Ostara

To my nose, Ferre Eau de Parfum (2005) smells significantly different than the Ferre by Ferre (1991) perfume that comes in the bomb shaped bottle (there are separate entries in the database for each)....

Vanille is a strange one and I admit I'm struggling to see what this has to do with vanilla. Most of what I get is an intense, burning clove note on a boozy background with slight animalic accents. The woody-leathery base...

I had been searching for my perfect powdery scent for a long time when in 2011 I finally found it in Chanel No 19 Poudre. I could never pull off the original Chanel No 19 with all it's hissing cold and hauntingly beautiful austerity, but Poudre...

Ubar is an animalic bombshell fragrance. Positively swoon worthy. Actually this wears fairly linearly on me, its mostly civet, ambergris, jasmine, ylang ylang and sandalwood from beginning to end. But oh, what a stunning accord this creates!...

L'Imperatrice is a whimsical, tart-fruity aquatic scent. Its like if shampoo met watermelon flavored Bubbleyum chewing gum and a dryer sheet. This is a yummy fruity musk with an ozonic edge that smells radiantly clean and synthetic in a pleasant...

The opening of Isvaraya smells strongly of blueberries and plums to my nose, almost like a warm syrupy compote made of the two fruits. As it settles a literal smoke note emerges along with a woody patchouli and a voluptuous but restrained jasmine...

The opening of Fate Woman is a nose tickling blast of pepper, tannins and spice which quickly turns into a well balanced and smooth cinnamon note. The heart still has cinnamon, but a wonderful leathery labdanum emerges and is supported...

Odori's Iris is beautiful and easy to love. While this was apparently marketed to men, this would be stunning on anyone. The opening is a blast of cold, papery irones (iris) mixed with their less expensive cousin, ionones (violet), to produce...

The first half of Intense Cafe (IC) reminds me a lot of Guerlain's Gourmand Coquin. The notes of IC combine to conjure an olfactory illusion: one of rich, floralized chocolate. The rose is powdery, velvety soft,...

Alessandro is an uber-intense powdery scent. The opening is not my favorite. Alessandro is very specifically reminiscent of the pink opalescent soap that can often be found in American public restrooms, along with whiffs of something...

1996 is a syrupy, medicinal, labdanum rich amber that begins with a sharp and tangy juniper note in the opening. It's a piercing, clarifying note that serves to liven up what is otherwise an almost leaden feeling composition. There...

Shanghai Lily is amazingly well blended, so well blended in fact that its almost hard to pick out individual notes. On my skin it opened woody and spicy and then quickly developed into a muddled, thick, rich, floralized spiced incense....