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Quick Sniffs: Maison Francis Kurkdjian APOM Pour Homme, Van Cleef & Arpels Bois d’Iris, Sonoma Scent Studio Incense Pure, Soivohle’ Studio Sonoran Leather

April 5, 2010

1.) MAISON FRANCIS KURKDJIAN APOM POUR HOMME: I tested this directly after my two week stint with L’Eau Serge Lutens, and the similarities were striking. Both sparkle, both are “fresh” in a bright, sunny and clean kind of way, with APOM Pour Homme even exhibiting a bit of that sweetened anise note that I detected [...]

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Photos: Teo Cabanel Alahine (parfum formulation)

January 11, 2010

In December of 2008, I made my first acquaintance with Teo Cabanel’s Alahine, and walked away unimpressed: “On the one hand, Alahine reminds me a little of the uber-sultry Roja Dove Enslaved, but on the other hand, the reminder is only in the way that, say, Robby the Robot stomping about the house in pumps [...]

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Photos: L’Artisan Parfumeur Al Oudh

December 22, 2009

God bless Bertrand Duchaufour for finally making a fragrance that I like. I’ve been whimpering out in the cold these past 21 months, scratching at the door of the Duchaufour Appreciation Club to no avail, but with the introduction of Al Oudh for L’Artisan Parfumeur, I’m no longer the wretched Duchie outcast I once was [...]

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Photos: Keiko Mecheri Cuir Cordoba

November 30, 2009

Me and leather, we don’t always see eye to eye. I mean, give me a biker jacket and some Brando boots and I’m a happy man, but try spraying some Serge Lutens Cuir Mauresque in my direction and I’m eekily jumping up on the furniture faster than you can say Mrs. Frisby. Okay, maybe not [...]

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Photos: Ineke Field Notes From Paris

November 22, 2009

The sixth fragrance in the Ineke alphabet series, Field Notes From Paris is a welcome evolution in style from the San Francisco based perfumery. I ordered the Ineke Deluxe Sample Collection back in November of last year (the sample collection didn’t include Field Notes From Paris, as the fragrance hadn’t yet been created) and Evening [...]

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Photos: Nasomatto Black Afgano

August 31, 2009

When word of a new release by Nasomatto began surfacing back in April, I took some interest, but not a lot. I found the descriptions overly coy, with references to smuggling and hashish, and the last thing in the world I had any interest in smelling like was some blissed-out back room off an alley [...]

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L’Artisan Parfumeur Fleur de Narcisse (Exceptional Harvests Collection 2006)

July 14, 2009

L’Artisan’s Fleur de Narcisse was released in October/November of 2006 in a limited edition of 3,000 bottles and modeled along the same premise as a single vintage, single varietal bottle of wine — for example, if the soil and weather conditions conspire to create a particularly striking grape for a particular geographical region and year, [...]

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Counting Down to Liftoff (or “Goodbye Dallas, Hello Road Trip to the New Life”)

June 18, 2009

This is not my beautiful life: Here’s where we get to the “Do we really need this?” part of the packing extravaganza. Fortunately, we leave tomorrow morning, otherwise we’d probably just toss the entire contents of the condo down the garbage chute and feel like we accomplished something very wise and definitive. Definitive, yes, but [...]

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Aftelier: Lumiere, Maroc and Blond Tabac

April 27, 2009

There’s been a flurry of attention around Mandy Aftel lately — what with Forbes naming her as one of the seven top bespoke perfumers in the world, and her currently ongoing Living Perfume exhibit at Henri Bendel in New York City. Avery Gilbert, author of What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday [...]

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Hilde Soliani: Bell’Antonio and Vecchi Rossetti

March 8, 2009

BELL’ANTONIO: I must be on some kind of subconscious tobacco rampage. I mean, first Liz Zorn Tobacco & Tulle, then Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Michelangelo and now Hilde Soliani Bell’Antonio, a tobacco scent so intensely tobacco that the scent note list is all of two words: tobacco and coffee. Bell’Antonio comes across as mostly smoky and [...]

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Quick Sniffs: Maison Francis Kurkdjian APOM Pour Homme, Van Cleef & Arpels Bois d’Iris, Sonoma Scent Studio Incense Pure, Soivohle’ Studio Sonoran Leather

Photos: Teo Cabanel Alahine (parfum formulation)

Photos: L’Artisan Parfumeur Al Oudh

Photos: Keiko Mecheri Cuir Cordoba

Photos: Ineke Field Notes From Paris

Photos: Nasomatto Black Afgano

L’Artisan Parfumeur Fleur de Narcisse (Exceptional Harvests Collection 2006)

Counting Down to Liftoff (or “Goodbye Dallas, Hello Road Trip to the New Life”)

Aftelier: Lumiere, Maroc and Blond Tabac

Hilde Soliani: Bell’Antonio and Vecchi Rossetti

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