Category Archives: Fragrance Reviews

No Trouble – Review: L’Artisan Parfumeur Safran Troublant

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Olfactoria

On the quest for the ideal perfume for the colder seasons, I cannot leave out this old favorite, a gem by my favorite perfumer Olivia Giacobetti, I fell in love with years ago. I have yet to find a Giacobetti composition I don´t … Continue reading →

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The Powder Of Love – Review: Love, Chloé

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Olfactoria

Hello, I am back at the regular perfume counter again, this time for the newly launched Love, Chloé by Parfums Chloé Paris (Coty). As I´ve said a few times already, I am a visual type. So the overall look is … Continue reading →

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It’s Complicated – Review: Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Olfactoria

The cold and wet weather of the last days lets me reach for warm and cozy scents again, I want to be enveloped in a warm, fragrant embrace, comforting and familiar, but still interesting and just a bit challenging. Well, … Continue reading →

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Favorites From Unenlightened Times: Perfumes I Loved Before I Knew How

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Olfactoria

On this cold and windy morning, I invite you to take a look into the past… Prada Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Clinique Simply Le Feu d’Issey  Narciso Rodriguez For Her Prada L’Eau Ambree This is a list of perfumes I was wearing regularly … Continue reading →

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Secret Garden – Review: Annick Goutal Ninfeo Mio

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Olfactoria

Ninfeo Mio is one of my “I´m certain this smells differently on me than intended” – fragrances. Do you know what I mean? There are perfumes that have a wonderful concept behind them, are beautifully executed (in this case by … Continue reading →

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Scent Layering: 1+1=?

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Olfactoria

Just a quick post in passing: Remember my struggle with this scent? I never tried to layer scents before, probably because I was afraid to end up with a sillage to empty a stadium or of ruining otherwise perfectly good perfumes … Continue reading →

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Quick Lift – Review: Hermès Eau de Pamplemousse Rose

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Olfactoria

I am aware it is November and what I am reviewing today is by no means a classic fall fragrance, but nonetheless, Eau de Pamplemousse Rose is what I want to talk about today. Eau de Pamplemousse Rose is from Hermès’s … Continue reading →

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Home, sweet Home…How I scent my surroundings

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Olfactoria

Do you scent your home as well as yourself? In the times before I grew into appreciating fragrance I always had a scented candle at home (mostly vanilla scented ones from Ikea, that admission is a little like a wine connoisseur stating … Continue reading →

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Cold Comfort – Review: Ormonde Jayne Tolu

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Olfactoria

I used to abhor fall and winter. The cold, the frequent wetness, having to wear tons of clothes… Since I am interested in perfume though, fall season is great! All those wonderful scents that need the cold to shine, aaahh, … Continue reading →

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One Of Many? – Review: Guerlain Idylle

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Olfactoria

Sometimes the mainstream beckons and I follow. Idylle is the latest release of the esteemed House of Guerlain, the first by in-house perfumer Thierry Wasser. It was fraught with lots of high expectations, since the last few Guerlain releases were … Continue reading →

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