From Pyrgos
5/1/24
They Already F*cked With It.
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What's this? So, remember when I told you that Brut's new licensee, High Ridge Brands, had actually improved the fragrance? Do you r...
4/19/24
Dior vs. Chanel: Which Brand I Prefer, and Why
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I think of Dior and Chanel the way I think of Toyota and Honda: they are competitors, and one is a better deal than the other. Whenever I me...
4/17/24
I Bought Another Bottle of 'The Veg'
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Someday someone will figure out how to precisely date Pinaud products, sort of like that anonymous guy did with his exhaustively compiled Ol...
4/15/24
Bird of Paradise (Avon)
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Avon is sort of a mind-warping brand for fragrance enthusiasts. On the one hand, it's a cheap and somewhat gimmicky mail-order concern ...
4/14/24
Lilac Toilette Water (1812 Apothecary), and the Problem With 'Natural' Lilac Scents
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Lately I've been studying William Poucher's approach to reconstructing the living essence of lilac. His formula, "Lilac Bouquet...
4/13/24
Moss (Commodity)
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Minimalism is something I've been thinking about for most of my life. The idea of abandoning the complex modern world and living on a de...
4/8/24
Hot Water (Davidoff)
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Some fragrances are created with a specific purpose in mind, rather like cars. An econobox isn't made to be a race car, but it is made t...
4/7/24
Hyrax (Zoologist Perfumes)
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African stone is also known as hyraceum, the petrified excrement of the hyrax, which is native to sub-Saharan Africa and some regions of the...
4/6/24
Squid (Zoologist Perfumes)
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Céline Barel Maybe I'm getting old and cranky, but niche perfumers are starting to annoy me. Céline Barel is, by all metrics, a beautifu...
4/2/24
Royal Violets (Agustín Reyes)
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Think Stuart Davis Paintings, bottled. Agustín W. Reyes III has quite a story. His grandfather started a perfume company on December 6t...
4/1/24
Tobacco Vanille (Tom Ford)
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Photo by Makia Minich I've always struggled to understand the appeal of sweetly-flavored tobacco (super cheap "pipe tobacco") ...
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