is and what he stands for. Is the Histores de Parfums scent fit to bear the legendary name? It is, as much as any other fairly smoky, pleasurably harsh leather scent would be. It could perhaps have been a little more forceful, a little more tarry and much more animalic…a little more…cruel.
The
Read the rest here: Perfume Review: Histoires de Parfums 1740 Marquis de SadeTwin Peaks ~Barbara Bui Le parfum & Rykiel Woman-not for men!
from perfumeshrine @ Perfume ShrineWhen Barbara Bui had first released her boutique-exclusive scent Le Parfum, little did I know of it. In fact if I am to be completely honest I admit I had been oblivious to its very existence up until a short while before its discontinuation. You can …
Read the rest here: Twin Peaks ~Barbara Bui Le parfum & Rykiel Woman-not for men!Perfume Review: Lancome Cuir (La Collection re-issue)
from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume BlogFrom Révolte to Cuir to Cuir re-release, the devolution of one scent illustrates the downhill trajectory of Lancôme’s develoment in the sphere of perfume and, I will say this at the danger of sounding too dramatic and making too sweeping a generalization, the trajectory of the whole perfumery.
The new Cuir is not a bad scent - not at all! - in fact, it is very attractive. Those happily
Read the rest here: Perfume Review: Lancome Cuir (La Collection re-issue)The Dior Chypres series ~Diorling: fragrance review
from helg @ Perfume ShrineIf Diorama is synonymous to a classical goddess, then Dioling is fit for a dark Rennaisance angel. This supremely elegant leather chypre that saw the light of the day in 1963 is one of the rare beauties that have such smooth contours, so velvety a shee…
Read the rest here: The Dior Chypres series ~Diorling: fragrance reviewPaloma’s Corner: Vintage Chantilly
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Nowhere, originally uploaded by J. Star. Chantilly is a sensual mossy-ambery …
Read the rest here: Paloma’s Corner: Vintage ChantillyChypre series 6 ~Masculine chypres: does such a thing exist?
from helg @ Perfume ShrineIn this month of chypres examination and discussion, Perfume Shrine pondered on their origin, their composition, the modern variations, their aesthetics and the relation they have to the zeitgeist (Click on the links to go to respective subject). It wa…
Read the rest here: Chypre series 6 ~Masculine chypres: does such a thing exist?eau d’ashtray
from Heather @ memory & desireI do occasionally crave a cigarette, and in those moments, Billy Collins “The Best Cigarette” rolls through my mind as though it were written for me. But the feeling passes. Then I read Edwin Morgan’s “One Cigarette” and it switched on a light for me: the craving of a smell that under any other circumstances would be horrible. The cigarette breath of a longed-for lover, the smoke in the clothes of a family member who has recently passed away. These are aromas that have power over us in ways we cannot control.
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from Heather @ memory & desireThe Best Cigarette - by Billy Collins - There are many that I miss having sent my last one out a car window sparking along the road one night, years ago. The heralded one, of course: after sex, the two glowing tips now the lights of a single ship; at t…
Read the rest here: eau d’ashtrayDark Angel
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBloghvönn og sólarlag, originally uploaded by saraella.Angelica root absolute, on the other hand, is a completely different story. The specimen I will be talking about was not only grown in a different soil, it is also a different species: Angelica sine…
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from helg @ Perfume ShrineBy talented guest writer Denyse Beaulieu/CarmencanadaWhat possessed the dignified monsieur Petitjean, who had launched the Parfums Lancôme in the previous year, to christen his new leather scent Révolte? Armand Petitjean was no firebrand: a former im…
Read the rest here: Cuir by Lancome: fragrance review and historynegative space
from Heather @ memory & desireKeeping Things Whole - by Mark Strand - In a field I am the absence of field. This is always the case. Wherever I am I am what is missing. When I walk I part the air and always the air moves in to fill the spaces where my body’s been. We all have reaso…
Read the rest here: negative spaceThere are Signs that Green is Back
from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlogAfter a long, long, long period of brain-numbing fruity florals and suffocating gourmands, there are signs that indeed, green is getting back into fashion, fragrance wise.And while this change in trends is most welcome amongst those of us who either de…
Read the rest here: There are Signs that Green is BackPerfume Review: Prada Cuir Ambre, Iris and Oeillet
from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume BlogA couple of years before releasing their signature scent into wide distribution, Prada launched a collection of several exclusive perfumes that were more or less only available in Prada boutiques. (I say “more or less”, because it seems that the fragrances also were or still are sold in Harrods as well as in Printemps and Galleries Lafayette in Paris ). The fragrances were Cuir Ambre, Fleur
Read the rest here: Perfume Review: Prada Cuir Ambre, Iris and OeilletPerfume Review: Bandit by Robert Piguet
from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume BlogReview by Tom
Colombina’s recent post about which scents were “French-iest” reminded me that I had never written much about one of my all-time favorite French perfumes: Bandit. In my comments on that post I wrote of it as a “whip-crack androgyne”, while earlier Colombina wrote of it as “an elegant perfume that says No”. Somewhat overshadowed by its sister fragrance Fracas in the public eye,
Read the rest here: Perfume Review: Bandit by Robert PiguetAva Luxe
from Lucy @ indieperfumesAva 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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from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Tango Shadow, originally uploaded by sk8rsherman. Tango is one of my favourite…
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from helg @ Perfume ShrineAs we discussed the other day, Vero Kern is a very talented perfumer in the horizon of niche perfumery. She interweaves elements of surprise in her creations that astonish and make you immediately see that here lies a complex naturalistic composition t…
Read the rest here: Vero profumo line ~Onda: fragrance reviewKelly Calèche: fragrance review
from helg @ Perfume ShrineThe haunting, eerie feeling of Eric Satie’s Gnossienne no.1 is tied to my mind to smells that resemble Kelly Calèche, the new feminine scent by Hèrmes, created by acclaimed house perfumer Jean Claude Ellena. Like the ethereal yet stangely hypnotic n…
Read the rest here: Kelly Calèche: fragrance reviewPerfume Review: Hermes Kelly Caleche
from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume BlogOn Thursday, Kelly Caleche, the latest release from Hermes, will be unveiled for an exclusive preview at the new Hermès boutique on Wall Street. Created by Jean-Claude Ellena, the scent pays homage to the famous Kelly bag and Calèche, one of the first fragrances released by the house. You know how excited I was when I first heard about the upcoming launch of Kelly Caleche. Floral-leather is my
Read the rest here: Perfume Review: Hermes Kelly CalecheRose d’Homme by Les Parfums de Rosine
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetIt often happens to me that upon smelling a fragrance, my mind assumes the role of a matchmaker and forever associates it with another, forever pairing the two in a beautiful marriage of a male and female scent that compliment each other. I have hinted to this previously when reviewing Blue Jeans, which is –in my mind- paired with Lolita by Lolita Lempicka. When I smelled Rose d’Homme by Les
Read the rest here: Rose d’Homme by Les Parfums de RosineSniffapalooza Event - Creed Master Class 2
from Lucy @ indieperfumesThis past Sunday we had yet another wonderful perfumista event in NYC - the main attraction was the second Creed Master Class presented by Roberto Ferreira at Saks Fifth Avenue for Sniffapalooza. One of the best parts was the review of Creed’s history …
Read the rest here: Sniffapalooza Event - Creed Master Class 2Bal à Versailles by Jean Desprez : Perfume Review
from Divina @ Fragrance BouquetThere’s something to be said about perfumes whose development does not hold too many surprises. They are trusty, they will remain true from the moment you wear them till the moment they fade. They offer a single dream, a single location to which they will transport you and once there, you do not have to second-guess your surroundings. It is safe to put your guard down; seasons might change, the
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