“Go Straight to Full Bottle, Do Not Buy Decant, Do Not Save $200.” Dionne made me laugh with that quip, but who’s laughing now? I can barely contain… Read more “Parfum d’Empire, Equistrius”
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My ideal rose: Montale’s Aoud Queen Roses?
A while back I embarked on a quest for my ideal rose, inspired by a sentence from Celia Lyttleton’s book The Scent Trail. Many of you kindly… Read more “My ideal rose: Montale’s Aoud Queen Roses?”
Cuir Ottoman and a Tongue-twister
Never say never to leather1. If you’d asked me a month ago, I would’ve said that leather was a no-go note for me. Chanel No. 19 got… Read more “Cuir Ottoman and a Tongue-twister”
Not my Ideal Rose but …
After an agonising wait, my sample of Parfum d’Empire’s Eau Suave arrived in the mail late last week. Would this be the Ideal Rose I have been… Read more “Not my Ideal Rose but …”
Parfum d’Empire, Fougère Bengale
“Conjures both English clubs and the savannah where the Bengal tiger lurks…” —Parfum d’Empire website Spritzing Fougère Bengale for the first time immediately brought to mind another… Read more “Parfum d’Empire, Fougère Bengale”
beauty on the outside 