Tag Archives: Perfume Review

Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin Perfume Review

February is our time to celebrate love and of course, first love yourself and do the things that make you happy. For me, that’s several sprays of my favourite perfume, my grounding throughout the day, and easy way for me … Continue reading

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Prada Candy Perfume Review

Gourmands aren’t my thing, but I have a sweet spot for Prada Candy. Really, I’m following the benzoin, and moving from Prada Infusion d’Iris to Prada Candy. What Infusion d’Iris has as one of its base notes, Candy makes the … Continue reading

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Prada Infusion d’Iris Perfume Review

What to wear when you’re in a false spring: Prada Infusion d’Iris, delightful in its execution of iris thanks to an uplifting neroli and grounding benzoin. It’s a perfume-lover favourite, and also chronically under-rated or never talked about because of … Continue reading

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Imaginary Authors Memoirs of a Trespasser

I remember smelling Memoirs of a Trespasser for the first time in June of 2020 and I was immediately blown away. Its warm cozy smoke immediately wrapped itself around me and I was under its spell. It had a sweetness … Continue reading

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Colorado by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Video Review

I’m frozen, but wrapped in a cocoon of Colorado and it’s clever play with immortelle replicating the sap and resins in a spruce forest. This is streams of light coming in through the trees, the tapping of dripping snow, the … Continue reading

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Gucci A Winter Tale Review

Under a spell with Gucci A Winter Melody. Even though I’m not a winter person, I can’t help but find brightness in the dark, like warmer temperatures when it’s been bitterly cold, the treats someone left next to the I … Continue reading

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Prada Amber vs. Chanel Coromandel

In my search for a cheaper dupe of Chanel Coromandel, I came across Prada Amber as a comparison, and from far away, I can see it, but close up, it’s not true, not even in the slightest. Have you smelled … Continue reading

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L’Artisan Parfumeur Ambre Extreme

Last work day of the year, and I wore Ambre Extreme by L’Artisan Parfumeur. It’s a vintage bottle, and as much as it’s nice to say “they don’t make them like they used to”, actually, they make them just fine, … Continue reading

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J’Adore Le Touche de Parfum

I like how Dior does something new with J’Adore every holiday season – this year it was the perfume water but a few years ago it was the perfume dabber. This is a throwback to vintage perfume splash bottles but … Continue reading

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Gucci Bloom Perfume Review

Does anyone else feel like there’s no time? Not enough time? I mean, yes there’s time to write this but the rest of the time it’s running between work and home, meals and snacks, the grocery store, the post office … Continue reading

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