Notes: Sicilian lemon, perilla leaves, ginger, gardenia, magnolia, jasmine sambac, Indonesian champaca, sandalwood. Un Matin D'Orage is a very fresh white floral (gardenia), aquatic and ozonic. Said ...

L’Artisan Parfumeur’s Thé Pour Un Été was the very first L’Artisan fragrance I ever purchased in full bottle form. Having received a carded sample earlier, upon testing it, I was struck by its ravishi...

This review is for the vintage parfum. Calèche (1961) a beautiful floral chypre, but also has aldehydic-floral qualities. Astringent in its opening, with that chypre growwwwl, and then it starts to b...

(This review is for EdT) Chanel No. 19 is a breathtaking masterpiece of modern perfumery, and a premier example of what one might term an aspirational fragrance. While other scents may be thought of a...

Chanel's Cuir de Russie, composed by the legendary Ernst Beaux, is an absolute masterpiece, and one of my absolute favourite fragrances. The leather of its name is given an air of luxury through the a...

Jean Claude Elléna’s Osmanthus for The Different Company sets the slightly-soapy apricot-peachiness of osmanthus flower in the center, and gilds it with a touch of citrus and a hint of pepper. The ove...

I tend to subscribe to the ‘fragrance wardrobe’ school of thought, as opposed to the idea of a single ‘signature scent.’ Just as you wouldn’t wear a full length evening gown to a barbecue at the beach...

Une Fleur de Cassie (UFdC) is by Dominic Ropion for Frédéric Malle. Ropion builds this scent around an accord of cassie, mimosa, and jasmine, with rose, carnation, vanilla, and a spicy-woody sandalwoo...

I recently discovered that I love Serge Lutens Musc Koublai Khan. It’s dark, skanky, decadent – a scent that transports me instantly to stepping off the plane in India, where one is assaulted all at o...

Dzongkha was created by Bertrand Duchaufour, and is part of L’Artisan’s travel series (along with Bois Farine and Timbuktu). Dzongkha was inspired by Duchaufour’s trip to Bhutan, and by the “stones an...