Perfume Review & Musings Archives

  Diabolo Rose is the latest rose perfume creation by Les Parfums de Rosine, a niche perfume house established in 1991 and located at the Palais Royal in Paris, which centers its collection exclusively on the queen of the flowers,...

  Floris Malmaison was created in the 19th century, in an era when Malmaison Carnations had become all the rage within the elegant circles of society since their introductions from France in the early 1860s. Named after Joséphine de Beauharnais’...

Acqua di Sale (Salt Water) by upscale Italian niche perfume house Profumum Roma is like the promise offered by those glass bottles with thick bottoms that contain a fishermen's boat inside their bellies. Except that through the magic of...

Cacharel Liberté (Freedom) was presented by the brand as a concerted effort aimed at seducing the daughters of the women who wore Anaïs Anaïs, introduced in 1978. If in the middle of the feminist wars then some people pined...

  Fleurs de Sel (Flowers of Salt, from "fleur de sel", "the best part of the salt") by Miller Harris is the latest creation by Lyn Harris. It is part of the Nouvelle Edition collection of more "unique and exclusive...

  Nearly 20 years after the introduction of  the now classic Fahrenheit, in 1988, and several summer limited editions later, Dior has struck again, coming up once more with an unconventional men’s perfume playing with gender boundaries through the uninhibited...

Photo ©Chantal-Hélène Wagner "It was risky for them to meet, but somehow, the laws of historicity made it happen one fine summer day. She was as pink as the glow of a child's cheek puffed up by a big...

Photo of the Café de Flore in Saint-Germain-Des-Prés by Alex Segre Belle en Rykiel by Sonia Rykiel Belle en Rykiel (Beautiful In Rykiel) by fashion brand Sonia Rykiel was introduced in 2006, becoming more widely distributed now in the...

Encens et Lavande (Incense and Lavender) was introduced in 1996 in the collection "Les Eaux Anciennes" (Ancient Eaus) part of the exclusive, non-export line of perfumes by - rather, one should say in a standard fashion where the visionary...

  Le Temps d'Une Fête (The Time of a Celebration) smells like a spring perfume that would have been composed in the depth of winter. It combines the effervescence of green sappy notes with a deeper base composed of the...

 By now, the Parisian niche perfume house founded by Etienne de Swardt, Etat Libre D'Orange, have become infamous for their love of dubious plays on words (very French!, the playful part, not the dubious part necessarily) and their carabin*...

Passion Brésil is the latest fragrance by Esteban in the Le Bain collection geared towards the pleasures of scented bathing rituals. It has top notes of bergamot and yellow fruits.  Heart notes are coffee blossom, violet, and rose. Base...

As the summer approaches, I want to retain the mood of spring and I crave freshness and dewiness more than at the end of winter when all one can think of is about the forthcoming warmer days. As the...

Coney Island is the upcoming new release by Bond no9 which will be available from June 1st with pre-orders ready to be taken on May 15. It is the 29th addition to their collection and like The Hamptons and...

Tom Ford Private Blend by the Dozen Perfume Reviews Like the laying out of the 12 first steps of an Inca pyramid made of black onyx, we now have been offered the 12 building blocks of the Tom Ford...