6/13/26

April Violets (Modern Classics Version, Yardley)

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April Violets is getting reviewed in June. Sue me.  I wanted the vintage version of this one, but Yardley is plagued by a downmarket vibe th...
6/8/26

Cancelling GoDaddy, The Worst Website Hosting Company in the World, & Starting From Scratch

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I'll make this brief; I'm no longer using GoDaddy as my web hosting servicer, and am cancelling frompyrgos.com in that iteration. Ra...
5/30/26

Mystique Bouquet (Afnan)

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"The 1960s Called and Wants its Catherine Deneuve Back . . ." I'm told there's a bit of a backstory as to how this fragran...
5/27/26

Lecture Time: How Olivier Creed's Death Hits the Fragcomm, & What His Legacy Gives Us . . .

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Park Your Carcass, Kid. I'd Like A Word. Olivier Creed died about a week ago from an undisclosed cause, and this hit me. My first though...
5/23/26

One Man Show Emerald Edition (Jacques Bogart)

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One of the neat things about being a collector is finding "rare" items, and perfume collectors are especially driven by scarcity. ...
5/14/26

Angham (Lattafa)

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This fragrance was a bit of a "hypebeast" phenom for the Reddit and YouTube crowd when it was released in 2024, and continues to e...
5/4/26

Jicky EDP (Guerlain/Les Légendaires Collection)

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Let's talk about Jicky.  Here's the thing. Jicky's reputation precedes it, and there have been approximately 889,000 internet re...
5/2/26

Victoria (Lattafa)

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Basic Victorian Bitch There's fine perfumery, and then there's Basic Bitch Juice.  Let me make the distinction: fine perfumery entai...
4/17/26

Wild Vetiver: Cut The Sh*t, Creed

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I can see how this new release by Creed could be considered "great." It smells great in a safe way that borders on generic. It fee...
4/15/26

Patchouli Cologne (Bourbon French Parfums)

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When it comes to patchouli, people have experience-driven, subjective views. If you're older than 60, you picture headband-wearing, half...
4/11/26

The Summer of '78: Ralph Lauren's Polo

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When even cologne was too cool for school. In my 2009 Fragrantica review for Polo, I wrote:  "Polo is Yatagan without the bite. The sme...