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,…
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Cherry Fragrances – A Yummy Selection
I adour the note of cherry in fragrance. I don’t mean cherry the blossom; I mean cherry the fruit. I think there are some people who are always going to find cherry in perfumery to be reminiscent of cough syrup. If you’re one of those people, not everything in this post is likely for you….

Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford REVIEW
Get a whiff of this: You’ve walked into a gentleman’s sitting room, filled mostly with refined-looking men and women conversing in small groups enjoying scotch, and cigars or pipes. Something is being celebrated and the happiness is unrestrained, familiar, genuine. The formally dressed guests are standing, but many are also sitting on the rosewood furniture, or the dark mahogany leather chesterfields. There are numerous open decanters of scotch sitting…