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”
Tag: Woody
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”
Carbone de Balmain
Nathalie Lorson created Carbone de Balmain in 2010, and it got some nice attention for bottle design at the Fifi’s, and some attention for the juice itself… Read more “Carbone de Balmain”
New stuff: perfumes from garden and salon
Two little treats arrived in my post box today: samples of Guerlain Arsene Lupin Dandy, and Hermes Un Jardin en Mediteranee. Both are examples of high French… Read more “New stuff: perfumes from garden and salon”
On Being Ladylike
A recent impulse purchase of mine was Hermes’s Caleche Soie de Parfum (1992). I’m not going to review it, as I agree in every respect with a… Read more “On Being Ladylike”
beauty on the outside 