9/27/15

Is "Naturalism" In Perfume Valuable?

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Nothing wrong with going natural in nature! This question has come up numerous times over the years among those who enjoy fragrances at ...
9/22/15

VIP For Him (Playboy/Coty)

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Looks cheap and kinda fun. Smells the same. I was watching one of my favorite Youtube channels the other day, "Fragrance Bros,...
9/19/15

Invictus (Paco Rabanne)

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It's ironic that when I first approached the Dior counter to try Sauvage, an eager salesboy cut me off to try Invictus, a scent I...
9/7/15

Kouros, September, My Readers, & The Danger of Trusting Others Over Yourself

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It's September, that weird month where summer sees its end, and the bridge to autumn is raised (yet intense, July-like heat simmers o...
9/5/15

Sauvage (Dior)

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Surprisingly, after all the chatter about Sauvage on the interwebs, I have little to say about it myself, having now worn it. I have a sa...
8/29/15

Try Before You Buy A Fragrance, Or Its Reputation On the Internet

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Or Perhaps It's Really Good. Who Knows? In an altogether common bit of irony, there was recently a thread on basenotes about Dior...
8/15/15

Cool Water Has Officially Been Destroyed

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Well, they finally did it. It took nearly three decades and at least four reformulations, but the manufacturers of Davidoff's iconic ...
8/8/15

Classic Match "Drakkar Noir" (Parfums Belcam)

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True beauty is usually copied. Drakkar Noir is cheap enough to make spending anything on a knock-off seem silly. It's not like we...
7/28/15

Jōvan Ginseng NRG (Coty)

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I'll be blunt - this scent smells like a woman's floral-perfumed skin after a dip in a heavily chlorinated swimming pool. It'...
7/25/15

Stetson Sierra (Coty)

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The subtlest victories of masculine perfumery come as nods to femininity. The violet prettiness of Cool Water and Green Irish Tweed. The ...
7/18/15

Boss N° 6 (Hugo Boss)

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Fancy package, working class contents. It seems fitting that Ryan Reynolds is the recent face of Hugo Boss' sixth masculine release. ...