Category Archives: Ramblings

A Somewhat Different Holiday Gift Guide

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Olfactoria

It is hard to gift somebody else with a perfume. Even if you think you know best, even if you are convinced your impeccable taste and extensive knowledge enables you to give your nearest and dearest what they secretly wish … Continue reading →

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The Great Unsniffed-How A Big Imagination Leads To Even Bigger Desire

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Olfactoria

I want what I can’t (or almost can´t) have. That is the story of my life… (side note: M., for once this is NOT a husband bashing post :D) The quest for the hard to get is one of my favorite pastimes. When it … Continue reading →

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Olfactoria in Wonderland – How I Came To Be A Perfumista

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Olfactoria

For most of my adult life I was perfectly content with owning and wearing one or two perfumes at the most. I ‘d buy a bottle of something that struck my fancy. I went to department store to try something after … Continue reading →

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Lost In Translation – How To Write About Perfume

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Olfactoria

We all read perfume reviews, some of us also write them. That´s what we do. We are addicts, sorry, perfumistas, after all. But is what we read really indicative of the scent?  Is what we write a true representation of … 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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Objectivity of Olfaction – Do we smell the same thing?

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Olfactoria

Luca Turin says smell is objective, just like vision is. A clearly defined wavelength, allowing no room for subjective perception. That is, in my humble, non-scientific opinion, quite possibly true, even if Turin has a lot of trouble getting his peers … 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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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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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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On the Fence: Do I love thee? – Review: Annick Goutal Vanille Exquise

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Olfactoria

There are lots of fragrances I like, they are loved and cherished, talked to (yeah, well…) and nowadays blogged about; there are those I do not like at all, that leave me a bit disappointed, as I might have had high hopes … Continue reading →

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