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Prada Day for Night Perfume Review

My conclusion about the Olfactories line – based on the 2 bottles I’ve bought – is that it performs rather softly and so didn’t do well in a market clamouring for shouty perfumes, especially when they were $400 and only … Continue reading

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Diaghilev Perfume Review

Opulent. Luxurious. Over-the-top. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A chypre from yesterday, made for the perfume lover today. Diaghilev by Roja Parfums.

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Lancome Idole Power

In a post-apocalyptic time, the whole world is a mall, and you’re walking through it with your mom, a juice box in one hand, smelling a whiff of her perfume as it trails behind her. Your hand are sticky, some … Continue reading

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MDCI Perfume Reviews

If you venture down the rabbit hole that is MDCI, let me influence you to get a Silk Road bottle from the brand, like my bottle of Chypre Palatin. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I spent the week smelling and think about the samples … Continue reading

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Santa Maria Novella Lana Perfume Review

Santa Maria Novella is a brand that continues to captivate me because of their history and aesthetic. If you love a bit of a connection to history and the natural world when you wear perfume, then this should be on … Continue reading

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Indult Paris Tihota

A friend of mine calls Tihota “the best vanilla ever made” and she’s a vanilla lover. I had a chance to stop by the Tihota booth at Esxence, and I caught them in a rare moment of quiet. The brand … Continue reading

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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

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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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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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Chanel Paris-Venise Perfume Review

Citrus and vanilla done the Chanel way. Paris-Venise has a sparkle to it, a twinkle, that I think is a splash of ambroxan and a little dose of ethyl maltol, so there’s a salty sweetness, a bit of a twang … Continue reading

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