Tag Archives: Perfume Review

Lancome Idole Power

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Henna

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 →

Posted in Perfumes | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

MDCI Perfume Reviews

Posted on May 13, 2025 by Henna

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 →

Posted in Perfumes | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Santa Maria Novella Lana Perfume Review

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Henna

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 →

Posted in Perfumes | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Indult Paris Tihota

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Henna

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 →

Posted in Perfumes | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Dior Hypnotic Poison Perfume Review

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Henna

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 →

Posted in Perfumes | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The 7 Virtues Clementine Dream Perfume Review

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Henna

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 →

Posted in Perfumes | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Myrrh Shadow – Best Release of 2025

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Henna

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 →

Posted in Perfumes | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Chanel Paris-Venise Perfume Review

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Henna

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 →

Posted in Perfumes | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Chypre Palatin – A Forever Chypre

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Henna

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 →

Posted in Perfumes | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Santa Maria Novella Opoponax Perfume Review

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Henna

I filled the room this morning with 10 sprays of Opoponax, the right amount to meditate in, and be fortified for the rest of the day. Uplifting and enlivening, Santa Maria Novella’s take on the resin opens with lavender and … Continue reading →

Posted in Perfumes | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment