Profumo

Unfortunately, I did not get "Fado Jasmim" in this wonderful black Art Deco bottle (which seems to remind some of Darth Vader) but in a squat glass bottle with a silver cap. Miguel Matos was able to snag a total of 24 pieces from a glass...

At first, I thought: Yuck, an Aquatic! Actually, I hate aquatics. Anyone from a “Cool Water”-damaged generation like me will probably understand this. “Cool Water” is not a bad fragrance at all, quite the opposite!...

A tuberose scent is usually a tricky affair. Even its little sisters, magnolia and gardenia, whose fragrances are typically reconstructed because there are little to no essential oils that can be extracted from them, are already loud and prone...

A few years ago, when the old, traditionally shaped house of Patou, significantly influenced by Jean Kerléo, was revived, many eagerly awaited the rebirth of the legendary fragrance 'Patou pour Homme.' Its pitiful remnants in circulation...

‘Él’ must face comparison with ‘Kouros’, certainly. Especially those who have been familiar with the old YSL classic for quite some time, perhaps even decades, will not overlook certain similarities, or rather,...

After ‘B683’ and ‘Ganymede’, we now have ‘B683 Extrait de Parfum’. Three fragrances with almost identical DNA: a modern leather accord that develops entirely differently than we know from classic leather concepts, such...

No, this scent is not a tribute to the three screen legends Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, and Clark Gable, who starred together in the 1961 film "The Misfits." The film - not exactly a cinematic masterpiece, just to mention - is primarily...

At first, I found the fragrances by Antonio Gardoni overrated. Everyone raved about 'Maai', but not me. Somehow, I couldn't find a proper connection, and 'Mem' and 'O/E' didn't excite me either. However, after some time, my sense...

That Manuel Cross knows how to create a Chypre, especially in the traditional style, he has sufficiently proven with ‘Chypre Siam’, ‘Tabac Vert’, ‘40 Rogue’, and ‘Tuberose & Moss’. Anyone who sniffs these creations...

When a fragrance is shrill and demanding, yet strangely attractive, even overwhelming, then it is “Douleur!”. The first time I tested it, I was equally fascinated and repulsed - a fragrance so screechingly loud, yet quite artfully composed,...

Oh yes, I can certainly understand why this fragrance faces so much rejection: the opening is truly adventurous! Anyone who has ever wanted to know why Frédéric Malle named his tuberose fragrance “Carnal Flower” should take a sniff...

I must confess, I am, or rather: I was always a bit skeptical about natural perfumes, but the scents from Annette Neuffer have taught me otherwise. It's not that the fragrances from health food stores or organic shops are bad....