Moschino. Fun, lighthearted, sassy, and now more than ever, a very kitschy fashion house. And thanks to new (ish) creative director, fashion designer Jeremy Scott, kitsch has been extended to fragrance. Scott has taken the dullest everyday object and put something surprisingly fragrant inside. A playful irony. Moschino Fresh Couture The first fragrance by Moschino…
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Angel by Thierry Mugler REVIEW
It’s time finally to talk about THE perfume for me – the first, the one that started off my obsession when I was a young women, which is Angel by Thierry Mugler – an amber vanilla fragrance for women launched in 1992, created by noses Olivier Cresp and Yves de Chirin. To me Angel is…
Three Fragrances from NEZ 1+1 Collection – Ambre à Levres, HongKong Oolong, Kraft Gommé
In this post I bring to you three collaborations by NEZ éditions, the French olfactory magazine that is published biannually. There are currently twelve 12 volumes, and I am proud to own all except number 5 (which is sold out at the moment) and the first two which are only available in French, but I…
Rouge Trafalgar by Maison Christian Dior
Today we look at a fragrance from Christian Dior‘s exclusive, high-end Collection Privée, which is also referred to as the “Maison Dior” or “Maison Christian Dior” collection, and which some people might define as a niche collection. Well, certainly it is less mainstream and pricier, I’ll give it that. The scent of which I only…
Estée Lauder’s White Linen
Created by the very the talented Sophia Grojsman, White Linen is a classic. Like Chanel No. 5, it’s an aldehydic floral. But I think it’s more like Chanel No. 22 than No. 5. I enjoy the bottle for this scent – it’s very 80s glam. The fragrance was released in 1978, and in the 80s this…
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,…