Perfume Review & Musings Archives

Kenzo World (2016) // Doing the Cultural Splits {Perfume Review & Musings} Kenzo Parfums' latest major fragrance launch, Kenzo World, is an olfactory incursion into how different worlds can meet and meld. Sometimes, varied universes collide and instead of...

The latest opus by Reminiscence, Patchouli N' Roses, is about a slightly deconstructed take on the rose-patchouli harmony. For the brand, it is part of their continued attempt to renew our perception of its fetish ingredient since 1970, patchouli....

If last year is any indication, 2017 promises to be the year in which you will see the further introduction of full-bodied perfumes, all the more conscious of their tantalizing assets as the cultural context is only mildly encouraging...

Bulgari Eau Parfumée au Thé Noir Eau de Cologne // Perfume Review & Musings Eau Parfumée au Thé Noir by Bulgari is one of the four official descendants of Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert (1992), a seminal fragrance for...

Actress Lily James is the Face of the Fragrance My Burberry Black is the latest entry by the British fashion house of the iconic pattern and trench coats. The composition is signed by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian and art-directed by...

Van Cleef & Arpels Moonlight Patchouli Eau de Parfum Review « Wow - a sumptious patchouli, » you think as you take your first inhale of Moonlight Patchouli by Van Cleef & Arpels, the latest addition to the Collection...

Courtesy photo © Thomas Lohr / Nina Ricci L'Air du Temps Eau Sublime Eau de Parfum Review L'Air du Temps Eau Sublime is part of a three-fold effort that Nina Ricci is making this year to create renewed interest...

Courtesy picture Annick Goutal Annick Goutal Tenue de Soirée Eau de Parfum // Perfume Review & Musings Tenue de Soirée by Annick Goutal (Evening dress in French) offers a first impression, which is as immediate as that of a...

Chanel before she became Chanel Chanel Boy Eau de Parfum Review Has a perfume called « Boy » ever smelled so feminine from the outset ? The unconventionally named new perfume Chanel Boy was baptized with the nickname given...

Michael Bublé By Invitation ≈ Perfume Review & Musings By Invitation, the debut perfume by soft-hearted, mellow-voiced crooner Michael Bublé hits a range of notes which will sound familiar to his fans. I can't call myself that, but I've...

Accord Chic Eau de Parfum by Yves Rocher Review It's probably not chic - it's not - to douse yourself in perfume but I almost accidentally sprayed four times on one hand before delving into the fragrance development. Despite...

Swiss Arabian Jannet el Firdaus Perfume Oil Review Swiss Arabian is a United Arab Emirates based fragrance group and label set up in 1974 in partnership with Swiss company Givaudan Roure, now Givaudan, a top fragrance supply and design...

SJP Stash Eau de Parfum Review ≈ The Never Ending Story of SJP's Quest for Her Great, Unconventional Perfume Although SJP Stash smells from the bottle at first as if it were going to be a thick and heavy...

Sun-Ripened Raspberry Fine Fragrance Mist by Bath & Body Works ≈ Perfume Review & Musings I have been setting my nose to the incandescent Tabu by Dana whose presence is so strong it feels afterwards as if its mossy,...

CK2 by Night © CHANT WAGNER 2016 CK2 Eau de Toilette by Calvin Klein ≈ Fragrance Review & Musings When we first smelled CK2 on the fly last spring, we thought that it might be one of the more...