PERFUME

Reviews

    07/04/2023

    Conspiracy line – Wealth by Perfume Sucks

    Andreas Wilhelm, 2023.

    Andreas Wilhelm debunked the scent of money in all of its attractive cosiness, and in all of its unnatural, man-made dryness.
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    14/07/2022

    Solaro Collection by UERMI

    Pierre-Constantin Guéros, 2022.

    Il sole dentro, L’Isola che non c’è, Dove l’aqua è piú blu, and Dillo alla luna show that a concept of the summer collection can be smart and emotionally engaging when presented with sensibility and sophistication.
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    26/07/2021

    Joyful Collection by Miguel Matos Perfumes

    Miguel Matos, 2021.

    Twisted Tuberose, Summer Oud, Chypre Caramel and Agua Exotica make a joyful Joyful Collection!
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    01/03/2021

    Exit the King by Etat Libre d’Orange

    Ralf Schwieger, Cecille Matton, 2020.

    ELDO’s metastory – from portraits and controversy towards the absurd. The new chypre, created by Ralf Schweiger, has got a catche in the description.
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    27/10/2020

    Lisbon Clubs 1920 collection by Miguel Matos Perfumes

    Miguel Matos, 2020.

    Olimpia Club, Bristol Club, Palace Club and Majestic Club
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    25/11/2019

    La Tsarine and Madama Butterfly II by Senyokô

    Euan McCall, 2018./2019.

    Connected with the motif of two different female figures on the different poles of what we perceive as “traditional femininity”, strong and powerful La Tsarine and soft and subtle Madama Butterfly II together create a Senyokô’s story about women’s identity, roles, individuality and power/empowerment. 
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    15/11/2019

    Twilly Eau Poivrée by Hermès

    Christine Nagel, 2019.

    Eau Poivrée, peppery rose/patchouli Twilly flanker is a further step in creating Twilly-identity: refined, controlled and everything but daring. While original Twilly charmingly managed to get the balance between the casual and classic, Eau Poivrée got stuck in a limbo in between.
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    06/11/2019

    Light and Dark by Neandertal

    Euan McCall, 2018.

    Light and Dark by Neandertal present an olfactive bond between us and our distant Neanderthal relatives, in an exploratory, engaging and polarising way.
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    13/10/2019

    Musc Moschus by Rania J.

    Rania Jouaneh, 2019.

    Musc Moschus is a skin scent smelling like a sensual dance of two alike, but essentially different musks. The dance is slow but on a verge of funk.
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    27/09/2019

    Los Angeles by Gallivant

    Karine Chevallier, 2019.

    Going from sweet, juicy and intense to airy and serene, from fruity-floral bordering gourmand to woody-marine bordering aromatic, Los Angeles presented a transformation from show to magic.
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    17/09/2019

    She was an Anomaly by Etat Libre d’Orange

    Daniela Roche Andrier / CARTO of Givaudan, 2019.

    She was an Anomaly is marketed as the first perfume successfully conceived and delivered by young, thus still not completely unsupervised, AI – Givaudan’s CARTO.
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