Photo©The Scented Salamander My first impression of No.14 Rossetto by Prada is that it feels familiar; but I can't quite put my finger on what it recalls for me exactly. The principal motif of the fragrance inspiration is meant...
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Escada Cherry in the Air (2013) {Perfume Review}
Escada Cherry in the Air is the latest limited-edition for summer 2013 aiming young women in priority. Update: As of summer 2014, the fragrance is still available at Sephora. Escada are self-aware of their impact as they note that...
Yves Rocher FlowerParty by Night (2013) {Perfume Short (Review)}
FlowerParty by Night is the latest iteration of FlowerParty by Yves Rocher. It launches this month. A preview allows us to tell you that if you are looking for a licorice twist on a feminine musk oil, you might...
Jo Malone Blackberry & Bay (2012): Natural, Forest-y Musk {Perfume Short (Review)}
The latest perfume composition by Jo Malone, Blackberry & Bay (2012), aims to reveal the natural musky facet of the blackberry fruit, an olfactory exploration famously conducted in 1978 and with great success by perfumer Jean Laporte for Mûre et...
Coach Signature Summer 2012 Limited Edition EDT {Perfume Short (Review)}
Coach Summer 2012, a limited-edition for spring-summer, is a musky floral by Harry Fremont of Firmenich with the right balance between saltiness and sweetness to make it a great pretty-girl scent meant to simply make the skin fragrant and not...
Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Lys Soleia (2012): The Guerlain Heft is Back {Perfume Short (Review)}
Lys Soleia opens on the typical white chalk-like nuance of lilies and stays there for a little while before gaining in vanillic, and then citrusy intensity. The effect is quite beguiling as it marries two contrasted sensations of velvet and...
Bourbon French Parfums Jasmine // The African Voodoo Connection {Perfume Short (Review)} {The Scents of Africa Series}
If you like your jasmine leathery, with hints of spices, herbs and incense - and tremendous charm to top it off - this is one to add to your perfume wardrobe. I've been beguiled since yesterday by a whiff...
Annick Goutal Le Muguet (2001/2012): BCBG Lily of the Valley with a Pop Opening {Perfume Short (Review)}
This spring 2012, Annick Goutal relaunched a quatuor of soliflores including Le Muguet (Lily of the Valley) offering a fresh twist on a seemingly simple, old-fashioned single-note genre most notoriously associated with the construction of individual feminine identities during the...
Dior Escale à Parati (2012): The Smell of Success {New Fragrance} {Short Perfume Review}
Dior launched their latest addition to their cruise collection called Escale à Parati (Port of Call in Paraty). This is the fourth stop in the journey after Escale à Portofino (2008), Escale à Pondichéry (2009), and Escale aux Marquises (2010)....
L'Occitane Ambre (2012): A Re-release which Smells of Corsica {New Perfume} {Perfume Short}
Last year, we called attention to a new fragrance by L'Occitane en Provence called Immortelle de Corse created by an emerging talent. A limited-edition, it won positive attention but was soon (nearly) gone from the shelves, together with the collection...
Best Rose Fragrances for Valentine's Day: The 2012 Edition {Perfume Reviews & List}
We explained previously how we think in terms of cultural-shopping categories when it comes to reviewing personal fragrances. We still need to explain fully why (article forthcoming), but here is a practical example, as applied to a diagonal vision...
Mona di Orio Chamarré (2009): Perfume Review in Memoriam
Life is incomplete, interrupted, shortened. I found in my archives this unfinished review of Chamarré, at the time I did the interview with Mona di Orio (1969-2011) in July 2009. I cannot locate the fragrance so I'm leaving...
Prada No.11 Cuir Styrax (2011): Refinement, in the Words of Prada {Fragrance Review}
The fragrance opens on a delicate, yet sensual leather accord infused with neroli conjuring up the warmth, glow and smell of rum, thanks to the "surabsolue" of vanilla. The leather impression most closely resembles that of Dzing! by L'Artisan...
Six New Celebrity Fragrances to Try Out this Fall 2011 {Perfume List - Short Reviews - Celebrity Scents}
The new Shine Get It Guide from Yahoo! asked us to collaborate on their Insiders' posts.This week's topic is Celebrity Fragrances and here's the list we came up with to complement their own selection which is based on the most...
The Body Shop White Musk Libertine (2011) {Perfume (Short) Review}
White Musk Libertine is the newest iteration of White Musk (1981) inspired by the desire to revive interest in the olfactory signature of the bestseller of The Body Shop. With notes of Turkish delight, Sharry baby orchid, frangipani, and cream...