Crumbly marzipan cookies dusted with icing sugar à la 3.14159265. That’s Givenchy Pi. In this post, I take you back a few decades to review an early gourmand I first discovered in a Montreal department store on a home visit between jobs here in Japan. I had a boyfriend at the time who smelled delicious…
Jimmy Choo & Jimmy Choo Exotic 2014
Jimmy Choo by Jimmy Choo is an eau de parfum first released in 2011, created by master perfumer Olivier Polge. That guy rarely makes a mistake. Indeed, when this juice, housed in an elegant grenade glass bottle. came out over a decade ago, I was all ga ga over it. I tend to enjoy gourmands,…
Pink Sugar by Aquolina – sugar and spice and everything nice!
A branch of the Italian cosmetics company Selectiva, Aquolina brought out this first of several fragrances in 2003. The brand pitches the youth market, so it’s no surprise that this one is very sweet and girly. Pink Sugar did wonders for the parent company, reaching well outside the Italian borders. A men’s companion scent, Blue…
Toy Boy, Toy 2, & Toy 2 Bubble Gum by Moschino
The Moschino Toy Collection: Toy Boy, Toy 2, and Toy 2 Bubble Gum. All were blind buys. One was a miss for me, one a huge hit, and the other a trip down memory lane. Which was which? Read one! Toy Boy A while back I reviewed two fun fragrances from Moschino’s kitschy Fresh line….
Salt Caramel by Shay & Blue
I have a true gourmand’s dream here to review today. I’m talking about the mouthwatering, chewy, and bakery-like fragrance that is Salt Caramel by Shay & Blue, released in 2014. I didn’t get it long ago, but only have a little left in my 30 ml bottle. It’s delish, and smells pretty much exactly like…
1 Million by Paco Rabanne
In this post we are going back in time, as I often do, but just a bit this time – to have a look at a successful fragrance from Paco Rabanne launched in 2008, targeting the male market. It’s none other than 1 Million, created by perfumers Christophe Raynaud, Michel Girard, and Olivier Pescheux. And…