Toxic Substance Alert! This has about as much connection to real Osmanthus as I do to the Czar of all the Russias. The Osmanthus flower is small and white and has a haunting, lilting scent, quite unli...
I gave this 5 lippies for its being the best in its category of solifruital (made that up.) It really is quite a wonderful explosion of tender oranginess ('tender' as opposed to heavily acidic or drip...
Another scent on my Orange Blossom To Do list! AA Flora Nerolia is a very pleasant, very Guerlainesque take on the perfume of this subtly radiant blossom. I find it more Guerlain than neroli, however,...
Meteorites is pure delight. It begins with the freshest breath of pure violet--no mustiness or cloyingness, as one gets with other violet scents (Aimez-Moi, Apres l'Ondee, Calypso Violette, Violette P...
Early June, late afternoon of a clear day. Sky is cobalt, softening into violet towards dusk. Blowsy clouds dot the blue. In a yard bordered by a garden, some bed sheets and a blouse sway on a clothes...
The 2004 Paris Printemps limited edition, Roses des Bois, is a soft and quiet scent, completely unprepossessing and yet completely beguiling. These are wild rose blossoms and buds, caught in the earl...
This is a precious jewel for lily of the valley lovers---and for Guerlainophiles. A true rendition of muguet,it has none of the sour notes of Caron's Muguet de Bonheur. It is more playful than Dioriss...
I am amazed at how much I love this scent. The name Russian Leather conjures up, for me, an entirely different perfume from the one I experience with this Chanel classic, created in 1924. Yes, the top...
Wow, this is super stuff--a one-way ticket to good spirits and happiness at being alive! It is an improbable, delicious mix : pink pepper, quince,wild rose, mandarin flower, wild lily, freesia, blond...