I’m an Opium girl from way back; the Yves Saint Laurent pillar was also my first (devastating) experience with reformulation, and since that offensive bottle of Eau… Read more “Raiders of the Lost Stash: Opium Fleur de Shanghai”
Tag: Oriental
L’Artisan Parfumer, Piment Brûlant
Piment Brûlant smells, upon application, of a fresh from-the-garden green bell-pepper, sliced up, placed on a platter, and sprinkled with finely ground black pepper. The watery green sensation… Read more “L’Artisan Parfumer, Piment Brûlant”
Bond No. 9, Bleecker Street
I believe that perfumes tell tales, and the tale that Bleeker Street tells me is that of a well-scrubbed, well-dressed, intelligent young man. A young man who… Read more “Bond No. 9, Bleecker Street”
Guerlain Bois d’Arménie
Bois d’Arménie, by Annick Menardo for the L’Art et la Matiere collection, feels less a classic Guerlain, and more an Hermessence; sharing closer kinship to the transparent… Read more “Guerlain Bois d’Arménie”
Perfume by colours
A recent discussion on BOTO got me thinking about how fragrance houses deliberately manipulate the colour of the juice to add to the mental picture you will… Read more “Perfume by colours”
beauty on the outside 