Category: Fragrance
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Discovering Floraiku’s Fragrance as Poetry
When I first started getting into fragrances, I watched videos from The Eva Monroe. I saw her review of One Umbrella for Two from Floraiku. Being someone who had never heard of anything other fragrances from fashion houses at the time, I was intrigued. Plus, the bottle was beautiful. I decided that I definitely wanted…
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A “strong” showing from Maison Francis Kurkdijan: Aqua Universalis Forte
If you are not living under a rock, in a remote village, or on a technology-free commune, chances are that you have heard mention of Baccarat Rouge 540 from Maison Francis Kurkdijan. The sophisticated sweet scent, which was already much loved in the fragrance community has since gotten even more fans after some TikTok virality.…
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Dries Van Noten launched beauty!
When I think of Dries van Noten, I think color and interesting designs that you don’t see much else. I think of the skirt that I fell in love with that had the photorealistic print. I think of the sweater with the interesting stitching. Never before did I think beauty. Well, I guess now I…
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Exploring Rue St Honoré by Ouai
Rue St Honoré, hello. I had kinda known that Ouai made scents, but I never smelled any. When I saw this as a sample offered for my Sephora, I snapped it up. My new things is to try and not read any information about a fragrance and to just go ahead and try it. So,…
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Take other people’s fragrance opinions as one data point. Make sure you try it on yourself.
Fully recognizing that I have been writing up my own opinions on various fragrances, I need to make this disclosure. You really have to try fragrances out for yourself. My opinion, and anyone else’s for that matter, is just one data point. You need to have your own experience and come to your own conclusions.…
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Donna Born in Roma Coral Fantasy by Valentino, and then worn and reviewed by me
I feel that I have to always preface my reviews of fragrances with my shortcomings. First and foremost, I have a subpar sense of smell. I am working on developing my nose, but bear with me in the meantime. The second thing is that I am constantly dealing with sinus issues, which is probably why…
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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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