Gris Clair is my favorite lavender and my favorite of the "cold" Serge Lutens perfumes. It starts out as a standard oriental, not too sweet, with a huge wallop of icy French lavender. A bit ho hum for...
The first blast of L'Eau Froide is mentholated, quirky, and sharp. It's great on a hot day! Next comes a much sweeter interlude of frankincense and white musk. There's a little soapiness, and a tiny t...
I am biased somewhat against La Religieuse because I already own and wear L'Eau Froide. They begin in a very similar manner and seem to be olfactory paintings of a similar genre. With both, a blast of...
This is my favorite version of Angel. The dark cocoa is a wonderful way to start, and even my DH, who hates Angel, loves this version. He is a chocoholic, so I guess that makes sense, but this flanker...
This is a lovely, lush, old-fashioned chypre' with a few modern twists. If you have been hankering after a bottle of Roja Dove's "Unspoken", but can't get hold of it, this is a close cousin. It's deli...
De Profundis is a very quiet, subtle chrysanthemum cologne. So it gets lippies for being unique and interesting. And of course, a lippie for being purple. But that's about it. It only lasted about 15 ...
I love love love this rich, ambered lily. There's simply nothing else out there that's like it. It's strong, a little fetid around the edges, like real tropical jungles. It's slightly animalic and onl...
The incredible amounts of writing in the perfume blogosphere about this perfume had me expecting something a little more...distinctive. But it's really just a nice orange blossom with touches of incen...
This is one of the best "greens for the beach" type perfumes I have found. It reminds me a little of the original Calyx, but wears more lightly. What makes it original and truly fun is the little bit ...
This is one of my favorite vetivers. It's a subtle, spicy vetiver with lots of light and space. I like heavy vetivers also, but sometimes, particularly in summer, I prefer this one. There is a lovely ...
