tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86715106446288306892023-11-15T22:59:37.256-08:00Scent of The DayTrying to summon up the smell of rosesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-16262061402949336062012-08-13T05:43:00.001-07:002012-08-13T05:43:10.409-07:00A Lady's Guide to Wearing Peoneve by Penhaligon'sI so want to try this. My only Penhaligon's retailer in town closed it's doors in the spring. Note to Toronto retailers: there is a big hole in the perfume market in Toronto. Someone please carry Penhaligon's!
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-78858075388143084502012-07-09T05:54:00.000-07:002012-07-09T07:14:25.268-07:00Orange You A Sweetie: Love By Kilian
I seem to be going through a mid-life crisis, but instead of flashy sports cars, I'm finding myself drawn to sweet perfumes that young girls might wear. Maybe this is just my natural evolution as a perfumista? I started my perfume obsession loving spicy, woody, and incense perfumes. It took me a while to enjoy white florals and even longer to appreciate roses. I even starting liking fruity Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-6572410257755895362012-06-22T14:00:00.000-07:002012-06-23T11:32:29.221-07:00A Tale of Two Rhubarbs: Hermes Rose Ikebana and Aedes de Venustas Signature
Deliciously tart, ruby red stalked and leafy green, rhubarb grew like a weed in the bottom of our garden in late spring. When I was a child, my mother would give us rhubarb stalks freshly picked and trimmed with the ends dipped in sugar.
Rhubarb isn't a common note in perfume, but I ran across it three times this spring. The first was in La Tulipe by Byredo where it lent an impression of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-28767902882199432032012-05-22T10:46:00.002-07:002012-05-22T10:46:35.219-07:00Narcisse Noir by Caron
The Lady Is Still A Little Strange
I purchased Narcisse Noir this spring on a whim. I was attracted to the name! I had never smelled it and I knew very well that it had middling reviews. Narcisse Noir is one of those perfumes that has been said to have been drastically reformulated since it's original release in 1911. Tania Sanchez in "Perfumes, The Guide" says it's a shadow of its formerAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-68926658406695108322012-04-20T05:42:00.002-07:002012-04-20T05:42:40.483-07:00Lancôme - Ô de l'Orangerie
Sundress
Doesn't everybody love a sundress? A sheer, pretty scrap of nothing that you can throw on and feel completely comfortable on a hot day is a wardrobe staple. Not into dresses? Think of a well-worn, soft linen shirt. Ô de l'Orangerie is like that - a sheer and casual veil for summertime.
Released this spring, Ô de l'Orangerie is the 3rd flanker to the original Ô de Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-47541713444797664802012-04-01T12:59:00.000-07:002012-04-01T12:59:03.683-07:00Byredo La Tulipe
Life is a bowl of tulips
It's a cold and rainy April day, perfect for contemplating my lovely vase of tulips. They were a gift from my old office. I start at a new office on Monday. Spring is a good time for new beginnings and tulips are my favourite spring flower. Beautiful, cheerful, delicate but strong, tulips don't have a strong floral smell, but they do have a soft, clean smell, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-25807099940354806952012-03-15T16:16:00.000-07:002012-03-16T06:42:13.389-07:00Byredo Green (Happy St. Patrick's Day!)
Green MilkByredo is a Swedish fragrance house, founded in 2006 by Ben Gorham. Byredo manufactures all its perfumes in Sweden and has a vision based on craftsmanship and fine materials. The noses of the house are Olivia Giacobetti and Jerôme Epinette, who did Green.
Even though Byredo just became available in Toronto in February, at Holt Renfrew, there was a previous Canadian connection. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-1610309807608710082012-03-12T14:51:00.004-07:002012-03-12T14:51:55.527-07:00Diptyque Jardin Clos
My Secret Garden
As the days get warmer and the sun returns to Toronto, we all smile a little more. Green shoots that will soon reveal brightly-coloured blooms are just starting to push their way out of the dark soil but it will still be a month before the our branches are covered in blossoms. I want to wear Spring flowers now, like narcissus, lilacs and tulips, but especially Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-11400164305866868932012-02-26T10:37:00.000-08:002012-02-26T10:37:05.862-08:00By Kilian Cruel Intentions
Tempt Me
Cruel Intentions is my new obsession, I've had it on all week and I can't get enough. The perfumer is Sidonie Lancesseur, the same nose who created another favourite By Kilan perfume, Incense Oud. "Tempt Me" is an apt name, as I am seriously tempted to get a full bottle.
My new love came as a surprise to me. The sample card and web site told me that Cruel Intentions is about lemonyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-60779990881593212342012-02-19T15:05:00.000-08:002012-02-19T16:59:53.642-08:00Tommi Sooni Tarantella
New Vintage from Down Under
Tommi Sooni is a fairly new Australian perfume house working in the style of traditional French perfumery. All its perfume bottles are hand finished and packaged. It currently has four perfumes; Tarantella was the first.
Tarantella is an floral leather chypre with a vintage feel. It immediately made me think of the classic perfume by Germaine Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-90968934584701325422012-02-13T11:03:00.000-08:002012-02-13T11:23:52.987-08:00Roses for Valentine's Day
Who Doesn't Like Roses?
The rose is the queen of flowers. Rose can be combined with fruity, spicy, woody, or green notes. Rose perfumes can be sheer and light, rich and hypnotic or dark and dirty. There's something for everyone in a rose. This Valentine's Day, give your sweetie (or yourself) a new rose perfume. Here are some unusual and excellent roses to try.
For the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-28500008148806244092012-02-05T13:43:00.000-08:002012-02-05T13:43:48.199-08:00Parfum d'Empire Azemour les Orangers
The New Vintage
As 2011 drew to a close, I was in a perfume funk. I had started to believe that there was nothing new in perfume that would interest me. Stunt perfumes, such as those supposed to smell like blood or semen or industrial factories, bore me. It takes more skill to make a perfume that is novel and smells great. Also on my pet peeve list are high concept Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-77698800326629208132012-01-27T09:29:00.000-08:002012-01-27T09:38:15.403-08:00Laura Biagiotti Venezia
Dislikes and Blind Buys
I haven't written in a while, mea culpa. The same old excuses apply: life, work, new commitment to the gym, yadda, yadda.
In my last post, the lovely JoanElaine complained that I was giving too many glowing reviews (making her lust after more perfume) and could I please review something bad for a change. She was joking but it's a fair criticism. Most of my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-52121288802973619792012-01-07T15:10:00.000-08:002012-01-07T12:17:26.666-08:00Mary Greenwell Plum
I feel pretty, oh so pretty!
Take a look at the Bouguereau painting, The Rapture of Psyche – the lemon yellow and pink-tinged dawn, the floaty plum chiffon, the angel and butterfly wings – it's a perfect depiction of true love overcoming reason. That's what Mary Greenwell's Plum smells like.
More prosaically, Plum starts off with sweet-tart fruits, like peach, plum and lemon. The Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-61369893672685686142011-12-30T14:18:00.000-08:002011-12-30T14:19:36.432-08:00My Favourites of 2011
Another year, and dozen bottles
Well, another year is almost past and my perfume cabinet is getting pretty full. One of my New Year's resolutions will be to go through it and take out bottles I never wear. They can be boxed up and moved to a dresser drawer or perhaps traded. Dan, who organizes the wonderful meet-up events at Noor, tells me he's planning a bottle/decant swap event for 2012. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-27089313040395823972011-12-20T12:10:00.000-08:002011-12-21T11:40:23.254-08:00O Tannenbaum - 3 Wood Perfumes for Christmas
A Joint Blogging Project for A Merry Christmas!
Another year has flown by and it's time to do our annual (2 years now!) Christmas group blogging project. This year Redolent of Spices has kindly organized a huge group of perfume bloggers to participate in celebrating the season by posting reviews of perfumes that feature wood notes.
Woody perfumes are some of my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-81182370855296820702011-12-09T10:01:00.001-08:002011-12-10T10:49:24.768-08:00Frederic Malle L'eau d'hiver
In the lane, snow is glistening
Gentle and powdery as fresh fallen snow, L'eau d'hiver is both fresh and cuddly.
L'eau d'hiver was created for the Frederic Malle line by the famous perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena. Ellena's style is minimalist and sheer and L'eau d'hiver is a good example of that style. It's a light and easy to wear veil of scent. But simple doesn't mean boring.
With l'eau Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-40724409523012134132011-12-02T08:56:00.001-08:002011-12-02T10:13:00.428-08:00Cartier L'Heure Fougueuse IV
Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?
L'Heure Fougueuse (HF) is the fourth perfume in Cartier's "Les Heures de Parfum" collection of eight fragrances. The collection is meant to evoke moments of "pure emotion" and HF is the feeling of freedom in "the wild gallop of life."
Gallop is the key word here. In-house perfumer Mathilde Laurent has created something unique and beautiful but so Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-50555694371675087882011-11-30T13:50:00.000-08:002011-11-30T10:51:18.528-08:00Chanel - Bois des Iles
The Cashmere Wrap Scent
Do you have a cashmere wrap scent? It's a perfume that makes you feel like you are wrapped up in a soft, luxurious blanket. For me that perfume is Chanel Bois des Iles.
Bois des Iles pushed boundaries in its time. Ernest Beaux created it in 1926 as twist on a traditional woody masculine fragrance, but for women. Bois des Iles opens with a hint of citrus and the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-37909937324375077632011-11-15T09:16:00.001-08:002011-11-16T09:51:48.555-08:00Maison Francis Kurkdjian - Absolue Pour le Soir
Dirty Dirty Rich
Some perfumes are demure, innocent and cheerful - and then there's Absolue Pour le Soir. This is pure sex. Francis Kurkdjian has created a perfume that I wouldn't even consider for my young niece and I'd be embarrassed to wear in front of my mother. But, oh baby.
Absolue Pour le Soir is the dirtiest thing I've smelled in a long time. It's gorgeously filthy. It's Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-53163894884857559862011-11-03T13:53:00.000-07:002011-11-03T13:54:58.599-07:00Olly The Smelly Robot
Smell-O-Vision is finally a reality. Mint Foundry has developed a "smelly robot" they call "Olly." This computer peripheral can be customized to puff out fragrance for any Internet action, like a tweet or a Facebook message or a calendar alarm. Olly has a removeable section in the back that can be filled with perfume, essential oil, even alcohol.
The possibilities for perfumistas are Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-64290568414041036672011-10-30T13:01:00.000-07:002011-10-30T13:01:37.227-07:00Bottega Veneta
A Signature Scent
The luxury Italian leather goods house Bottega Veneta has released its first perfume, a floral leather chypre that fits perfectly with the image of "craftsmanship, understatement, and refinement" that Bottega Veneta represents.
Bettega Veneta is a beautiful, well-blended chypre. It opens with bergamot and light jasmine. The heart has a slightly fruity quality underscored Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-76900792869004574912011-10-24T14:19:00.000-07:002011-10-24T14:22:11.399-07:00Jean Patou - Joy
Affordable LuxuryJean Patou released Joy during the Great Depression in the 1930's with an advertising campaign that billed it as "the costliest perfume in the world." Does that seem odd? It was actually a very clever marketing move. After the Wall Street stock market crash in 1929, the Parisienne fashion house lost many of its American clients who could no longer afford haute couture clothing.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-74767896418188469742011-10-17T14:26:00.000-07:002011-10-17T14:26:46.622-07:00Parfums de Nicolai - Vie de Château Intense
Life In A Castle
The French expression "la Vie de château" translates literally as "life in a castle" and means living a life of luxury. Rough equivalents would be the Italian "la dolce vita" (the sweet life, a life of pleasures and indulgence) and the Irish "the life of Riley" (an easy and pleasant life).
Vie de Château Intense is a sweet, pretty perfume. For the first few Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671510644628830689.post-78931578320352171202011-10-11T11:59:00.000-07:002011-10-12T11:42:32.627-07:00Chandler Burr TEDx: Perfume as Olfactory Art
This talk by Chandler Burr at the TEDxDanubia 2011 has completely blown my mind.
I have a degree in Art History and studied the architecture of Mies van de Rohe and the part where he compares the Seagram building in New York to Chanel No. 5... it's perfect.
I can't catch my breath. I feel like there's literally a giant light bulb over my head. I want to move to New York and throw myself Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521204516836711361noreply@blogger.com1