Vanilla, vanilla, vanilla! I was waxing lyrical about these beans in a previous post talking about Nishane’s Ani and so I decided to head over the other side of the price scale today and dig into a newer chapters collection from our favorite Spanish, fast fashion and fragrance house, Zara! My goodness, but Zara has…
Terra Mia by Carthusia
I have been spraying very rapidly through this amber vanilla fragrance from Carthusia since I purchased it some time ago and am at the point where I’m holding back from using it because I fear draining the entire bottle before getting a chance to review it. No more! I want to use it freely without…
Ani by Nishane ( & a Comparison with Dua’s Drowning in Vanilla)
Ani. Oooh, Ani. How I love you. And apparently, so do a lot of other perfume lovers. Nishane’s vanilla bomb has become a cult favourite and is hailed now as “the best” vanilla fragrance, an iconic amber vanilla gourmand scent – right up my alley, baby. And now that the weather is cooler, I have…
Orphéon by Diptyque
Diptyque is brand that I love for its candles and a few spellbinding perfumes, of which Orphéon, sadly, turns out not to be one, at least for me. Orphéon, a release from Givaudan perfumer Olivier Pescheux, came out in 2021, in celebration of Diptyque’s 60th year. He’s done a lot of great things for Diptyque…
Three from Zara: Memoire Intense, Sublime Epoque, and Amber Fusion
Today’s Zara fragrances are from different releases of the so-called Chapters series, but I honestly don’t know which is which anymore. Sometimes they are obvious. For example, there are four Oud fragrances in the Chapter 4 launch, and they all have the same color cap, and I’ve noticed that the Chapter 3 collection all have…
Youssoful Fragrances: Santal Sequoia, Kingsman, & Milan Fever
K-beauty has been trending for the last decade or more in Japan, and I’m sure since the start of the BB cream boom it’s been a big hit in Western countries as well. And now, it would seem, South Korea is stretching its fragrance muscle. Since the country is so flavourful in the cuisine department,…