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Photos: Etat Libre d’Orange + Tilda Swinton ‘Like This’

June 28, 2010

Celebrity fragrances have always annoyed the h*ll out of me. I hold little interest in smelling like a famous person, and even less in smelling like what a marketing team has decided this famous person can adequately sell to the public (i.e. me). Antonio Banderas? Forget it. Beyonce? Not for me. Fifty Cent? Please stop. [...]

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Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum Parfum du Soir and Divine L’etre Aime Homme

January 28, 2009

KEIKO MECHERI LOUKHOUM PARFUM DU SOIR: I stayed up way too late last night watching Dead Reckoning: a 1947 black & white film-noir with Humphrey Bogart and a platinum blond Lizabeth Scott. Cool movie — lots of snappy dialogue and slick plot twists. There’s a scene near the end where Bogart has just been beaten [...]

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L’Artisan Parfumeur: Timbuktu (again) and Aedes de Venustas

January 27, 2009

TIMBUKTU: Since my second-chance meet-and-greet with Cartier Declaration went so well, a commenter suggested that perhaps I might want to rethink my initially less than thrilled reaction to L’Artisan’s Timbuktu, an incense fragrance created by noted perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour and heaped with so much praise, and from almost every direction, that I’m a little surprised [...]

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Quick Sniffs: Le Labo Aldehyde 44; Olivier Durbano Rock Crystal; Heeley Cuir Pleine Fleur; Indult Tihota

September 20, 2008

If you’re wondering why the sniffers come in fours, it’s because four scents is about the most I can concentrate on properly at one time while having enough body space to prevent scent bleed. I guess I could start spraying my knees and ankles, too, but I think that just might qualify as going overboard [...]

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Heeley Cardinal & Comme des Garcons Kyoto

July 18, 2008

Incense based Fragrances have been riding a trend wave for the past several years, though mainly in the niche perfume lines. While mainstream luxury houses have been flogging the living daylights out of fruity florals, their smaller rivals have been catering to an underserved market by exploring scents based on woods and resins. Japanese design [...]

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everlasting flower

Photos: Etat Libre d’Orange + Tilda Swinton ‘Like This’

Keiko Mecheri Loukhoum Parfum du Soir and Divine L’etre Aime Homme

L’Artisan Parfumeur: Timbuktu (again) and Aedes de Venustas

Quick Sniffs: Le Labo Aldehyde 44; Olivier Durbano Rock Crystal; Heeley Cuir Pleine Fleur; Indult Tihota

Heeley Cardinal & Comme des Garcons Kyoto

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