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Dior Hypnotic Poison Perfume Review
Hypnotic Poison is a required stop on my journey through the land of perfumes featuring an almond note, but offers complexity in a land of simple gourmands. With this papery vanilla almond, like the original Poison, there’s some spiciness that … Continue reading
The 7 Virtues Clementine Dream Perfume Review
The 7 Virtues has a citrus perfume just in time for the warmer months – Clementime Dream. It’s the stuff childhood memories are made off. The remnants of an orange peel from your lunch, the bitterness of the zest still … Continue reading
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Tagged Citrus Perfume, Perfume Blog, Perfume Review, The 7 Virtues
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Myrrh Shadow – Best Release of 2025
This is one of the most beautiful, interesting, and addictive perfumes I have ever smelled. So good, in fact, that I might need another bottle. Bon Parfumeur is everywhere right now and while in Milan I attended the launch party … Continue reading
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Tagged Bon Parfumeur, Perfume Blog, Perfume Review, Quentin Bisch
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Chypre Palatin – A Forever Chypre
I got to Chypre Palatin by way of following perfumer Bertrand Duchafour. I have a bottle of Traversee du Bosphore that I love so much but it’s discontinued and impossible to replace. I know there won’t ever be a dupe … Continue reading
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Perfumehead Canadian Tuxedo – Maybe My Most Favourite Perfume
It’s the spring equinox today, so I’ll give possibly a last wear of my favourite winter perfume: Canadian Tuxedo by Perfumehead. I sampled the whole line last year, and this one was my favourite, so much so that I couldn’t … Continue reading
A Visit to Santa Maria Novella
One of my first shopping stops in Milan was the beautiful store of Santa Maria Novella. This Florentine brand calls itself the oldest apothecary in Europe and doesn’t have any stores in Canada, so procuring a bottle of their juices … Continue reading
Balmain Ambergris
An approximation of amber gris, by way of spicy musks, almost like salty skin warmed by the sun. Balmain Ambre Gris.
Replica Afternoon Delight Perfume Review
Replica perfumes may not seem groundbreaking, but I assure you that at one point, it was pretty unique to name perfumes after scent ideas. In 2010, when this brand launched, this was a hip brand at Sephora, and I still … Continue reading
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Halston Woman Perfume Review
Smells like when you get a hug from your best friend’s mom. Warm but unfamiliar at the same time. Hairspray and hand cream, dish soap and vanilla. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Halston woman – the green floral Chypre but with an ambery base. … Continue reading
Chanel No. 19 Poudre
Like sitting in the grass, protected by the shade of your favourite tree, a breeze in your hair, not a care in the world. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Chanel No. 19 Poudre for the weekend.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀