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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Queen Marie of Roumania and the Ghost of a Scent
“Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea, And love is a thing that can never go wrong, And I am Marie of Roumania.” Dorothy Parker One of the backstage tools for this blog lets us … Continue reading
Aztec Two-step
Cortez was the first European to notice the vanilla orchid. Apparently, while he was otherwise occupied with the conquest of Mexico, he spotted one out of the corner of his eye. He also found out about the local brew in … Continue reading
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Forest Floorlevel
It has not escaped the attention of certain perfumers that a lot of the public likes the smell of dirt. We tend to like it instinctively, e.g. my daughter and her friends and our cellar, and often gravitate to “something … Continue reading
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Tagged CB I Hate Perfume, Christopher Brosius, Cuir et Champignon, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Le Labo, Wild Hunt
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RIP Jean Laporte
Once upon a time there were no niches in the perfume market. There were celebrity fragrances, which have never ceased coming into existence or amazing me (rarely in a good way), there were the big makers, and there were fashion … Continue reading
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Tagged Guerlain, Jean Claude Ellena, Jean-Francois LaPorte, Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier
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Another Day in Deauville
Sometimes you just feel like an idiot. Maybe I do more often than the generality of mankind, but anyway yesterday was one of those moments, when your id starts calling your ego names and you feel like a bystander at … Continue reading
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Tagged Chanel, Chanel No. 19, No 19 Eau Poudre, Patricia de Nicolai, Tania Sanchez, The Guide
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Drier Than a Dirtbath in Dallas
It’s not the sort of description that you find often. Perfume is supposed to smell sweet, or floral, or spicy, or woody. But dry? Hmm…. The dryness of perfume, however, is sometimes a great selling point. Consider Hermes best selling … Continue reading
Creedo
Sometimes perfume houses get on the wrong sides of critics. For reasons that aren’t entirely obvious, this seems to have happened with the house of Creed. I’ve read some truly vituperative reviews of Creed scents on perfume sites. It was … Continue reading
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know
When Alexander McQueen made his untimely exit from this world, there was an unprecedented amount of recognition for his legacy. Here, said the fashion world, is the empty shell of genius with nothing left but a calciferous structure lined in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander McQueen, Eau de Merveilles, Hermès, Kingdom, Sandalwood
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A Moon for the Impecunious
Since I have started a series on stratospherically priced perfumes, I feel an obligation to examine an equal number of inexpensive ones. Although the gap between expensive and inexpensive is growing these days, it’s still not hard to come up … Continue reading
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Tagged Calvin Klein, Christopher Brosius, Guerlain, I Hate Perfume, Sonia Grosjman, Sun Moon Stars perfume, YSL
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