I adour the note of cherry in fragrance. I don’t mean cherry the blossom; I mean cherry the fruit. I think there are some people who are always going to find cherry in perfumery to be reminiscent of cough syrup. If you’re one of those people, not everything in this post is likely for you….
Les Eaux de Chanel REVIEW (Deauville, Venise, Biarritz, Riviera)
In recent years Chanel has started to travel a lot lighter with regards to her ventures in perfumery. In 2018, Olivier Polge released the start to a new collection, one that is finally his own from the get-go, called Les Eaux. We don’t yet know how many fragrance journeys will be included in this collection,…
Colonia by Acqua di Parma REVIEW
Now get a whiff of this: You come in from a hot day of sight-seeing in hot and humid weather to your hotel. You crave a shower more than anything, but the idea of a quick cocktail at the bar before you head to your room is too enticing. You order a bespoke cocktail upon…
Youth Dew by Esté Lauder
Perhaps a love of fragrance is probably as much nurture as it is nature; my passion for smellies is probably learned to a certain extent. But interestingly, the perfumes that my mother loved most when I was young, meaning before I started wearing perfume myself, are not perfumes I particularly liked then, nor are they…
Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford REVIEW
Get a whiff of this: You’ve walked into a gentleman’s sitting room, filled mostly with refined-looking men and women conversing in small groups enjoying scotch, and cigars or pipes. Something is being celebrated and the happiness is unrestrained, familiar, genuine. The formally dressed guests are standing, but many are also sitting on the rosewood furniture, or the dark mahogany leather chesterfields. There are numerous open decanters of scotch sitting…
Chanel No. 5 – Has it had its day?
I recently read a clever article on Fragrantica by historian, archaeologist and fragrance author, Elena Vosnaki about Chanel No. 5, the title of which was “Is Chanel No. 5 Obsolete?” The article spurred me on to finally get it out of the way and talk about this iconic perfume. I’ll get to the point right…