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Another unusual craving for this time of the year. Hendley's Tobacco Cider. The temperature has taken a significant dive over the last few days. And then, the garden floor is decorated with summer apples, and since we can't collect...

While looking to expand my Patchouli wardrobe, I have stumbled upon Honoré Payan, a house with plenty of decades behind it (established in 1854 in Grasse) and an impressive track record. They are the ones behind the well-acclaimed...

Cuir Pleine Fleur by James Heeley - gone but not forgotten. I was very impressed with this one, for a couple of reasons. First, for a leather fiend like myself to stumble upon a unique and unconventional leather scent (mind...

I am still debating between this and the Patchouli from Santa Maria Novella. I love the smell of Patchouly Indonesiano more, but the Santa Maria slightly takes the edge because it performs better on my skin. However, I think that Patchouly Inodnesiano...

I don't wear perfume by season or occasion, but if I were to make a list of favorite fragrances to wear during hot Summer days, Le Parfum De Thérèse would rank as my number one choice. If you are a fan of this house or of Edmond...

Here's another drop from 2025 that I reached for. The second one after Gardelia, created by Bruno Fazzolari, DEIXIS. I rarely blindly purchase perfumes these days. I do it when sampling is not an option, and there has been enough to excite...

Anyone who has been around the block for long enough has heard this name at least once: LUI. It makes the best lists of many aficionados when it comes to musks, leathers, and more recently, patchouli. I think it's all of that, depending...

The perfect Patchouli fragrance for my soul. It has a bit of everything - nature-like smell, dank, earthy, dusty, liquor-like, spicy, medicinal, only slightly sweet, and with a brilliantly...

Speaking of oddball concoctions, here is one that I love and is among my most worn perfumes and one that I somehow never got around to reviewing. The one and only Eau Noire. It is worth mentioning that there were three iterations...

I have spent some time with the new Gardelia to feel confident enough to give my thoughts on this latest collaboration between Antonio Gardoni and Profumeria Al Sacro Cuore. Firstly, I don't think it's worth comparing to the first version...

The Bl(C)ask of Amontillado. I wonder what Fortunato did once out of his stupor? "That damned Montresor, I Trusted him! Trusted him about the Amontillado." Trust... He probably drank to his death. The death of Dionysos. His Laurel crown...

One of the most abstract and fun perfumes from Edition de Parfums, a line often referred to as "cold" or "dull." Lipstick Rose is not a dull or cold perfume. It fills me with joy every time I smell it. For many reasons. For one, it does...