I was in Paris when I first smelled this fragrance. I hadn't smelt osmanthus before the Different Company's; well, not to my knowledge anyway, and smelling TDC's for the first time was a bit of a surp...
Sometimes something says to me that Songes is not total love for me, that it could possibly be too heady and powdery, but then I catch a wisp of it and ahhhhh, it is love, there is just something abou...
To me, L’Ete En Douce is a daydream in gentle sunlight. It isn’t one particular note or scent, though at the beginning I do get a mix of the mint and rosy top notes and a hint of orange blossom, thoug...
A richly warm and complex floral, First is such a hidden gem for me. It evoked many images: old world French perfumeries, an older, sophisticated woman dressed in a beautiful suit, or the smell of one...
The moment I put this on, it reminded me of a lighter Lolita Lempicka edp (not the edt, as that's just a sharpish soapy mess on me) but without the powdery or strong aniseed/licorice notes. The notes ...
<i>The sublime fragrance of rose is enhanced by the freshness of neroli, adorned with both fruity and floral notes and warmed by the woody caress of delicate amber-tinted cedar.</i> <p> Roses aren't n...
Gentle spices, sweet incense and the softest, finest leather. Cuir Mauresque really transports me to faraway places... or closer to home: a gorgeous shop about half an hour away from me, filled with s...
I'm surprised how much I love this! Mysteriously sexy (at least, that's how the man described it :), it's spicy and warm, but has a freshness about it, with citrusy notes – mostly orange with a bit of...
Fumerie Turque is a velvet jacket after a clumsy evening in a very smokey bar. The scent of the smoke and a soft pink musk and incense perfume left on the fibres, along with an accidently tipped up tr...
<i>Chergui, of the name of a dry and hot wind which in Morocco. An elixir of honey, musk, skin, incense, tobacco leaf, hay sugar, amber, iris, rose, santalwood. Divine, magnificent, bewitching, fatal,...