The 3.4 oz. bottle is one of the most mesmerizing I’ve seen. A curved glass design, which if it were all chrome would make me think of a sleek flask. The colored glass begins at the top in tones of turquoise fading to ultramarine blue and ends on a base that glints with a subtle …
The smell on the breath of the air coming through the screened window… Brings to mind the aroma Flowers For Men: Lilac by Neil Morris Fragrances with scent notes of lilac, musk, white hyacinth, leather, and cedar.
Love him or hate him, Luca Turin is gifted with a biting wit in his writing that makes me cringe and laugh out loud at the same time. I cringe because I’d hate to be the one on the receiving end of one of his critiques. I laugh because it’s just great verbage. The intro …
Ordered a sample of 06 Amanu solely because it won the Fifi award for best independent scent of 2011. I can see why it merits a whiff after having wore it around for a couple days. It’s refined aroma includes notes of Green galbanum, Jasmin sambac, Magnolia, Cedarleaf, live moss, and sheer musk. My nose …
What I think I must look like while I dance… What others think I look like while I dance…
One of the first books I read on the topic of scent was Perfume by Luca Turin. He includes lists in the back of his book like “Top 10 Colognes for Men” “Top Ten Perfumes for Women” and “Top 10 Women’s Scents that Men Ought to Wear.” It was nice to be given permission to …
On the ABC television program Shark Tank I see four brothers presenting a family business Nardo’s Naturals; a line of organic products. Intrigued, I log onto their clean-cut website and look over their product’s ingredients. Being a fan of skin care products that don’t contain ingredients that I can’t pronounce or read, my excitement begins …
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If you’ve not tried Indie Scents as a source for niche colognes, you’ve been missing out. They have some of the best names in indie perfume… Slumberhouse, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, and Smell Bent. Take a look. Great prices too.
While layering together more than one cologne can have disastrous effects. Like causing a mass stampede towards the building’s exit doors by people trying to escape the fumes emanating from your skin; leaving behind only those with gas masks or anosmia. I’ll admit that there are a handful of scents I like to layer together. …
The cool aroma of lavender transitions into a warm vanilla dry down. It takes about a half hour on me to change into the latter scent. I find it clever on the part of the perfumer, to go from what I deem a cold aroma into a warm one. A scent journey of sorts- diving …
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