I love vintage perfumes, especially chypres and leathers. I have far too large a collection, but there was a Miss Dior-shaped hole in it. I'm a little surprised at myself that it took so long to get i...
I bought this unsniffed based on comment and reviews and am very pleased. It's been grouped together in my cabinet with JLo Still, Blass Nude, Kanon Norwegian Wood and Contradiction...calming, elegant...
Bona fide, textbook Classic. I loved that it was (arguably) the first abstract perfume, smelling like nothing but itself. My mother wore Shalimar and Rive Gauche, so I don't have a family history or a...
Love Caleche so much! I had it first in my twenties, but it didn't suit me then - time was needed to grow into it. Caleche is utterly classical French perfume. Clean, aldehydic, incredibly classy, tim...
This then, finally, is My MAC Red. I wore Russian Red for years and bypassed VGI thinking it too brown or vampy. I also have Brave, MAC Red and New York Apple...but at last I've found the perfect, mos...
A wrap of dusky incense and blackwood, almost hidden by a cloud of white chiffon. Chanel No. 22 is extraordinarily pretty: creamy, sweet and sparkling. While usually I don't feel one's clothes need to...
To me, First is the absolute epitome of the fragrance of 'expensive French-milled soap'. It begins with a bright burst of jasmine, and then quite quickly settles into a long, clean and rather retro sc...
Massively sweet floral. A scent that is utterly 'itself', that you will never confuse with another (like Lou Lou, Poison...referencing other BIG fragrances here)! Chloe Narcisse has what I think of as...
Revisiting White Linen 20+ years after I used to wear it, and it's somehow shot into my top 5, for all time. A beautiful floating bubble of aldehydes and pale greens, this scent grounds me and erases ...
I would have to say that for a wallop of wet, inky vetiver with woods and smoke, I much prefer Lalique's Encre Noire (the men's version). To me it has more movement and depth, whereas I found Sycomore...
