From Pyrgos
4/23/22
My Thoughts on Scent Beauty's Purchase of Preferred Stock & Stetson
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At some point last year (or was it the year before?) Coty sold two of its legacy brands to a relatively unknown Firmenich affiliate company ...
4/14/22
Old Spice Cologne (Shulton, 1950-1955 Vintage), & Some Incorrect Notions About Old Spice That I've Been Reading For Years
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I'm glad I could get to this cologne, because I've been wanting to write about it for a few weeks. I used a long wood nail to push t...
4/2/22
Gardenia & Cardamom (Banana Republic)
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This is an interesting perfume. Banana Republic's Icon Collection fragrances have so far been total bullseyes in both quality and value,...
4/1/22
Roses, Roses Cologne (Avon)
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When you take Route 8 North through Waterbury, Litchfield, Torrington, you eventually reach the end of the road in the form of a T-junction...
3/28/22
What Fragrantica (And Everyone) Gets Wrong About Creed's Success Story
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Ghost Perfume I've been fairly tight-lipped about Gabe Oppenheim's new "tell-all" book, The Ghost Perfumer, a light exposé...
3/27/22
The Archeological Endeavor of Excavating My "Deep Vintage" Old Spice Cologne
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I recently bought a bottle of "deep vintage" Old Spice cologne, a bottle with stopper #2 made between 1950 and 1955. To be clear, ...
3/13/22
Peony & Peppercorn (Banana Republic)
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I find it interesting that Banana Republic markets its Icon Collection fragrances as entirely unisex, even when the packaging is pink and th...
3/1/22
Friendship Garden (Shulton)
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Released in 1939 and discontinued in the early seventies, Early American Friendship Garden by Shulton was the brand's "green" ...
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...
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