All Stockholm-based Stora Skuggan fragrances were made in collaboration with perfumers Olle Hemmendorff, Tomas Hempel, and Anna Barkne. The reason this brand caught my eye is the crazy and fun bottles. I admit it! They have a similar concept to Nasumotto, I feel, but with disproportionally large round balls atop the boxy bottles. So fun-looking!…
Category: Perfume Reviews (Short)
The Minimal Collection by ZARA
It has taken me a bit of time, but I’ve finally collected all of the fragrances in the Minimal Collection by Zara. Well, almost. There is one that I don’t have, which is Blanc-à-Porter, but from what I understand, this scent is made to enhance the scents of other fragrances in the collection. It is…
Lipstick-inspired Fragrances (Shadescents) from MAC Cosmetics
As many of you probably already know, MAC Cosmetics makes, or perhaps I should say made, fragrances! Appropriately, one of their lines of scents was inspired by a few of their famous lipsticks! Sadly, would appear that MAC cosmetics no longer sells a large amount of fragrance, at least on its website. I just checked…
Youssoful Fragrances: Santal Sequoia, Kingsman, & Milan Fever
K-beauty has been trending for the last decade or more in Japan, and I’m sure since the start of the BB cream boom it’s been a big hit in Western countries as well. And now, it would seem, South Korea is stretching its fragrance muscle. Since the country is so flavourful in the cuisine department,…
Six Fragrances from the Clean Reserve Collection
Clean Perfume, which you can find on cleanbeauty.com, is an American company founded in 2003 by Randi Shinder. I’ve never personally been one to want simply to smell of any type of cleaning agent, so as these fragrances were originally inspired by the simple beauty in a bar of fragrant soap, I was never interested….
Battle between 10+ Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 Dupes – Which Wins?
A couple of months ago, I finally gave you my take on Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s Baccarat Rouge 540. My reviews for today’s 10+ fragrances are a comparative analysis based on that review, so do have a read. It’ll give you a reference point to get the gist of where I’m coming from. And this might…