Katy Perry Indi

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Henna

Oct. 30
Celebrity scents are not as trendy as they used to be (at least from what I see), but I love the simple woodiness in Katy Perry’s Indi. It kind of reminds me of SJP Stash too, because of the dry cedar in the base. Such an easy scent to wear, especially in autumn. A few years ago, if you found a bottle of this for $20 or $30 (like I did) it felt like such a find, but now that there are so many dupe affordable Middle Eastern fragrance houses doing interesting things, finding a $22 wearable perfume doesn’t seem so exciting, when for $10 you can get a pretty good scent and one that everyone else seems to be talking about. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Anyway, that’s my scent of the day. I pulled out something vault and liked it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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OG Mugler Alien

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Henna

Can you believe that this is the first time I tried it on skin? I got it in a swap, and I thought why not. I had never tried it before, but I’m loving Mugler Alien now.  This is the start of a beautiful friendship.

Oct. 30
Warm ambery jasmine in an ultra-cool bottle that appeals to anyone from gen-x to gen-z.

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Guerlain Nahema

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Henna

Oct. 30
I’m drawn to the quiet luxury of Nahema today, although it opens with a brilliance that fills the room and then fades to a skin-like warmth. This rose perfume stands up to any other rose perfume, a classic in every way. This bottle reminds me of summer – any summer before and every summer after – because it gives a fresh dewiness with the rose, a lightness in feeling that only exists when the days are long and my mind is at ease. Whenever I want to remember those days, I’ll reach for Nahema. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Amouage Fate Woman

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Henna

Oct. 2
It’s impossible to make sense of life, but sometimes you just have to let go and accept things for what they are. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Like the magic of your favourite perfume, which you can try to put into words, provide images and songs, but know that in the end, it’s not enough and the magic can’t be captured. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

That’s Fate. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Written off for being a powder bomb, this is indeed powdery, but it also has the most intense frankincense, tons of spices and a luminosity that’s almost blinding. Wearing it is like being encased in a magical white light. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Dior Homme Intense

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Henna

Oct. 30
A fall perfume that swerves away from anything sweet and syrupy. This is dry, powdery lavender, a lipstick-like Iris, and woods. I reach for it in the fall but it’s actually an easy reach at any time of year. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Guerlain Patchouli Paris Perfume Review

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Henna

Oct. 30
We are in the era of tenacious synthetic patchouli molecules, and Patchouli Paris is Guerlain’s offering. They tried to tone down the more herbal scratchy parts of their patchouli by adding a bit of sweetness, mainly vanilla, but it’s not enough because, at the end of the day, you’re left with a patchouli that hasn’t softened, it’s just been covered up with caramel top notes, like when you try to add sugar to something bitter and the taste doesn’t change but at least your tastebuds are momentarily happy. That’s Patchouli Paris. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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Tubing Mascara From The Drugstore

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Henna


This is a tubing mascara available at the drugstore. I had seen ads for it but hearing the reviews of it on a podcast sold it for me. The mascara is L’Oreal Panorama. Not great at first because it was so wet, but it dries out as you use it so after about a week, it works best. Strange but true. Just something that a first impression video won’t tell you.

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Dzing! by L’Artisan Parfumeur

Posted on December 2, 2024 by Henna

Iconic or overhyped?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Oct. 30

L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Dzing! smells like a barnyard, cotton candy, and vanilla. It’s weird and wonderful and reminds me of all the reasons I like niche perfume. Maybe people appreciate it even more now that it has been discontinued, so it has acquired a bit of a cult status, and I guess I have a few of those in my collection.  But recently, I’ve seen lots of people look for a bottle or a sample, so someone out there is talking about it.  I do like it but you can find a similar vanilla in Bvlgari Black or in Santa Maria Novella Tobacca Toscana.  You can find a similar leather note in Chanel’s Cuir de Russie.  Dzing! doesn’t have as much birch tar but there’s a similarity in those two.  I love them both.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

I wonder what else we will look back at and think…. ahh, should have bought a backup…

 

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Santa Maria Novella Armenian Papers

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Henna

August 19
Weekend incense via @santamarianovella1221 . These Armenian papers are a little sweeter than the Papier d’Armenie and I have to say that I like the scent a bit better. The next time I’m at a Santa Maria Novella store, I need to ask them if they have a perfume version of these.

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Diptyque Do Son edp Perfume Review

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Henna

Oct. 30
When is it the right time to wear a lush bouquet of white florals, like those in Do Son? I say anytime you want to smell classic, but my favourite time is the summer. Clearly, people wear Do Son year-round because Diptyque always offers it in limited-edition bottles, and this is the 2024 holiday version in the EDP concentration. This year’s holiday bottles feature gold lettering on glass. The EDP bottles still have a black border which is how you can tell them apart from the EDT bottles. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Before getting this bottle, I’d only worn the EDT, but I’m finding the EDP to be bigger and lusher. One spray fills the room, and I get whiffs of it off my sleeve throughout the day. Do Son is a tuberose and jasmine on a humid day, the flowers heavier because of the moisture in the air. I like both versions but this is the one to get if you want a stronger scent although it also feels more linear because it’s missing the creamier coconut lactonic parts of the eau de toilette. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Available for a limited time and then gone forever. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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