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One of my earliest scent childhood memories is of my dad smoking his pipe. I should, in fact, say pipes because he proudly collected them. I have inherited this...

Is there a fragrance you have purchased over and over again? I can think of several, but Dolce e Gabbana for Women might win the contest for me. Launched in 199...

Maison d’Etto is a line whose fascinating fragrance collection I’ve had the pleasure to try after winning a discovery set from the artistic perfumery magazine C...

If I had to pick one perfume for life it would probably be Chanel Cristalle Eau de Toilette. This fragrance embodies many of the warm/cool, bright/dark contrast...

I first heard of Sixteen92 Bruise Violet while researching fragrances inspired by cosmetics a couple of years ago. I was immediately drawn to its name and descr...

Many of us search for perfumes that are reminiscent of make-up accords because they evoke memories of sniffing and playing with lipsticks, creams, eye shadows, ...

I have loved chypre fragrances for as long as I can remember. I like how the kaleidoscopic orchestration of contrasting notes and accords – warm and cool, brigh...

I have always had a complex relationship with hesperidic (citrus) fragrances. I am drawn to their crisp brightness I often smell on others, but I am often disap...

Tobacco Rose, a creation by Papillon’s Liz Moores from 2014, was one of my favorite discoveries of 2019. As a rose fragrance lover, I knew early on there may be...

Saharet by Blocki was once described on me as “oil paint on canvas”. The remark was more than appropriate considering where I was at the time, but it added much...