Author: Samantha
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Gucci Envy: It’s Madness I Tell You
I am still in mourning , and baffled by the absence of The Late, Great Gucci Envy.
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Karen Timson Fine Fragrance: Hera
If you’re looking for a zingy, zesty fragrance that gets you compliments and lasts all day, then come closer, for I have news. Karen Timson Fine Fragrance Hera is not only exactly what you’re looking for, but it’s a) affordable and b) doesn’t smell affordable. That’s a win/win in my book/blog. Karen Timson is an independent perfumer…
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Aftelier Bohème Confection by Mandy Aftel 2022
Boheme Confection is a fragrance for adults who appreciate the finer points of life.
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“You Smell Nice”: The Perfumes That Get Compliments (on me at least)
As a wearer of different perfumes daily, I kind of hope for more compliments than I get, so when I get complimented on a fragrance, it’s always a rare Dear Diary moment. I am also an embarrassingly vocal giver of perfume compliments and curiously, it’s usually the same two fragrances. Everyone chooses their scent of…
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Papillon Perfumery Salome: Unleash Your Inner Animal
Papillon Perfumery Salome is an animalic phenomenon. Even tigers agree and I can prove it.
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Avon Far Away Beyond (Parfum) 2021 by Marion Costero and Olivier Glotin
Avon’s foray into affordable parfum strength was a huge success. Far Away Beyond will stay with you all day long.
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Les Fleurs by Maya Njie
If you grew up in the Seventies, and have fragrance ennui, then Maya Njie Les Fleurs might just lift the mist.
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On The Scent is here!
💃🪻🍊A fabulous new scent magazine has launched, with some familiar and beloved faces behind it. On The Scent is the kind of magazine you should take time out to leaf through in leisurely fashion. It’s cover to cover fragrance with fascinating articles, full page colour ads and photos for a shiver of glamour and longing…
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4160 Tuesdays Complicated Shadows by Sarah McCartney
The last and darkest fragrance of the Clouds series, capturing the spirit of 2021. With notes of sandalwood, shade, narcissus, iris and irony