Category: Fragrance
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Giving Musk Therapy another try
My first introduction to Musk Therapy by Initio Parfums was a disaster. Trying it on in store, I thought it smelled horrible. But I gave the fragrance the benefit of the doubt. After all, the attendant did slather a sunscreen on my hand before I made way over to the fragrance counter. Maybe that affected…
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Prepping for chillier weather with Velvet by Commodity
It’s getting chillier outside. It officially feels like fall, finally. My nose is craving scents that scream the season, something darker, smokier, cozier. As I noticed Velvet Bold by Commodity Fragrances, I hoped it would give me exactly what I was looking for. As I’m smelling it, I sense a sweet smokiness to it. Maybe…
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Quick note on the fragrance I’ve been wearing this week
I have been spending a lot of time in coffee shops this week. That combined with it staring to feel like fall, I wanted to wear something a bit heavier and sweeter, and more specifically, with a coffee note. It was time for Black Opium by YSL Beauty. Its vanilla coffee sweetness made the perfect…
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Yet another good girl from Carolina Hererra
The good girls seem to wear painfully high heels and smell very sweet, or at least that is what I gather from Carolina Hererra and its Good Girl line of fragrances. This new flanker to the line, Very Good Girl Elixir, is no exception. Previously, I reviewed Very Good Girl (not a fan) and Very…
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This is (kind of) a review of Burberry Her Intense
Burberry Her Intense smells pleasant enough. But to cut to the chase, I can’t really smell it on myself. With the ever lengthening allergy season, it might just be my sinuses. Sure it leaves a beautiful scent behind on clothing when my sense of smell has returned, but I’m having a hard time detecting it…
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Trying Magic Energy as a fragrance mood lifter
I had a big day ahead of me. I needed some energy. I reached for Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Energy. Admittedly, as soon as I sprayed it on, I regretted that decision. It smelled grassy and green, which is not at all how I wanted to smell walking into the meeting room. Explaining the fragrance, Charlotte…
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A little love for Atomic Rose
Atomic Rose by Initio Parfums has certainly shifted things for me. At this point, I think I am now solidly in love with rose fragrances. I can’t say it’s not your grandmother’s rose. It’s certainly like mine. I don’t know what your grandmother likes. Rather than smelling like the power rooms I remember, it smells…
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Soap? From Dior?
Previously on fragrance reviews with A Wren Says, I fell in love with the Dioriviera sent from Dior’s La Collection Privée. The summery scent quickly won me over, making me think that perhaps fig is one of my favorite notes. You can only imagine then my excitement when I noticed the brand stocked the scent,…
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The Michelle Pfeiffer of fragrances
Scrolling along Sephora’s fragrance new releasees one day, I came across a brand that I had never heard of: Henry Rose. First and foremost, I am a sucker for a new release. Second, a person’s name as the name of the brand? Color me intrigued. However, Henry Rose is not the founder, but the inspiration.…
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Byredo’s Casablanca Lily was love at first spray
I went in to the Byredo store on a mission: I was going to buy something. After falling in love with Blanche, perhaps that would be the one. But as I sniffed my way through the Night Veil collection, my goal shifted. This is the one I should get: Casablanca Lily. To say that it…
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