When the brand name “Chanel” gets tossed into the air, you might associate it words like classy, classic, chic minimalism, heritage, pearls, tweed, Gabrielle, the Classic Flap, the BOY bag, etc. But particularly when it comes to fragrance, the words and phrases I often associate with the brand are, sorry to say, boring, conventional, lackluster…
Category: Perfume Reviews (Full)
Five Fragrances from Penhaligon’s
Hello, beautiful people. It’s your Scentgourmand Trine here. Welcome back to my channel, and indeed, Happy Holiday’s if you’re watching this around the Christmas season. And because it’s Christmas, I’ve decided to share with you five fragrances from the quintessentially British house of Penhaligan’s. William H. Penhaligon began his fragrance dream way back in the…
Red Temptation Elixir by Zara
The Zara Red Temptation flankers have been slower to hit the Japanese retailers here, but I finally did get a bottle of the elixir version of the best-selling Zara dupe for Baccarat Rouge (BK) 540. The Red Temptation Winter and Summer versions are also out, but I don’t have them yet, and might not get…
Supreme Vanilla, Hypnotic Vanilla, Starlight Vanilla, Vanilla Vibration by ZARA
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…