11/18/24

The Trump Anomaly: How Olivier Creed Accidentally Harnessed the Unfortunate Power of "Orange Man Bad"

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"Donald, this smells familiar." This weekend I was on Reddit. I know, I know. What was I thinking? There was a thread on Creed ti...
11/11/24

Replica Sailing Day (Maison Margiela)

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Briny aquatics thrive when they embrace their salt-soaked nature without being softened by fruit or generic crowd-pleasing notes. Maison Mar...
11/10/24

Obsession for Men -- Oops! I Mean, Musk Deer (Zoologist)

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This 2020 creation from Zoologist, crafted by Pascal Gaurin, senior perfumer at IFF, immediately transported me back to the 1990s. Now, for...
11/3/24

Replica When the Rain Stops (Maison Margiela)

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"When the Rain Stops is supposedly inspired by Dublin in 1967. I wasn't alive yet in 1967, but I do remember, somewhat acutely and...
11/2/24

Is Brut the Ship of Theseus?

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The Paradox of the Ship of Theseus is an age-old dilemma: can an object that has had every one of its parts systematically replaced over th...
10/27/24

Book (Commodity)

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Palo santo is an unusual material. While it has an appealing scent, its pure form doesn’t strike me as something that would work in a person...

Harvest Mouse (Zoologist)

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The oriental category of fragrances ("oriental" meaning "of the East" in classical perfumery terms and not a slur, contr...
10/22/24

Fragrantica Advertises Trump's New Fragrance, Members Lose Their Sh!t

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While I can certainly understand why the average Joe on the street might hesitate to say a good word about Donald Trump, I find endless humo...
10/20/24

Replica Autumn Vibes (Maison Margiela)

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It seems the "wood" note of the twenties is palo santo, making oud feel like a relic of the last decade—well, not quite, but it o...
10/16/24

This Fragrance Did Not Slip Out Of 'Cool' and Into 'Old-Fogey'

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An Original 1988 Cool Water Print Ad Lately, I’ve noticed a trend among YouTubers, posting about Davidoff’s Cool Water, the original 1988 r...
10/14/24

Hummingbird (Zoologist)

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Shelley Waddington of En Voyage Perfumes is the nose behind this 2015 creation. To date, only Squid rivals it as the Zoologist fragrance tha...