11/24/18

The Razor's Hedge: Why I Play It Safe and Stick With Two Types of Blades (and The One I Prefer)

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When it comes to pre and post-shave ablutions, my shave game is flexible to a fault - I have a dozen aftershaves and several soaps I use ...
11/14/18

"Outdated" vs. "Dated" Fragrances

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Is the telephone outdated? Not in the least. In a recent basenotes thread, the OP pondered Habit Rouge, and wondered if fragrances of its...
10/25/18

Unplanned Obsolescence: Do Millennials Lack the Attention Span For Perfume?

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A suitable replacement for any Creed. I recently read an article by Sarah Wu on Glamour.com, entitled "I Replaced My $215 Perfume W...
10/12/18

Creed Is Releasing Yet Another Aventus Flanker. Is This a Good Idea?

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Oh, It's You Again. Apparently Creed has decided, against its better judgment, that one Aventus isn't enough. The world desperate...
10/7/18

Lomani Pour Homme, A Review of the Latest Reformulation (Parfums Parour)

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New and Improved Package, New and 'Improved' Contents I don't know when it happened, but sometime in the last three years, Pa...
9/29/18

Is Caesars Man Worth Big Bucks On Ebay?

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Well, it's happening again. Instead of using their heads and basing their pricing of a discontinued masculine frag on the rate of infl...
9/22/18

A Tale of Two Bay Rums

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Guess which one sucks. I recently bought a bottle of Lucky Tiger Bay Rum, and tried it out. I can safely say that Lucky Tiger is currently...
9/10/18

Irisch Moos Eau de Toilette (Mäurer & Wirtz)

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This is a tricky fragrance. I've been wearing it for a week now, and have come to the conclusion that there's two ways to think a...
8/31/18

Getting Priced On Irisch Moos, And Other Thoughts Of The Week

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Just a few things I thought I'd mention: conceptually speaking, Ireland is the most expensive country for fragrances. For some strang...
8/16/18

Summer Vacation Report, 2018

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My kitchen. I'm nearing the end of a two week vacation, and learned a few things while relaxing. Last week I heard a podcast featurin...
8/6/18

Norwegian Wood (Kanøn)

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I recall a post about Grey Flannel a few years back, in which I commented about its use of alpha-isomethyl ionone, and how it resembles I...