2/15/15

Zino's Reformulation Is Just As Great: The "Zinoization" Canard, and Some Information About Sandalore

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Vintage fragrances tend to exhibit similar characteristics, at least to me. They possess abbreviated top notes, or no top notes at all. T...
2/8/15

XS "Excess" Pour Homme (Paco Rabanne)

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Every few years a novel accord is introduced and explored by a handful of perfumers with mainstream influence, and they either catch on ...
2/7/15

Perfume Econ 101 (The Not-For-Dummies Version): Max Factor Signature for Men - And It Doesn't Even Have Your Name On It.

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My belief is that many vintage fragrance buyers are being ripped off. There are some fragrances that are worth paying top dollar for, bu...
2/1/15

Ocean Rain (Mario Valentino)

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When considering Edmond Roudnitska's work, his contributions to Dior (Eau Sauvage, Diorissimo, Diorella) and Rochas (Femme, Moustache)...
1/28/15

Fake Vintage Showcase: Climat Parfum by Lancôme (1967)

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Looks Real. Is Fake. Currently $334.31, Plus Shipping. I've taken some heat in the past for claiming that vintages are faked on aucti...
1/27/15

The "Tasters" And The "Feelers"

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"What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same thing...
1/22/15

Furyo (Jacques Bogart)

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More Perfume Economics 101: when in doubt about the value of a discontinued scent found online, visit your local hole-in-the-wall brick a...
1/9/15

Poppy (Coach)

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The effectiveness of a fragrance depends entirely on who is wearing it. By this I mean its ability to attract positive attention to whoeve...
1/3/15

Michael Kors for Men (Michael Kors)

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Oud does not smell all that good. There, I said it. Jim Gehr gave me the opportunity to smell a few oud isolates and one oud blend, and...
1/1/15

The Elusive Fougère, Part Two

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One might exclaim, "Everything's a fougère to some people," and still be right about it. That is, if discussing masculine ...
12/31/14

The Elusive Fougère, Part One

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Few fragrance families have befuddled, confused, eluded, even angered men as frequently as the fougère has, which is worth mentioning be...