MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING : INNUENDO EXTRAIT by ROJA DOVE (2012)
Whenever I smell a perfume by Roja Dove I usually think two things: 1. That the quality of the ingredients is extremely high, and that the...
View ArticleSHE SELLS SEA SHELLS…… DUNE by CHRISTIAN DIOR ( 1991)
Apricot dunes; the glow from a studio-lit, ochre trompe l’oeil sunset; seagulls on the soundtrack; the glistening ‘ocean’ beyond. A seasoned French actress, distractedly reaches down...
View ArticleREVOLUTION A VERSAILLES by JEAN DESPREZ (1989)
It’s strange. Despite the reams that pour out of me on perfume, there are certain scents that I find myself almost unable to write about for fear of not doing them justice. The scents I am...
View ArticleALL OVER MYSELF ::::::::: CRISTAL Pour Homme by AMOUAGE
On Monday morning at Strawberry Fields in Kamakura I had a naughtyish splurge on a cache : for sixty pounds sterling, a vintage 30ml Opium parfum, a No 19, a Caron Fleurs De Rocaille extrait, but...
View ArticleLA BAIGNEUSE + SAINT JOSEPH LE CHARPENTIER by L’OFFICINE OFFICIELLE BULY (2019)
I am something of a baigneur myself. While a shower is more revitalising – if I wake up in natural power mode a bath could pull me under – once I get in the bath it is quite hard for me to get out. I...
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