Prompted in part by reader Carly's request to come up with suggestions for vanilla perfumes and by my recent experience of catching the most voluptuous whiff of crème brûlée wafting from a lady who managed to turn the classic...
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The Sexy in Men's Fragrances: A Spontaneous List of 11 Best & Hottest Men's Colognes - Part 2 {The Fragrance List}
A Spontaneous List of 11 Best & Hottest Men's Colognes A reader asks, "Hi, I just want to know what are the sexiest and most attractive fragrances for men, thank you" Life's a paradox. After coming up with my...
The Sexy in Men's Fragrances: The 11 Hottest & Best Men's Colognes - Part 1 {Scented Thoughts}
These colognes are not on my list, but the picture and the advert are great for illustrating what most men reportedly look for in a perfume The other day I got the following candid response under an older post,...
Best Unique-Smelling Perfumes for a Unique You on Days Like Valentine's Day: Part 1 {Scented Thoughts} {Perfume List}
As announced previously last month, here is my follow-up article on the idea of turning to "Perfumes That Smell Unique Because You Are Unique" on how to pick fragrances that have an unique signature to them and seem to defeat...
The Scented Salamander Perfume Holiday Shopping Guide 2008 - Part 5: Have a Taste of Champagne {Shopping Tips}
Can perfume help you get into a more festive mood on New Year's Eve? Yes, it can! Champagne is the it-scent to celebrate the New Year in style. Scent yourselves or bring a gift for your hostess or host which...
Perfumes To Wear on Election Day 2008 in the Long, Long Lines {Perfume List} {Perfumista on a Shoestring}
Goats are smellyThe Get-Out-The-Vote (& Grab-A-Scent-On-The-Go) Perfume ListIt is a priori tricky to attempt to draw a connection, many will perceive as superfluous, between perfume-wearing and election day, but as I have been reading on a steady stream of accounts...
Best Halloween Perfumes - Redux {Perfume List}
"Boys in Car, Halloween" by Peter Hujar, 1978, Howard Yezersky GalleryI was scratching my occiput seeking late inspiration for a Halloween-perfume article when I happened on this post from last year, which had slipped out of my mind. The picks...
White Musks Part II: Top White Musk Trails To Try Out {Perfume Short (Reviews)} {Perfume List}
Mainbocher Corset, Horst P. Horst, 1939Following my last article on the unadvertised, nay, covert trendiness of white musks in Paris, in complete contradiction of course with broadcast Gallic preferences for foul odors, here is a list of top white-musk trails...
What Fragrance for What Kind of Man? {Perfume List}
Looking for fragrance gift ideas for Father's Day? Here is a cool list, courtesy of Guillaume Crouzet from L'Express Styles. Even if you do not read French, you can still get the meaning of this style-exercise by looking at...
14 Safe Fragrances To Offer on Mother's Day - or Any Other Day {Shopping Tips} {Perfume List}
14 Safe, Fool-Proof Fragrances For Mother's Day - May 11th 2008! These are fragrances we recommend as potential gifts for Mother's Day (or if you are looking for a safe present on other occasions) when you have no idea...
11 Effortlessly Chic Spring Fragrances: The Classics
Here are some suggestions for wearing spring fragrances, in several installments. Today, I turn to the "effortlessly chic" sub-category in the Classics section. By that I mean that as lighter, fresher perfumes these perfumes tend to dress down a...
Halloween or Perfumes from the Crypt {Perfume List}
The smells of Halloween in bottled form to create more atmosphere...
Musk Hall of Fame: A List of the Best & / or Most Talked About Musk Perfumes {Perfume List} {Perfume Short (Reviews)}
Rue du Petit Musc in Paris 75004. The evocative name refers not so much to musk as to ancient brothels. © The Scented Salamander A Musk Hall of Fame Without further ado, here is our Musk Hall of Fame...
Perfume Layering Suggestions by Jean-Claude Ellena {What Celebrities Love To Wear} {Perfume List}
If you thought professional perfumer-composers shunned perfume layering, you were wrong. Fragrances considered to be masterpieces and classics of perfume history can all be tweaked to make them smell....different, equally or more interesting. Here is a little guide to...
List Of Fragrance Gift Ideas For Mother's Day - 10% Off At Fragrance X {Perfume List} {Shopping Tips}
Still looking for inspiration for a fragrant gift for Mother's Day on May 13th 2007? Here is a list of Mom's Day perfume gift ideas from Fragrance X.com. They offer 10% off your purchases. I realized they carry a...