Tag: fragrance review
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Le Male Elixir is certainly a powerful fragrance
I recall smelling someone wearing Le Male by Jean Paul Gautier and being the person asking, “What fragrance are you wearing?” As a result, my hopes were high as I tried the Le Male Elixir. Oh buddy, not the same experience. The first spray was overwhelming and instant regret. I was glad I wasn’t planning…
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Let’s talk about Cassili by Parfums de Marly
Just looking at the bottle of Cassili from Parfums de Marly, I expected something fruity, definitely smelling strongly of peach. I can tell you now there is no peach, and I’m disappointed. But I duped myself, so that’s what I get for judging based on appearances alone. When I sprayed the fragrance, I could tell…
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Giving Fleur de Peau by Diptyque a chance
I will admit, Fleur de Peau from Diptyque is a scent that really put me off. On first spray, I regretted the spritz. There was something about it that was overpowering in a bad way. As a result, I refused to wear the scent, until today. I sprayed the scent on just one wrist, to…
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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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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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