When it comes to choosing a perfume gift for the Holidays, a question you might ask yourself is, is it time to offer the most luxurious version of a fragrance composition? Will people appreciate it? The flacons are minute;...
Perfume Shorts Archives
Dior Cuir Cannage (2014): Showy & Confused {Perfume Short (Review)}
Cuir Cannage is the latest introduction in the high-end, "haute parfumerie" collection curated by Dior Parfums to represent what their highest standards in perfumery are supposed to be......
L'Occitane Arlésienne (2014): Catch Me If You Can {Perfume Short (Review)} {Violet Notebook}
Arlésienne by L'Occitane smells like a pretty standard musky floral at first. There are floral violet nuances interpersed, which add a slightly more complicated feel to the composition......
Yves Rocher Fruits Noirs ~ Blackberries (2014) {Perfume Short (Review)}
Photo ©The Scented Salamander Fruits Noirs, or Blackberries in its English version, is a new limited-edition eau de toilette out for the 2014 Holidays by Yves Rocher......
Lolita Lempicka Sweet (2014): Fashioning Young Women through Fragrancing {Perfume Short (Review)} {Paris Photo}
Lolita Lempicka wanted to hit the sweet spot of transitioning from childhood to womanhood...
Gucci Oud: Witty, Very Pretty, for Both Men & Women (2014) {Perfume Short (Review)}
The new Gucci Oud raises a few interesting points.
Chanel Bleu de Chanel Eau de Parfum: About the Interstice Between Body & Clothing (2014) {Perfume Short (Review)}
If you think that perfumes can express social ideologies and roles, then Bleu de Chanel eau de parfum, the new, more intense version of the 2010 original eau de toilette re-affirms a typical conservative ideology, which does not mean...
Parfum d'Empire Eau Suave (2005) {Perfume Short (Review)}
There are three main reasons why you may want to write a perfume review. One is to cover an upcoming or recent fragrance release, the good and the bad......
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium (2014) - Triangulating Success, The Food Industry Way {Perfume Short (Review)}
Yves Saint Laurent Black Opium Reviewed by Chantal-Hélène Wagner on Sept 11.The seeming new flanker to Opium is really one to Belle d'Opium, now betraying a sweet tooth. Rating: 2.8 out of 5. Black Opium is the latest major...
Nuxe Body Relaxing Fragrant Water - Skin in the City (2014) {Perfume Review}
French beauty brand Nuxe have been turning to their beauty products for perfume inspiration as others before them. After Prodigieux le Parfum in 2012 inspired by their cult beauty product L'Huile Prodigieuse, they are now proposing a wellness scent...
Molinard Vanille Marine (1998) {Perfume Review}
The sound of a perfume named Vanille Marine is on the side of ungodly. Somehow, you get a knee jerk reaction to what must smell a priori cheap, debased- and to sum up - olfactorily Kitsch. Except that it's...
The New Weirdness of Guerlain Jardins de Bagatelle ca. 2014 {Perfume Short (Review)} {New Reformulated Fragrance}
The New Weird Accords at Guerlain The word "weird" has an interesting etymology. Before meaning "strange" or "bizarre" or "uncanny" in the Middle Period, the Online Etymology Dictionary states that it means originally "having power to control fate, from...
Caudalie Parfum Divin (2014) {Perfume Short (Review)}
Parfum Divin (2014) is the latest fragrance addition to French beauty brand Caudalie library of fragrances which comprises Fleur de Vigne (2002), Thé des Vignes, Zeste de Vigne (2011) and Figue de Vigne (2013).Composed by perfumer Jacques Cavallier who is meant to...
DKNY Be Delicious City Blossom Rooftop Peony, Urban Violet & Empire Apple (2014) {Perfume Short Reviews}
How to Riff on a Good One City Blossom is the latest limited-edition collection for the Be Delicious franchise by DKNY. In the United States, it's presented as a new trio although only two fragrances out of the three are...
Beyoncé Rise (2014) - Celebrity Juice {Perfume Short (Review)} {Celebrity Fragrance}
Motivational Message in a Bottle Celebrity "juice" or celebrity perfume? That is the question when it comes to gauging a big-name celebrity output in the fragrance industry. So many olfactory stereotypes abound in this lucrative field. It is a...