All the tributes and postings on Yves Saint Laurent this week have brought forth nostalgia in me for the seventies. Personally handsome, he had an aware, melancholic, elegant and slender beauty. He was a fragile yet bold introvert who seemed constantl…
Entries Tagged 'Sandalwood' ↓
YSL and the Seventies and Opium
June 5th, 2008 — , Patchouli, Sandalwood, incense, obsession, opium, sillage from Lucy @ indieperfumes
O la la, how fresh!
May 14th, 2008 — , Lemon, Review, Sandalwood, citrus, eau, lancome, o oui, o pour homme, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Inhaling a lemon grove’s foliage trail in the morning air under hot azure skies, set to savour the day with optimism, full of joie de vivre must be one of life’s simplest and most satisfying pleasures. Fragrances that give a lift to my step and make me…
Layering in October
October 4th, 2007 — , Caron, Comptoir Sud Pacifique, Etro, Layering, Poivre, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Vetiver Molinard, amber, creed, mber from Lucy @ indieperfumes
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…
Bois des Îles
September 3rd, 2007 — Adrian Jung, Aldehydes, Bois des Îles, Chanel, Josephine Baker, Les Exclusifs, Missing Person, Perfume Review, Sandalwood, ernest beaux from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
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Beyond Pilates: New Space, Same Scent
July 17th, 2007 — Gucci Perfume, Noam Gagnon, Pilates, Sandalwood, Shalimar Eau Legere, Smells from Life, Vancouver, Vancouver Events, Vanilla from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
Renowned dancer, choreographer and Pilates instructor Noam Gagnon has just opened his new Beyond Pilates Wellness Centre. The studio was originally run by Monsieur Gagnon alone, from his shabby-on-the-outside and stunningly-serene-on-the-inside Chinato…
Ode to the Smell of Wood
July 14th, 2007 — Pine and Eucalyptus, Sandalwood from Lucy @ indieperfumes
by Pablo Nerudatranslated by Jodey BatemanLate, with the starsopen in the coldI open the door. The seagallopedin the night.Like a handfrom the dark housecame the intensearomaof firewood in the pile.The aroma was visibleasif the treewere alive.As if…
Perfume Review: Montale Aoud Velvet
June 27th, 2007 — Montale, Oud, Sandalwood, Tiare, Tonka bean from Colombina (Marina) @ Perfume-Smellin' Things Perfume Blog
After all the gushing about Montale yesterday (and there is more to come), I decided to talk about a scent from the line I don’t like. One has to maintain one’s reputation as an objective blogger. So here is my take on Aoud Velvet. I believe a more fitting name would have been Aoud Chinatown, as in Bond No 9 Chinatown, because the two smell remarkably alike to me. Aoud Velvet displays the same
Sacred Fragrances, East & West
January 17th, 2007 — Sandalwood, boswellia, frankincense, incense, roses from Lucy @ indieperfumes
I was fascinated as a child by the Catholic stories of saints who were so holy that they exuded a strong fragrance. Sometimes the fragrance intensified upon their deaths and this was taken as a special incontrovertible sign of sainthood. In the Middle…
