Category: Fragrance
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My thoughts on Very Good Girl by Carolina Herrera
Olfactive family: FloralTop Notes: Red Currant & LycheeHeart Notes: Rose & LillyBottom Notes: Vanilla Bourbon & Vetiver So I tried Very Good Girl by Carolina Herrera. My thoughts: It was very sweet. I am still working on training my nose, so I can’t be very nuanced. But, I can say that for me, the lychee…
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Some quick thoughts on H24 from Hermes
Key Notes: Clary Sage, Narcissus, Rosewood From the brand: “A lively, sensual and bright fragrance cultivating a daring blend between nature and technology. An enveloping sage, an electric narcissus, an invigorating rosewood and a warm, metallic note of sclarene make up this composition of the future. “ I got a sample of H24 by Hermes and…
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Ruby Orchid vs Flowerbomb Nectar: My humble comparison of the two Flowerbomb flankers
I was able to get a sample of Ruby Orchid. Being that it is the newest flanker to the Flowerbomb, I decided to test it out compared to my favorite, Flowerbomb Nectar. Here is what Viktor & Rolf had to say about the two. Ruby Orchid: Key Notes: Vine Peach, Ruby Orchid, Bourbon Vanilla “…
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Kilian masterclass: My chance to hear from the man himself
I had the opportunity to attend a webinar with Kilian Hennessy, founder of By Kilian. This was an event through Sephora, something you could attend by redeeming points through their Rewards Bazaar. In addition to the webinar, everyone also received a travel-sized Love Don’t Be Shy. Here are my thoughts on the event. Here is…
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Burning the Diptyque Pomander candle
After watching that TED talk yesterday, I decided to burn my own candle. In the video, Change your Closet, Change your life, the speaker relayed a story about discovering a candle she had been waiting to burn on a special occasion had melted on its own. (I assume it was a pillar candle and at…
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Black Orchid: The Background
“… I wanted to put some glamour back into beauty with a powerful fragrance.” -Tom Ford as quoted in the New York Times After my little journey choosing to wear Black Orchid for the day, I got caught up looking into the background of this fragrance. Black Orchid is classified as an amber chypre fragrance,…
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Today was a Black Orchid day
I woke up today, wanting to feel powerful. Things in my life have not gone as a I had planned or imagined, so it is up to me to make a choice. Who do I want to be? I want to exude ease and strength. Confidence and power. I put on my Frankie Shop Tee,…
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Tom Ford Private Blend Roses Collection
I know, I already have a post about rose fragrances, but this one is different. Right now, this is a post about the rose fragrances I really really want. I am eager to try these scents on skin. Tom Ford dropped the Private Blend Roses Collection. I am late talking about this as they have…
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Some rose fragrances for women, suggestions from an untrained nose
Roses are on the very small list of flowers I can identify visually. I can’t tell you exactly what they smell like, but for some reason I was convinced I didn’t like their scent. That was younger, ignorant me a year ago. I have sense had the pleasure of smelling more fragrances and trying them…
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My thoughts on the Dior La Collection Privée Discovery Set
A little while ago, I got into fragrances. It has been a way for me to a) train my inferior scent of smell and b) envelop myself a bit of beauty that can’t be seen only felt. (Well it can be smelled, but again, inferior sense of smell.) If you dive into what is called…
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