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11/17/22
Paris Hilton for Men (Parlux)
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I remember Paris Hilton in her day. Reality TV shows. D-Movie roles. Fashion Week. Filthy rich Hilton Hotel heiress who has never worked a d...
11/15/22
Why I Don't Believe In High-End Niche Vs. "Cheapie Frag" Economics
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Image courtesy of CFCAI YouTube has become the premier place for perfume reviews and commentary, having unseated fragrance blogs like this ...
11/11/22
Alfa Romeo Black (Alfa Romeo)
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Here's a fragrance that should be getting far more attention than it is. I suspect that its brand, its name, and its relative commercia...
11/1/22
No. 6 Cedarwood & Geranium and No. 7 Spiced Ginger & Rum (Goodfellow & Co)
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Target has its own in-store brand of fragrances and toiletries called Goodfellow & Co, after the store's original name from over a c...
10/28/22
Why BlackRock Should Bring Back Green Valley, Creed's 1999 Sleeper Hit (And Keep It)
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Lately, probably due to acquiring Banana Republic's Grassland (I needed a lot of grassy land for growing my bananas), I've been thin...
10/22/22
Grassland (Banana Republic)
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Grassland. A perfume. Imagine you are a seasoned fragrance writer with an affinity for "green" scents, and you happen across the r...
10/9/22
Patchouli Perfume (Maroma)
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"Patchouli" is as much a concept in perfumery as it is a note. Translated from Tamil, it means "green leaf," and has a r...
10/1/22
Polo Earth? A Quick Thought on the Natural Perfumery Trend
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Recently I read an article by Ítalo Pereira, in which he discusses the differences between "synthetic" and "natural" pe...
9/13/22
Does Aramis Have a Future?
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In a recent Fragantica article by Eddie Bulliqi, he questions in pointed language whether the original masculine Aramis scent will be disc...
8/27/22
Cabochard Eau de Toilette (Grès)
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Few fragrances have endured more criticism than Bernard Chant's Cabochard (1959). It's a midcentury animalic chypre that has seen si...
8/9/22
Introducing My New Blog!
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Photo as taken by DRs Kulturarvsprojekt In the past few months I've been tackling a project concerning what is truly my first love in th...
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