I Smell Therefore I Am

When I first smelled Loretta, a little less than a year ago now, I wasn't prepared for it. Andy Tauer and I had been discussing Miria...

I'm always a little cranky when I show up at my favorite perfume kiosk here at the mall and the Russian women who own it aren't th...

Reformulations, sometimes (as here) referred to as "updates" or "modern interpretations" are rarely, in my experience,...

It really intrigued me, the past six months to a year, watching what people had to say about the last several releases from Etat Libre D...

I’ll start by admitting that L’Artisan and me, well, we just don’t see eye to eye on what makes a good perfume. To me, a perfume is an art,...

The scent of tuberose is heady. It is potent, fleshy and sweet. I realized recently that long before I understood what a tuberose note sme...

I didn't know what to expect from Moulin Rouge, as I'd heard contradictory reports, none of which seemed very promising, given my e...

Like Luca Turin, I would give the latest formula of Poison five stars, but I wouldn't put it in my top five fragrances of all time. I...

Ok, fellow fragrance fanatics, make sure you properly set your expectations for this one. This is Infusion de Tubereuse, a new addition to ...

Abigail and I often think along the same lines. We split L'Animale over a month ago, and though I loved it instantly, and we've tal...

After a few days of writing reviews for fragrances I found disappointing I decided to highlight one that I adore. I love the idea of Histoi...

I cannot believe I didn’t know Ysatis was created by Dominque Ropion. I have always liked Ysatis and just when I decided to sit down and wr...

Anything described by Luca Turin as “preposterously intense” and “enormously rude” is going straight to the top of my must-try list. If tha...

I'm guessing that with more of an online search than I'm willing to conduct right now I could find out what's up with the Miller...

Marc-Antoine Corticchiato, the nose for Parfum d’Empire, oftentimes lives in the shadow of Serge Lutens. The two share a passion for Moroc...

Michel Almairac has done some pretty high profile fragrances, some of which even the newest or most casual admirer of perfume will find fami...

Perhaps in the normal world, Creed is considered a fantastic perfume house. But in our world of perfume fanatics, Creed seems considered a ...

Reading "summer faves" on the various blogs over the past few days, I noticed a trend weighing very robust fragrances against fres...

I'll have to revisit it in the winter, but for now Le Baiser du Dragon is a disappointment, a murky vetiver and amaretto melange. I...

I’m not a white floral gal. Take for instance, Parfum de Nicolai Number One. Number One may be a gorgeous awarding winning fragrance but i...