Tag Archives: Fragrance

Let´s Go Shopping: How Perfume Salespeople Make Life Interesting

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Olfactoria

The following post has been published last November, current events (namely a memorable shopping trip) make me feel it could use another airing. It is still painfully up to date! 😉 Last Saturday I managed to extricate myself for a … Continue reading →

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Olfactoria On Perfume Smellin’ Things

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Olfactoria

Head on over again to PST today to read about what hides behind closed doors…;)

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Happy Buddha – Review: Aftelier Perfumes Candide

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Olfactoria

Incense fragrances, while beloved by many, myself included, carry a certain gravitas, a solemnity that often precludes other feelings. Wearing incense perfumes induces a mood of somber reflection, it can inspire awe and calm, quiet and spirituality. It can evoke … Continue reading →

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Forest of Smoke – Review: Armani Privé Bois d’Encens

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Olfactoria

Armani Privé is a line I always admired from afar, I liked what I saw, but did not even attempt to smell what was inside those pretty wooden bottles. Don’t ask me why, I don’t know… When my interest in … Continue reading →

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Sailing Upwind – Review: Guerlain Sous Le Vent + Giveaway!

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Olfactoria

Sous le Vent is the second perfume that came to me by way of the good people of Place Vendome Haute Parfumerie in Belgium. This perfume was dedicated to Josephine Baker by Jacques Guerlain in 1933, it was re-released in 2006 … Continue reading →

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Rage Against The Dying Of The Light – Review: Guerlain Vega

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Olfactoria

In yesterday’s post I talked about the blue hours and how perfume can jolt me out of such a mood, one that can do this job excellently is Guerlain’s Vega. (This is what I ordered from Heaven in Belgium along … Continue reading →

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Into The Blue – Review: Guerlain L’Heure Bleue

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Olfactoria

I actually never expected to particularly like the old Guerlains. Of course I wanted to try them, own them even, because I think a collection should have such important “founding fathers” of perfumes present and accounted for. Like Shakespeare belongs … Continue reading →

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Monday Question: What Are Your Fragrant Regrets?

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Olfactoria

Perfumes are the love of our lives, but none the less there are probably a few mistakes in our cupboards. Are there any full bottle purchases you regret? Did you ever change your mind totally about a perfume? Do you … Continue reading →

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Where Is Heaven? – Turns Out It Is In Belgium!

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Olfactoria

Through a post by Dimitri on Sorcery of Scent I became aware of Place Vendome Haute Parfumerie. A place every perfume lover should know about. On my quest to explore the House of Guerlain in its entirety (I know, quite … Continue reading →

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Last Week In Perfumeland – Weekend Link Love

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Olfactoria

It is the end of the month again, January went by quickly and by now we are comfortably settled in 2011. Take a cup of tea (I hear Mandy Aftel has wonderful perfumed teas I need to try sometime) and … Continue reading →

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