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Honest perfume reviews with an occasional foray into whimsy. I hope you’ll fall in love with a new fragrance and invite me to the wedding.
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This Avon launch delves into new and welcome territory: parfum strength.
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Cacharel Ella Ella by Dominique Ropion 2025
Cacharel Ella Ella is cleverly named. It’s boomed in popularity as a girls’ name and the temptation to buy someone a perfume that bears their name, will never get old.
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Lancôme La Vie Est Belle Vanille Nude 2025 by Anne Flipo and Dominique Ropion
A brand-new review for a brand-new fragrance: introducing Lancôme La Vie Est Belle Vanille Nude.
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Papillon Hera Extrait de Parfum by Liz Moores 2022
Could there be a more beautiful wedding gift than a perfume made especially for your wedding day by your genius Mum?
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Ariana Grande Thank U Next by Jérôme Epinette
From the 2019 archives: Every time I try an Ariana Grande fragrance, the sales assistant has tried to put me off.
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Beaufort London Fathom V: A Maritime Miracle
Full fathom five thy father lies;Of his bones are coral made;Those are pearls that were his eyes;Nothing of him that doth fade,But doth suffer a sea-changeInto something rich and strange. – Ariel’s Song From the archives: I am bewitched and…
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Avon Attraction Desire by Gabriela Chelariu
Sexy saxophone music over here please! With a name like Attraction Desire, this is highly likely to be a date night fragrance, and having sprayed it liberally and got to know it well, I can confirm that it is indeed best…
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Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Flora Salvaggia by Thierry Wasser and Delphine Jelk.
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Cacharel Eden by Jean Guichard: You are awful, but I like you.
From the archives: Those over fifty who were raised on a diet of BBC comedy may recognise the catch phrase above. Somehow, when writing about Cacharel Eden, that phrase popped into my head.
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YSL Libre by Carlos Benaim and Anne Flipo 2019
From the archives: This is my review of what was then the new launch of YSL Libre. Spoiler alert: I still agree with myself.
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