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"I know this one!" she said proudly.  "It's… Tobacco-Lemon!!!" I struggled hard. I don't know of a perfume with that name, Y Eau Fraîche doesn't smell like that to me, and I don't own a perfume with theses notes (aside maybe "Lagerfeld...

My lovely and buoyant stepson let everybody know that "his birthday comes soon", which means he actually will be 6 in a few... weeks. He also let know that he wants a perfume. So now I am on a mission to find a fitting scent. A real scent,...

I stumbled on a mysterious sample a friendly Parfuma gave me a few months ago. Scribbled on it was just "Ambre Fragonard". Must be this Rose Ambre as Fragonard doesn't have any other Ambre offering. Upon first trying, I was delighted by this not too sweet,...

I have to thank the nice perfuma who sent me a sample of this one. It's a lovely classic cologne. The opening is strong, for 10 to 30 minutes, which makes me a bit self conscious if I have to wear it in public. When it settles you are left with...

Upon showing the travel size I got from a nice Perfuma, everybody wanted to test it: my girlfriend, her son and me. Everybody got as much sprays as they wish. That is one spray for my sweetheart, one for the boy, and, well, quite a few for me. We...

A lot of people mourn the discontinuation of this one. I respect that of course. But on me I feel it is a cloying cherry-tobacco bomb. I got a sample of it a few weeks after my sister offered me a bottle of "L'Homme Idéal (Eau...

Being a parent is not easy. So much work, so much ingratitude. So I guess it's small change if they keep telling awkward tales about your childhood to your crush or your boss whenever they have the occasion. My mother, when...

I have fond memories of this one. When my 8 ml decant went out, my girlfriend told me "This one is nice, maybe you should get a bottle of it?". But I found the price quite high, it is a US-based niche company, and I can't find it by the discounters...

If you are expecting a blue-ish Encre Noire, something a gothic killer whale may consider wearing, you are wrong. Here you are more with a dark vampire person who somehow survived the pale morning sun. They are doing a walk around the block,...

I tested it this morning. I liked it, and as often I was on the overspray side of the spraying spectrum. But then my sweetheart came along. Her reaction was quite direct : "O my gosh, it's so thick and so sweet....

This seems close to "Terre d'Hermès (Eau de Toilette) | Hermès". Longevity is consistently poor on me. After one hour I don't smell anything, but I might become noseblind to it. This is strange as a perfume oil is supposed to perform...

My 9-year old daughter is always eager to spray me with my scent of the day (which she sometimes chooses for me), to try samples on me, to give her meaning on this or that fragrance that I wear or try ("Can you still smell it ? - Yes,...