Perfumes

Reviews, highlights and new releases I smelled and liked

    03/09/2020

    Jardins de Misfah by Une Nuit Nomade

    Jerome Di Marino, 2019.

    Jardins des Misfah is a rose-centered summery oriental-gourmand.
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    22/07/2020

    Pride, Grasse, Monopteros by Der Duft

    Anselm Skogstad, Miguel Matos, 2020.

    Rosy and powdery, dry and fresh, light and aldehydic Grasse won me over.
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    22/07/2020

    Fils de Dieu by Etat Libre d’Orange

    Ralf Schwieger, 2012.

    Fils de Dieu by Etat Libre d’Orange (Ralf Schweiger, 2012.) is one of my favourite summer fragrances.Balsamic, citrusy, aromatic, warm, slightly savoury, coconutty. The bottle is almost empty, and I am still enjoying it as much as I did in the summer of 2013.

    Fils de Dieu by Etat Libre d’Orange (Ralf Schweiger, 2012.) is one of my favourite summer fragrances.
    Balsamic, citrusy, aromatic, warm, slightly savoury, coconutty.

    The bottle is almost empty, and I am still enjoying it as much as I did in the summer of 2013.

    20/07/2020

    La Route de la Soie collection by Ormonde Jayne

    Linda Pilkington, 2020.

    Tanger, Damask, Levant, and Byzance. By celebrating the history of the house, with La Route de la Soie Collection Ormonde Jayne reminded us of the origins of perfumery, too.
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    16/07/2020

    Sex and the Sea Neroli by Francesca Bianchi Perfumes

    Francesca Bianchi, 2019.

    Summer is dense – so why hold on to the stereotype that summer scents should be light, transparent mists?
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    07/07/2020

    Al Sahra by The Different Company

    Emilie Coppermann, 2020.

    Al Sahra is serene and light, ambivalently cold/warm oriental
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    22/05/2020

    Bat 2 by Zoologist

    Prin Lomros, 2020.

    Zoologist’s Bat 2 smells and feels like a pause from olfactory literalism. This is unexpected.
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    19/05/2020

    Piano Santal by L’Orchestre Parfum

    Jean Jacques, 2019.

    The well-measured sensual tease makes Piano Santal olfactively acoustic.
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    09/05/2020

    L’eau À la rose by Maison Francis Kurkdjian

    Francis Kurkdjian, 2020.

    L’eau À la rose EDT is a cheerful, optimistic, bright and airy mix of fruity rose buds and musks.
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    29/04/2020

    L’Ombre des Merveilles by Hermès

    Christine Nagel, 2020.

    L’Ombre is a chiaroscuro study of the Merveilles accord in tea, smoke and incense.
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    11/04/2020

    London by Gallivant

    Karine Chevallier, 2017.

    London is a stunningly atmospheric, honestly lighthearted and unpretentiously complex rose-leather perfume.
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    01/04/2020

    Gold by Puredistance

    Antoine Lie, 2019.

    Gold is a richly layered oriental perfume, a fusion of modern abstraction and classic, filigree details.
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    17/03/2020

    Chemical Love by Maison Olibere

    Luca Maffei, 2018.

    Chemical Love is a lifter and a hitter – even the creaminess has an edge, and the boldness is underlying fragility.
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    13/02/2020

    Erawan by Dusita

    Pissara Umavijani, 2018.

    Erawan by Pissara Umavijani of Parfums Dusita is Art and Olfaction 2018. finalist.
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    08/02/2020

    Pergola by Exaltatum

    Eglia Vaitkevice, 2019.

    Springy Pergola is a complex modern green floral evoking sophistication of tradtional chypres and fougeres.
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    06/02/2020

    Maison Violet’s Collection

    created by Nathalie Lorson

    Maison Violet is the old french house revived in 2017. The historic outfit is matched with the new formulas, and all five nicely blended creations are the work of Nathalie Lorson: In 2018. Maison Violet launched four perfumes: Sketch, a deep, enveloping amber, Tanagra, a very nice fruity-floral musk, Pourpre…
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    05/02/2020

    Tokyo by Gallivant

    Karine Chevallier, 2018.

    Swirling incense is here to remind you to feel the world from inside your chest and to melt into fresh and greenish, spicy and warm surroundings, created by Karine Chevallier. Tokyo by Gallivant is swirling, vibrating calmness: while the heart beats the rhythm of Kodo drums, the air inhaled is…
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    23/01/2020

    Bee by Zoologist

    Cristiano Canali, 2019.

    Bee by Zoologist is a vivid, yellow-bright and sweet interpretation of a buzzy bee, all covered with pollen and honey.
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    21/01/2020

    500 years and Spice must flow – Etat Libre d’Orange’s roses from 2019.

    Cecille Matton, Mathilde Bijaoui

    From 2006., when first Etat Libre d’Orange perfumes were launched, until 2019., ELDO presented only one rose-centred perfume: striking Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection. But in just finished 2019. Etienne de Swardt – bang! – launched three roses: 500 years, Spice Must Flow and Experimentum Crucis.
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    09/01/2020

    Malum by Bruno Acampora and Talento by Mendittorosa

    Miguel Matos / Amèlie Bourgeois and Camille Chamardine, 2019.

    On a splendid perfume coffee, I had the chance to take a whiff of two newly launched perfumes: Malum by Bruno Acampora and Talento by Mendittorosa.
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