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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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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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Damn Rebel Witches: REEK Perfumes gives the Bitches a Sister
“We are the granddaughters of the witches you couldn’t burn,” and that to me, is the demographic for this stunning statement scent. In other words, all of us.
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REEK: Damn Rebel Bitches (2016): a Fragrance for Strrrong Women
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Drive Them Wild with 4160 Tuesdays
Created as part of the Beaumont Hotel project, Sarah McCartney created Drive Them Wild using only ingredients that could be found in the 1930s.
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Milano Cento Eau de Parfum
I love a good back story, and if you’re familiar with the earlier Milano Cento eau de toilette, you may be aware of how this gem of a fragrance came about.
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Ånd Fragrance: Meet my Perfume Friends: Beån, Sånd, Måd, Frånk, and Båre
Although they sound like a bunch of friends you made at uni, Beån, Sånd, Måd, Frånk, and Båre are in fact ethical fragrances from Ånd Fragrance by Simon Constantine.
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