Tag Archives: Review

Close To Perfection – Review: Caron Infini

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Olfactoria

Hiya Olfactoria’s Travelers, Portia from Australian Perfume Junkies and Perfume Posse back on the OTs. A while ago I found a small bottle of vintage Infini parfum on one of the Facebook pages For Sale lists and though there was … Continue reading →

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Graveyard Rose – Review: Frapin Nevermore

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Olfactoria

By Tara Nevermore is the beautifully wistful name of the latest release by Frapin. It comes from Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous poem, “The Raven”, which was first published in 1845. In it, an increasingly distraught narrator pines for his … Continue reading →

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Colour in My Life Please! – Review: Nobile 1942 La Danza delle Libellule

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Olfactoria

By Sandra I do not usually pay attention to the name of a perfume. But when one as beautiful as La Danza delle Libellule comes my way I sit up and pay attention. It means The Dance of the Dragonflies. … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Trio – Review: En Voyage Perfumes Souvenir de Chocolat Indigo Vanilla, Captured in Amber and Café Cacao

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Olfactoria

By Tara Shelley Waddington, the super talented perfumer behind En Voyage Perfumes, won many new fans last year with her stunning, vintage-inspired scent Zelda.   This year her collection of three chocolate based perfumes “Souvenir de Chocolat” has already won … Continue reading →

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In The Harem – Review: Dior Collection Privée Oud Ispahan

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Olfactoria

Woop Woop Olfactoria’s Travelers, Portia here today from Australian Perfume Junkies and Perfume Posse. Funny how sometimes you are so enraptured by a scent that you’ve bought in a sample, decant or split that you immediately, or as soon as … Continue reading →

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Sexy As Hell – Review: Le Labo Labdanum 18

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Olfactoria

By Michael How do you decide which perfumes to test? Where possible I like to explore a whole line or brand at a time. It helps me understand the style of the fragrances and identify the house notes, if they … Continue reading →

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Pretty But Soulless – Review: Tommy Bahama Set Sail Martinique

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Olfactoria

Hiya Olfactoria’s Travelers, Portia with you today from Australian Perfume Junkies and Perfume Posse. Imagine you are cleaning out your cupboards and you find a home made decant of something you can’t remember buying, maybe you got it as a … Continue reading →

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Show Time – Review: Histoires de Parfums Olympia, Music Hall

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Olfactoria

By Tara L’Olympia Music Hall in Paris was founded in 1888 by the same gentleman – Joseph Oller – who created the Moulin Rouge (which also inspired a fragrance by Histoires de Parfums reviewed here). The legendary theatre put on … Continue reading →

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A Perfume Apart – Review: Amouage Memoir Man

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Olfactoria

By Michael I’m not really sure how I ended up purchasing Memoir Man. I’d never tried it and I’m not a big fan of either green notes, lavender or fougères. Yet there I found myself late one night adding it … Continue reading →

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Intimate Decadence – Review: Laboratorio Olfattivo Daimiris

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Olfactoria

By Tara Created by the prolific perfumer Pierre Guillaume, Daimiris was one of the four fragrances in Laboratorio Olfattivo’s first collection launched in 2009. It contains top notes of saffron and cardamom, heart notes of rum, iris and daim (suede) … Continue reading →

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