Suntan oil perfumes that bring you right to the beach

June 13, 2017June 25, 2020 Trine Mork

Summer is now approaching, and it’s soon time to head out to the coast and cool off in the ocean. Time to embrace the feeling of play and freedom by enveloping your senses in beachy, suntan-oil-like fragrances! This post introduces some perfumes that relish memories or dreams of basking in […]

Scent Trunk – a perfume subscription service in review

April 11, 2017April 27, 2018 Trine Mork

My perfume membership plan with Scent Trunk is ending. I thought I’d take the time to reflect on my experience with this perfume subscription service and let you know what I thought of it. Overview “With too many options and so little guidance, fragrance shopping can defeat the best of […]

Three perfume houses that underwhelmed me

January 11, 2017April 26, 2018 Trine Mork

There are very few occasions when I well and truly dislike a perfume, but I do have what I’d call a scent profile. In general, I gravitate toward the woody orientals and away from fresh florals, and of course this fact will bias all my opinions of fragrances that I […]

Dzing! by L’Artisan Parfumeur

January 1, 2017April 26, 2018 Trine Mork

This perfume is a glorious example of what a gifted perfumer can create when not pressured to fit within the constraints of working with major brand executives, who in turn have to appeal the mass market in order to produce what any corporation requires to thrive.

Bvlgari Black by Bvlgari

December 1, 2016April 26, 2018 Trine Mork

Bvulgari Black is “the Michelin man driving a good year blimp into a vat of vanilla extract.” Indeed, and it’s great!