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Photos: Liz Zorn (Soihovle Naturals) Oudh Lacquer

October 7, 2009

Have you ever read a review of something — a movie, a car, an art show, a fragrance — and thought to yourself, “A-ha! That’s exactly what I was thinking . . . without even realizing I was thinking it!” That’s how I felt when I read the Perfume Posse review for Liz Zorn’s Oudh [...]

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Happy New Year: 2009

January 1, 2009

A New Year’s Eve photo of the gathering crowd outside the American Airlines Center in Victory Park Plaza, Dallas, waiting for the clock to countdown to midnight and the fireworks to begin: And a little bubbly for our own private celebration: The Very Merry French Bread was put to good use, after all (once we [...]

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Ajne Parfums: Lago, Adler and Husten

December 4, 2008

My friend Jessica sent me an article about perfumes that she tore out of a fashion magazine (I know! How old school is that?), and in the article there was a mention of the perfume house Ajne — an all-natural fragrance and skin care company based out of Carmel, California (with an additional location in [...]

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Bruno Acampora Iranzol and Seplasia

November 17, 2008

I picked up the Bruno Acampora sampler pack from Lucky Scent, and while it’s not nearly so nicely packaged as the Ineke sample box, the pack does include a small booklet listing the scents, accompanied by brief descriptions. The booklet is really more about pictures and poetic prose than helpful information, but what redeems the [...]

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Hippie Bling: Rich Hippie’s Woodstock, Krishna, Nirvana and Groovy

September 5, 2008

Rich Hippie gets a lot of blowback on the blogs for the sky-high pricing of their fragrances, which is understandable, as it does seem more than cheeky to ask for what amounts to $450.00 an ounce for something with the word “hippie” in its name (even when it’s preceded by the word “rich”). But there’s [...]

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A little bit of Spice: Il Profumo Encens Epice, Parfumerie Generale Haramens, M. Micallef Night Aoud, Ormonde Jayne Ta’if

September 2, 2008

Now that we’re leaving the hottest months of the year behind (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), I thought it might be a good idea to take a look at some of the richer, spicier offerings from the niche-isphere, since that’s what most fragrance fans will be reaching for when the days get shorter and [...]

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ayala moriel

Photos: Liz Zorn (Soihovle Naturals) Oudh Lacquer

Happy New Year: 2009

Ajne Parfums: Lago, Adler and Husten

Bruno Acampora Iranzol and Seplasia

Hippie Bling: Rich Hippie’s Woodstock, Krishna, Nirvana and Groovy

A little bit of Spice: Il Profumo Encens Epice, Parfumerie Generale Haramens, M. Micallef Night Aoud, Ormonde Jayne Ta’if

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