Jomas

For a moment, just one brief moment, I thought the fragrance would stay in the rather clean and safe territory of Honour (Amouage). Oh boy, was I wrong! Put into the fairy tale, Honour would be Snow White and Melodie de L'Amour the wicked...

I really, really liked the original Wulong Cha, even though I would have found the scent more appropriate in a luxurious spa than on skin. I don't dislike this X version either, but I couldn't use the words "I like it a lot" with a clear...

The overture to the black rhapsody is marvelous. Unsweetened pot of coffee, poured by delicate hands on a precious wooden table, inlaid in mudejar style. It feels like there's a hint of oud in there, but I couldn't swear...

A cyclical perfume. It opens with a soft, light, citrusy, slightly milky amber, which we already know from the Merveilles line (Hermes), and pretty much ends like that, except for the citrus part which disappears along...

I'm squinting at the fragrance pyramid, trying to figure out why I perceive it as so overwhelmingly animalic. Cashmere, yes, agreed, but not the fluffy sweater, but the hair straight off the goat. It's possible, even probable,...

I can't decide whether I like this one or not. There's not much to complain about, maybe just that in the first minutes there's something coniferous besides the citrus that sends me room freshener vibes. But it passes quickly. The...

It's quite nice, but under no circumstances should you order it blindly, expecting some Phylosikos tea! :)) While the green fig is evident in the opening, it quickly disappears, and it wouldn't have even crossed my mind that the fragrance...

Absolutely impeccable! It probably wouldn't make it into a personal "Top 10 for life", but on a list of the most well-made perfumes I've ever smelled, it would be assured a top spot. The name is somewhat misleading, because I would’t call it a patchouli-centred...

Patricia de Nicolai is a remarkable lady and a hell of a perfumer, which is why I’m devastated to report that this one turns into a disaster on my skin. To put it short, I have to deal with lemon-flavored cleaning products used in hospitals....

Old-school scent that travels the classic aldehyde-rose-musk route. It's so powdery, I'm even afraid to make any sudden movements, lest I stir up a cloud of dust around me. :) Though I’m far from being a rose lover, I like...

For a long time, I had skillfully bypassed the New York Intense sample, because I had read the notes on another site - the F-site, obviously - and I really didn't feel like putting on something that seemed so, so animalic (both civetone...

I was convinced that of all the Jacques Fath perfumes I tested, my favorite by far was L'Oree du Bois. Well, I spoke too soon. Velours Boise caught up to it over the last few meters and pushed its chest out at the finish...