Category: Fragrance
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Athalia by Parfums de Marly was not what I expected
When I saw the dark bottle of Athalia by Parfums de Marly, I was expecting something dark, deep, ambery, and brooding, deep. What I got when I sprayed it on my skin was something more sweetly feminine, a powdery floral. But you know what? I like it. I have been wearing this fragrance for a…
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Charlotte Tilbury has fragrances now. Let’s try one.
Charlotte Tilbury, the brand that I know best for its pillow talk line of lip products has entered the fragrance game. And it’s in an interesting way. Charlotte Tilbury released six fragrances with different emotional frequencies. They were formulated with mood boosting chemicals that should enhance the emotion in the fragrance name. I decided to…
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Have you ever wanted to smell like a forest?
After finishing up my walk through Muir Woods, I perused their gift shop. The fragrance lover in me was beyond excited to find I could take home a vial of perfume oil that should smell just like the forest. The Muir Woods perfume oil was thicker and more viscous than I would have expected. Unsurprisingly,…
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A fragrance memory
I remember it well. I was in high school and had received a bottle of Victoria’s Secret body lotion in the scent Rapture. It was a throwaway gift, one I imagine the giver didn’t think much of. But I wore it, as I dressed myself up as much as I did as a teenager and…
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Smelling Cafe Rose by Tom Ford
Based on the name, Tom Ford’s Café Rose led me to believe it should smell like a rose growing in a coffee shop. Maybe that is a good way to describe it. Perhaps there is an essence of coffee here, but what comes forward is rose. I don’t notice the coffee as a distinct element…
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Quick review of Sound of a Ricochet
I read the notes of Sound of a Ricochet by Floraiku and thought this will be a safe fragrance. Vanilla? Surely this would be something to try right before I head out to an event. Sigh, maybe that wasn’t the best choice, upon further review. Scratch that, I would be so bold as to say…
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Willow & Water by Library of Flowers, a fragrance for grass lovers
It was nostalgia that drew me to spray the fragrance. I remembered Willow & Water from Library of Flowers as smelling of fresh cut grass. I wanted to return to those carefree days of playing in the field, overcome by the scent of fresh lawnmowing and open air. Because of how grassy it seemed, that…
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I’m feeling studious. let’s review Book by Commodity
Maybe it was my desire to write really well that day that finally drew me try Book Expressive. As I sprayed it into the air, I immediately thought, “Oh no, I smelled like and old library.” Well played, commodity. That was clearly a fantastic interpretation of the sensation of sitting among the paper books, that…
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This was supposed to be a review: Moon Glory by The Harmonist
There was something that initially drew me to Moon Glory by The Harmonist, and I have no idea what it was. I couldn’t explain to you what it was that I smelled on the first encounter at The Conservatory, I just knew that I wanted to keep smelling it. But now, at the start of…
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The Conservatory NYC was a fragrant oasis for me
The Conservatory– The name caught my attention as I perused the shop directory for Hudson Yards in New York. When I visited the shopping destination, I made sure to stop by and see what it was all about. Entering the place made me feel disconnected from everything outside. The entry way pulled me out of…
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