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"Pour Monsieur (Eau de Toilette) / A Gentleman's Cologne / For Men | Chanel", "Eau Sauvage (Eau de Toilette) | Dior", "Eau du Sud | Goutal", "Aéroplane | Detaille" and many others, they all fit into the same category...

The Paris-Dakar Rally, which was to become one of the most important long-distance and desert rallies, was still a small, family outing from the city to the coast in 1981, in its third year. The highlight at that time:...

My regular readers know about my ambivalent relationship with Penhaligon's; for everyone else, just this much: we have a history. In any case, I drown my frustration over the majority of new releases since 2016 with my rapidly dwindling stocks of the classic...

I have long left Creed very much to the side. The deceitful marketing propaganda has repulsed me too much. Creed is indeed an old company, and the titles of court supplier are also quite genuine - although...

I must somewhat agree with my predecessor: I like to test blind at first, without looking here right away. And my first impression was that of tuberose. However, it was the impression of a strongly alienated tuberose, stripped of its joyfully radiant...

Lemon oil, lavender sachets, and cedar wood work reliably when little moth caterpillars voraciously eat through coats and suits. And Enrico Buccella relies on the complete triumvirate, because more is more. Buccella, known for his visually...

Certainly, I initially fell for this fragrance because of the dreamily consistent art deco bottle, but given the early summer that has long settled here at the French border, its inner qualities also manage to convince me. The scent is quite...

Ivy is the name of a minor character in Max Frisch's most famous work - Homo faber, as its title suggests - whose popularity is largely due to the fact that it has been presented to countless generations in the form of school reading, and has always been among...

In Black Swan, one of Guerlain's highly exclusive little treasures, I perceive a lily of the valley note as the red thread running through the fragrance, initially accompanied by wonderfully refreshing citrus notes. This is somewhat...

S Efai blooms only after seven years - we learned that back in elementary school. Of course, that's nonsense, as it suggests that ivy is a hapaxanthic plant. In retrospect, I'm not sure if our teacher simply misspoke - according...

I had a somewhat unsatisfying afternoon in terms of perfume yesterday. First, there was a sample from Penhaligon's Portraits Collection, named after the founder William Penhaligon. The direct consequence of the test: I was unsure...

Chamade Homme is a very calm fragrance that, despite a certain development, feels quite static. Behind a pale spicy wooden door lies a chypre-like structure. At first, there is something pale spicy citrusy, before pale spicy flowers take over, leading...