Perfume Shorts Archives

Friday, 3 June 2011 By Chant Wagner

Maison Martin Margiela (Untitled) L'Eau (2011): Paradoxical Cologne {Fragrance Review}

(Untitled) L'Eau is the new, upcoming flanker to (Untitled), the debut unisex signature perfume of Maison Martin Margiela which was released in 2010. The fragrance was very well received then and noticed for its originality. L'Eau, presented as a lighter...

Friday, 3 June 2011 By Chant Wagner

Aubrey Organics Musk - Musc: Musk in its Vegetal State {Fragrance Review} {Green Products}

Aubrey Organics Musk / Musc Eau de Parfum Review As a patented musk fiend*, I am always interested in trying out a new straight-up musk blend. Some drink whiskey as a habit, I like to think that my recurring...

Monday, 9 May 2011 By Chant Wagner

Lush The Smell of Freedom (2010): Inspired by Three Survivors {Fragrance Review}

People who are attracted to old-school perfumes and even beyond them, to antiquated, pre-modern concoctions making you think Marie-Antoinette might have worn them, ought not to neglect to make a stop at a Lush store. After you ignore the mounds...

Monday, 2 May 2011 By Chant Wagner

Yves Rocher Jardin des Nymphes (2011) {New Fragrance - Limited Edition} {Perfume Review}

Yves Rocher launched a new limited-edition Eau de Toilette for summer 2011 called Jardin des Nymphes (Garden of the Nymphs.) It is housed in the same kind of bottle as that of Eau de Toilette Naturelle which resembles a...

Sunday, 1 May 2011 By Chant Wagner

Parfums de Nicolaï Weekend à Deauville (2011) Moody Muguet {Fragrance Review}

A quality I particularly appreciate about Parfums de Nicolaï fragrances is their capacity to exude a vieille-France character in a sea of modern, up-to-date perfumes. If you want to get away from the sinking feeling that too many releases have...

Wednesday, 6 April 2011 By Chant Wagner

Axe Excite (2011): Angels Fall, Break their Haloes & Here's Why {Fragrance Review}

Excite Body Spray is the latest fragrance launched by Axe with the tag line "Even the nicest girls sin when tempted." According to the overall theme of the brand, Axe should be your number one perfume of seduction. This time,...

Saturday, 2 April 2011 By Chant Wagner

Mark White Vetiver by Avon (2011) {Fragrance Review}

Mark, the younger label owned by Avon have attracted my attention with the concept of a white vetiver as well as the promised accord of "ultra-femme tuberose" with "smoky vetiver" They say that the perfume is "A blend of unexpected...

Thursday, 10 March 2011 By Chant Wagner

Paris Hilton Passport Tokyo, South Beach, Paris (2011) {Perfume Reviews} {New Fragrance} {Celebrity Scent}

Paris Hilton is launching this spring 2011 her first collection consisting of a trio of perfumes united by an overarching theme: the jet-set life between Tokyo, Paris and South Beach. The tag line of the Passport Collection is "Come travel...

Tuesday, 8 March 2011 By Chant Wagner

Desperate Housewives Forbidden Fruit (2006): Eve is Now a Sultry Baker {Fragrance Review} {Celebrity Perfume}

You know it's the 8th of March or International Women's Day today. In honor of this date, I decided to turn to the myth of Eve hiding behind the ensemble cast of Desperate Housewives to see what kind of...

Saturday, 19 February 2011 By Chant Wagner

Marc Jacobs Daisy Eau So Fresh (2011): Daisy Eau So Warm, But Not So Hot {Fragrance Review}

Daisy Eau So Fresh is the new twist on Daisy by Marc Jacobs, which launched in 2007. Described as a 'vibrant, charming, whimsical' twist on their 'classic', one has to realize after smelling the fragrance that the brand is not...

Wednesday, 16 February 2011 By Chant Wagner

By Kilian Love & Tears, Surrender (2010): A Jasmine Soliflore to be Remembered {Perfume Review}

The Surrender, Alexis Kersey, oil on canvas Here is the short form of a longer review I wanted to write about the jasmine soliflore composition that By Kilian launched last year, Love and Tears, Surrender. I have not re-smelled the perfume...

Monday, 14 February 2011 By Chant Wagner

Les Parfums de Rosine Clair Matin (2011) {Perfume Review} {New Fragrance}

Clair Matin means something akin to "a bright and early morn" in French. It is what the upcoming new perfume by Les Parfums de Rosine was baptized and it is now about to be unveiled in New York City this...

Tuesday, 1 February 2011 By Chant Wagner

Versace Versense (2009) {Fragrance Review}

Notes: top notes of bergamot, green mandarin, citrus fruit and prickly pear. heart of jasmine, cardamom and sea daffodil, A woody base of sandalwood and cedarwood mixed with olive tree and musk. The perfume composed by perfumer Alberto Morillas was...

Monday, 3 January 2011 By Chant Wagner

Caron Secret Oud, Oud By Caron (2010) {New Fragrances} {Perfume Short (Reviews)}

Last year, Caron issued two new oud fragrances contributing to or rather joining the current Western perfumery movement of appropriation of a traditional Middle Eastern material also known as aloeswood and agarwood.They are exclusive launches reserved to the Caron boutiques...

Tuesday, 30 November 2010 By Chant Wagner

Shakira S (2010): The Scent of a Golden Cage {Fragrance Review} {Celebrity Perfume}

S by Shakira is the debut fragrance of the bilingual Spanish-English Colombian singer whom virtually everyone must have heard by now interpreting "Waka Waka," the anthem for the FIFA 2010. It was announced as early as 2008 that Shakira...

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