April 22nd, 2008 — , Fragrance, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, Perfume from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde
This little review could have gone really, really bad. This thought crossed my mind the other day as I was liberally applying Tubéreuse by Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier and realizing seconds later that testing a tuberose perfume on a day the water compa…
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April 8th, 2008 — , Fragrance, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, Perfume from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde
Spring is really here. I haven’t worn a heavy coat in a couple of weeks, my back yard has some interesting signs of life (and I don’t mean Steve, our resident groundhog) and I’m playing with perfumes that have more green and floral notes.Or iris.While …
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March 19th, 2008 — , Fragrance, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, Perfume from Gaia, The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde
The very second I opened the sample of Vocalise, I knew it might not be a very good idea. I haven’t checked the notes, but I vaguely remembered it had something to do with fruit. The opening blast, though, wasn’t much of anything: just a sharp alcoholi…
Related StoresMarch 18th, 2008 — , Lorenzo Villoresi, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, Montale, Perfume Review, Perfumes by House from Lee @ Perfume Posse
Okay, I’m dashing in today. Training teachers, writing curriculum material, implementing improvement plans - I have no room left for work folks! I’m all about the smells and the plants, people. Wish my bank would understand. So work it is, and hence the brief(ish) post today.
I’m a positive person. Us …
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It’s February, and what better subject for this month’s Perfume for the Occasion than Valentine’s Day? Today, Fragrance Bouquet and For the Love of Perfume share their thoughts on making the perfect choice for the day.
I have to admit, researching this month’s PFTO Feature was a lot of fun, but at the same time it was also quite overwhelming. Where does one beginning in choosing a fragrance
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December 5th, 2007 — Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, catherine de medici, leather series, marie de medici, tannery from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
It wouldn’t be inaccurate to claim that French perfumery owes its birth to the malodorous tanning process and its nauseating smell of decay. Shocking as this statement might sound, it is nonetheless true.Tanning requires the use of nitrogenous waste …
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October 4th, 2007 — Bond No. 9, Chanel, D and G, Fragrance, Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, Perfume, Prada, Saks from The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde
Not full reviews, because I didn’t wear most of these for more than a day or two, usually for good reasons.Racine (Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier)- This is one of their masculine scents, which indeed starts with the usual manly citrus that develops into a…
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What are you wearing this fall? Fragrance Bouquet and For the Love of Perfume are sharing their Autumnal loves for 2007 today. Are you going to stay and share your own loves with us? Have you brought out the big guns already? I am talking about the spices, of course! I’ll admit, I never really put them away – there’s always going to be a day when I need some spice in my life, even if it’s during
Related StoresSeptember 13th, 2007 — Fragrance, Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier, Mazzolari, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, Perfume, agent provocateur from The non-blonde @ The Non-Blonde
Some scents are playing games. They pretend, they conceal their real ingredients and they pose as masculine or feminine while hiding their true nature. Or maybe it’s the nose of the beholder…Agent Provocateur (the original): I had plenty of opportuni…
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The note list of a perfume is not always an indication of what the juice within really smells like. It’s more of a suggestion, a hint of what’s inside and what it might be if no one has messed things up in the process. In the case of Or des Indes by Ma…
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There is a wide choice out there for carnation enthusiasts like me. To name but a few, Carnation from the red series by Comme des Garcons, Garofano by Lorenzo Villoresi, and the now discontinued (but still available at places) Ouelliet Sauvage by L’Artisan Parfumeur are all wonderful choices. My first, original love was, of course, Bellodgia by Caron, which stole my heart away with its
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June 24th, 2007 — Ambre Précieux, Fleur d’Iris, Garrigue, Guerlain, Guerlinade, JAR, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier, Metalys, Montale, Philtre d’Amour, Soie Rouge from Divina @ Fragrance Bouquet
Paris, what can be said about this wondrous city that has not already become a cliché? I left for Paris with a clear purpose, a tight schedule to visit all the perfumeries I had been planning to visit for so long in order to experience fragrances I would otherwise be unable to. With only three days at my disposal, it truly was impossible to get acquainted with all the magnificent fragrant
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