The history of Quelques Fleurs (1912) by Houbigant Est. 1775, is so compelling and interconnected with that of other significant perfumes that it is today a reminder to me of why I do not review those deep historical fragrances more...
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Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia (2010): Wanted Rustling Russet Leaves {Fragrance Review & Musings} {New Perfume}
English Pear & Freesia Eau de Parfum by Jo Malone {Fragrance Review & Musings} The weather has been rather ambiguous this year in Paris, alternating between regular spring and summer and odd bouts of atypical, quirky weather. As we progress...
Bath & Body Works Warm Vanilla Sugar (2007): An Euro-American Cultural Curio {Perfume Review & Musings}
Warm Vanilla Sugar Eau de Toilette by Bath and Body Works (2007) - to be distinguished from the 2006 limited-edition BBW Seductive Perfume Mist Warm Vanilla Sugar - has an interesting story to tell. It was expressly designed by perfumer...
Armani Acqua di Gioia (2010) - Jukebox-Fragrance {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Fragrance}
Acqua di Gioia by Armani - Perfume Review & Musings Armani's latest launch is Acqua di Gioia, the soul sister to Acqua di Gio a perennial masculine bestseller. Offering a less neutral image, it may come across as a...
Jennifer Aniston EDP (2010): Remake Made in Hollywood {Perfume Review & Musings} {Celebrity Fragrance}
If you don't have the time to peruse a long review, there's a short, more practical Lifestyle-oriented version of it here.Jennifer Aniston Eau de Parfum has been one of the most anticipated celebrity perfumes by the internet in part due...
Marc Jacobs Lola (2009): Femme-Fatale Accord for a Real-Life Screen Siren {Perfume Review & Musings}
Lola by Marc Jacobs, we were told when it was set to come out last year, is a more smoldering Daisy. The different flacons containing the perfume look fab; they are putting frilly back into fashion. When the bottles seem...
Jessica Simpson Fancy Nights (2010) - American Gum-Popping Princess {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Scents}
Fancy Nights by Jessica Simpson is the third fragrance by the pop music star following up on Fancy (2008) and Fancy Love (2009.) This time around, we are forewarned that the perfume is particularly sensual. While I cannot deny the...
Parfums DelRae Coup de Foudre (2010): Rose Lover's Cup of Tea {Perfume Review & Musings} {Rose Notebook}
Coup de Foudre by Parfums DelRae is the new fragrance by the San-Francisco perfume brand founded by DelRae Roth in 2000. It is offered as a rose composition signed by perfumer Yann Vasnier who also created last year's iris composition...
Les Parfums de Rosine Une Rose au Bord de la Mer (2010) {Perfume Review & Musings} {Rose Notebook}
Une Rose au Bord de la Mer (A Rose by the Seaside) by Les Parfums de Rosine is the latest opus by the house destined to women (Rosissime is their latest masculine cologne) and the third one in the range...
Serge Lutens Tubéreuse Criminelle (1999): The Perfumers Killed the Tuberose {Perfume Review & Musings}
Tubéreuse Crimininelle (Criminal Tuberose) must be the most medicinal tuberose composition that breathes under the sun. It smells for the first part of its life like a tuberose escaped from a psychiatric ward after having been committed there by a...
Lubin Vétiver Bluff (2010): My 4th of July Review on the 5th of July: Of Coca-Cola, Sweat and Pioneers which all Contributed to Building the Nation {New Fragrance} {Perfume Review & Musings}
As a preamble, I just wanted to say that the review of Bluff is meant to be my 4th of July (weekend) review to commemorate Independence Day. Hope you had a great Independence Day celebration! Vétiver Bluff by Lubin is...
Gucci Guilty (2010): The Blended Aesthetics of Life & Comparative Notes with Datura Noir by Serge Lutens {Fragrance Review}
Gucci Guilty is the new perfume by Italian fashion label Gucci (see here and here.) When the fragrance officially launches in the fall, Evan Rachel Wood will be fully featured to embody the scent and the aspirations of her...
Paco Rabanne Lady Million (2010): Definining Femininity & the Amorous Code {Perfume Review & Musings} {New Fragrance}
Lady Million is the new, much anticipated release by Paco Rabanne following the top-of-the-chart successful men's version 1 Million which launched in 2008. So hooked are people on the original cologne that a 200 ml size oversized flacon was released...
Dior Escale aux Marquises (2010): Couture Oblige {Fragrance Review}
Dior Escale aux Marquises is the new addition to the Escale collection. It is perhaps of the three re-interpreted eaux de Cologne by François Demachy the one in which I feel most the perfumer's personal understanding for the house and...
Serge Lutens Bas de Soie (2010): Deceptively Simple yet Regal {Perfume Review & Musings}
The latest perfume by Serge Lutens, Bas de Soie (Silk Stockings) offers two obvious lines of continuity with the Palais Royal collection. First, it now composes a quatuor with the previous more or less loosely fashion-themed fragrances Serge Noire (Black...