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…
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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,…
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…
Sonia Rykiel by Sonia Rykiel
The eponymous Sonia Rykiel is an amber fragrance targeting the ladies that was was launched in 1997. I think it’s a gourmand oriental. The nose is Emilie Bevierre-Coppermann, responsible for a slew of creations such as Givenchy’s Play, Comme Des Garcons Serpentine (of which I have a bottle of and will later review), and along…
Mûre et Musc, La Chasse aux Papillons, & Nuit de Tubereuse from L’Artisan Parfumeur
L’Artisan Parfumeur is a fragrance house of over 40 years that appears to have the honour of the title, “first niche perfumery.” Apparently, chemist Jean Laporte started up the endeavor after successfully meeting a challenge to create a banana scented fragrance to match a costume of the same fruit for some gala event, and subsequently…
BLV Notte Pour Homme by Bvlgari
BLV Notte Pour Homme is an oriental amber woody fragrance launched in 2004, and Alberto Morillas is the nose. No surprise, then, that it’s a good quality concoction, as Morillas is the great master behind some fantastic smells from the likes of YSL, Carolina Herrera, Kilian, and more. Sadly, I think this one has been…