Perfume Review: Parfums de Nicolai Vanille Tonka
I’m jumping into perfume reviews with a favorite: Vanille Tonka. I read the notes for this one on a perfume blog: lime, mandarin, cinnamon, carnation, vanilla, tonka bean, and frankincense – and...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts
In my rant of yesterday, I completely forgot to wish Gaze a happy birthday. Dear Gaze, Noticer Par Excellence, you’ll never completely know how wonderful you are. I consider myself privileged to be...
View ArticleFragrance Throwdown: Guerlain Chamade versus Parfums de Nicolai Le Temps...
(I know, I know, I keep promising a throwdown between Ysatis and Divine edp… to be honest, I haven’t settled that one to my satisfaction, and to be further honest, I haven’t worn either in recent days...
View ArticleSpring: An Embarrassment of Riches
My scent wardrobe is, like the climate in which I live, very seasonal. We have weather distinct from one season to the next, and it can range from below 0F in winter, with snow and wind and hail, to...
View ArticleTuesday Roundup Mini-reviews, May 1, 2012
Chloe L’Eau de Chloe This 2012 release, composed by Michel Almairac and packaged in a soft celery green, is a muted modern chypre, soft and pretty and elegant. Let me be perfectly honest here: I hated...
View ArticleMini-Review Round up, July 6, 2012
Parfums de Nicolai Kiss Me Tender – The short version: licorice marshmallows, yaaaay! The long version: KMT starts out with an anise focus set atop a delightful heliotrope-vanilla-marshmallow (ethyl...
View ArticleLe Temps d’une Fete… Again
Horse chestnut tree in autumn Most people seem to associate this fragrance – which Parfums de Nicolai has recently placed on limited distribution, if not discontinued it entirely GAH I AM DISTRAUGHT –...
View ArticlePeonies, and Peony Fragrances
Peonies are some of my favorite flowers. I adore them. My Sarah Bernhardt peonies – blooms six inches across! One of my grandmothers grew them. The other grandmother adored them as well, would stop...
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