2/14/22

Grafton (Truefitt & Hill)

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Everyone's nose is different, and while some smell Grafton cologne as being similar to things like Rive Gauche and Égoïste, I smell a c...
2/12/22

A Brief Note on Decanting Pinaud's Lilac Vegetal

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About a year ago I decanted my entire supply of Lilac Vegetal into a glass bottle I'd purchased from Home Goods, in an attempt to elimi...
2/1/22

JF (Floris)

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Floris is one of those oddball brands that are nearly impossible to purchase, not for scarcity, but for value. Here in Connecticut there ar...
1/16/22

I Ran Out of Vintage Old Spice, So I Replaced It With New Juice. Then This Happened . . .

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Back in August, I chucked the remainder of my European Old Spice Original aftershave and refilled the bottle with the new American formula...
1/15/22

Is Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme Worth It?

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Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme was recently discontinued, and predictably the many unicorn breeders on eBay had a field day with it. The ...
1/1/22

French Lilac (Pacifica)

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The copy on the box for Pacifica's French Lilac perfume reads, All of our perfumes are hand-poured in micro-batches using the best grain...
12/26/21

Eau de Minthé (Diptyque)

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This fragrance was released shortly before this awful pandemic began, and I almost wonder if the world would know what to do if something t...
12/23/21

Lemon, Cedar, Amber (Pecksniff's)

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My memories of England are  fond ones: sitting in a hotel lobby at two and a half years old, playing with a toy double-decker bus and a Lond...
12/19/21

Alcolado Glacial (Curacao Laboratories Ltd.)

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Curaçao is a tiny island country of about 150,000 people off the coast of Venezuela, and yet it has given us Alcolado Glacial, a world-famou...
12/17/21

Florida Water (Lanman & Kemp Barclay)

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With a birth year of 1808, Lanman & Kemp Barclay's 214 year-old original Florida Water is the ultimate American institution of colog...
12/12/21

Polo Ultra Blue (Ralph Lauren)

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"I'll take a pack of Ultra Blues, please." If you're gonna go fresh, you need to know your options. There aren't many...