Olympic Amber is one of the unlisted scents from Ellen Covey’s small artisan house, Olympic Orchids, and as a card-carrying Amber-Lover, this so-called Wild Card is right… Read more “Getting to Know You: Olympic Orchids, Olympic Amber”
Tag: Sandalwood
The Last Un-Sniffed: Yoji Homme
As in, The Final Un-Sniffed purchase* (ok, yes, and also the most recent in a series of un-sniffed buys), Yoji Homme by Yōji Yamamoto is a real… Read more “The Last Un-Sniffed: Yoji Homme”
Perfume Addicts Anonymous & SSS Tabac Aurea
Do you ever wonder if there exist within our community “recovering” perfumistas? Imagine a dusty perfume cabinet, with twenty or thirty (or more) flacons, multitude decants, and… Read more “Perfume Addicts Anonymous & SSS Tabac Aurea”
Things I Hate: Robert Piguet Fracas
Launched in 1948 by Robert Piguet, created by Germaine Cellier, Fracas is hailed as “… indisputably the queen of all tuberose fragrances,” and it is the reference… Read more “Things I Hate: Robert Piguet Fracas”
Tauer Perfumes, Reverie au jardin
Ooooh, Lavender. I like lavender. In fact, the very first tincture I ever made was lavender—not that it was a success, I just want to illustrate how… Read more “Tauer Perfumes, Reverie au jardin”
beauty on the outside 