Tag Archives: Fragrance

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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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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Scents of Horror – Review: Serge Lutens Miel de Bois

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Olfactoria

This is going to be a series of posts about my not so successful forays into the land of perfumes. Scent is individual, of course, we can’t all like the same things, and that is fine. So, hopefully offending no one, … Continue reading →

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One Rose – Review: Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle Une Rose

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Olfactoria

My husband discovered a third response to fragrance yesterday evening, just as I was accusing him of having only two in yesterdays post. Upon being asked for his opinion (what was I thinking anyway?!) he stated “All these perfumes are … 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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