10/27/26

Club de Nuit Maleka (Armaf)

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"We worked with outstanding naturals, chosen for their purity and depth." So says Olivier Cresp, master perfumer, of Armaf's ...
10/21/26

" Wolf " (Rayhaan)

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I deferred to my fiancée on this one. Azzaro’s The Most Wanted EDP Intense came out in 2021, and around then I was gifted a 30 mL flacon th...
10/17/26

Club de Nuit Iconic (Armaf)

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Bergamot, Tobacco, Ginger, & Vetiver I went into this one expecting a Creed clone, and I wasn’t disappointed. Club de Nuit Iconic (2022...
10/12/26

Femme, 1989 (Rochas)

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Femme has a long and storied history as Edmond Roudnitska's breakthrough chypre. According to legend, it was created in a dusty old ware...
10/10/26

La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto EDP (Guerlain)

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This is a short review because there's really only one thing I can say about Black Perfecto that doesn't bear much in descriptive ex...
10/8/26

La Petite Robe Noire Eau de Parfum Absolue (Guerlain)

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At the age of 44, I've finally developed a full appreciation for Guerlain. It took a while. For many years there, I wasn't convince...
10/2/26

Spectre Wraith Eau de Parfum (French Avenue)

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A shot . . . of Espresso Luca Turin once bluntly said, "Coffee fragrances don't work." This was after a year or two of waxing...
9/23/26

Drakkar Intense (Guy Laroche)

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Jason Dean: "I knew this stuff would be Too intense for her." Heather Chandler: " In -tense. Grow Up. "  Drakkar Intense...
9/12/26

Club de Nuit Élite (Armaf)

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Armaf is making its move. The brand made its bones in 2015 with its first serious Creed clone, Club de Nuit Intense for men, an unabashed ch...
9/5/26

Is Deep Vintage Aspen Worth It?

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Brand-new is left; Early '90s is right My memory of what is now "deep vintage" Quintessence Aspen cologne spray is weirdly per...
9/3/26

Is Deep Vintage Cool Water Worth It?

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Brand-new is left; Early '90s is right Of all the fragrances in my regrettably ever-growing collection, Davidoff's Cool Water is the...