Perfume Review & Musings Archives

As previously announced, Baume du Doge is the latest creation by niche perfumery Eau d'Italie, a brand which continues to show consistent interest in capturing the distinctive atmospheres of the Italian regional landscape and history (see our reviews of Rose...

Prelude To Love, Invitation is the seventh fragrance under the label By Kilian and part of their collection titled L'Oeuvre Noire (The Black Masterpiece). It was composed by perfumer Calice Becker who signs here her fifth contribution to the line...

Citizen Queen is the latest perfume to come out from the confidential French label Juliette Has A Gun and out of the hands of perfumer Francis Kurkdjian. It was released in France in May 2008 and will be shortly in...

"1958 Prince Matchabelli Wind Song factice size perfume bottle, gilt and enamel on clear glass, filled with perfume, sealed, bottom label, fabric pouch. 8 1/4 in. *News clipping reads: "Mrs. Vera Kieborth sniffs the 47-ounce bottle of "Wind Song"...

Magnifique (Magnificent) is the latest major feminine fragrance launch by Lancôme, and as its name indicates it wishes to come across as one of those pedestal-scents that are meant to act as the sublime allies of glamazons. The lovely Anne...

Jackie Kennedy campaigning with John in Wheeling, West Virginia 1959 © Mark Shaw/Monroe Gallery Love in Black is the latest perfume creation for women from the house of Creed founded in 1760 in England, relocated to Paris in 1854....

 Nomad Tea is part of the Series 7 Sweet, which also features Burnt Sugar, Wood Coffee, Sticky Cake, and Spicy Cocoa. Like practically all of the Comme des Garçons scents since their debut in 1994, it aims to provide...

Photo © Etat Libre d'Orange Tom of Finland is the latest fragrance to emerge from the "space of olfactory libertinage" created by Etat Libre d'Orange, a taboo-averse slightly iconoclastic niche perfumery located in Paris. Named after master draughtsman of...

Sensuous is the latest major feminine launch by Estée Lauder following Tuberose Gardenia Private Collection introduced last year in the summer. If there is an American beauty brand that has consistently aimed to make as many women as possible...

 Kenzo Power by Kenzo, which rhymes with Kenzo Flower no doubt for harmonizing branding purposes, is destined to be the masculine counterpart to their best-seller feminine scent created by Alberto Morillas in 2000. Like its predecessor, the upcoming Power...

 A Precious Rendition of Musk  With its name vascillating like a flame in the direction of Serge Lutens Muscs Koublaï Khan, you might have expected Annick Goutal Musc Nomade to smell like what your imagination of a nomad of yore...

 Lancôme Peut Etre (2008), which means "maybe" in French (normally written with a hyphen, "peut-être") is a feminine rose and iris composition brushed with fresh and green spring-like notes on top while offering at the same time a warm...

Hermès Un Jardin Après La Mousson - A Strange, Original Tapestry of Familiar Accords Perfume Review Un Jardin Après La Mousson is the latest and third fragrance installment in the Jardin series proposed by Hermès and created by in-house...

      The latest Dior Escale à Portofino (Port of Call in Portofino) created by François Demachy presents itself as an unconventional, rethought Eau de Cologne. It clearly borrows its main structural idea from the genre which first came to...

   Mariah Carey launched her debut signature perfume, M, last year and since then there has been only positive buzz about it as far as we can tell. Celebrity perfumes are always suspected of being crass vehicles for loud branding...