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Stella Peony combines a squeaky clean, fresh accord of peony-freesia-pepper with the familiar Egyptian musk accord that includes a distinct hint of mildew to my nose (previously featured in the original Stella). The overall effect...

Alright, I'll be the first one to say it here, but the EDP version of 1932 smells like Chanel's take on J'adore. I have the Les Exclusifs EDP coffret and after multiple wearings it hit me. 1932 EDP is a soft multi-floral and pear perfume...

Chanel's Gardenia is one of the original fragrances that was then rolled into the Les Exclusifs line. This is a prim, warm gardenia with a fruity note reminiscent of strawberry at the outset. As it dries down the fruitiness dissipates...

No5 Eau Premiere is a gateway perfume to the aldehydic genre. This is a beautiful mix of soft, bright, fizzy and powdery. Eau Premiere is Diet No5, about 60% the flavor but still highly pleasing. Imagine No5 minus most of the base notes with a waxy, fresh...

This is a nice green, semi-aquatic floral scent with a warm musky base and slight ozone nuances. It is clean and easy to wear without becoming cloying or bitter in the dry down. The composition is balanced in that it doesn't have...

Ciel starts out aqueous, viscerally creamy, musky and indistinctly floral. The smell is very rounded and enveloping. Minutes later it starts getting more flowery. After drying down, Ciel is a warm magnolia and white floral. The overall...

As an ardent lover of most things Daniela Roche Andrier and Prada, I naturally had to go out of my way to try the new Infusions. Infusion d'Amande (IdA) strikes me as about the half way point between two pillars of the brand: Infusion d'Iris and Candy. IdA...

Superstitious blurs the lines between familiar and new. Initially as I wore this, I thought it was almost a copy of vintage Arpege, but as it bloomed on my skin I began to understand why this was packaged and named the way it is. As...

Rose de Petra is beautiful. It is a high quality rose on top of a light weight, sweetly spiced ambery base. The spices are present but muddled and indistinct (I had hoped for a discernible cumin note but didn't find one, no clear...

Having never tried it in the stores when it was available, I became curious after viewing the notes and reviews so I bought a mini of Magnifique. You can imagine my surprise when found that this is actually an immortelle bomb with a fresh...

After wearing Amyris Femme a few times, I would swear that what I'm smelling is something more fruity than just lemon blossom, could it be an attempt at an osmanthus note? To my nose there are a ton of milky-apricoty-peachy...

Oud Satin Mood isn't at all what I expected from the notes. The only 'oud' in this composition only presents itself in the very far dry down. On my skin this is all about aspartame violets, ethyl maltol, and a rose note that reads more...