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The nineteenth-century-inspired violet soliflores range across a spectrum from quite sugary to green and not very sweet at all. Molinard's entry, VIOLETTE, lies toward the sugary end of the spectrum, particularly in the opening minutes, which...

My version of Balmain JOLIE MADAME is clearly the reformulation, but I like it anyway. To my nose, it's a blast of unsweetened violet petals (not a contradiction in terms) and powdery suede. In some ways the combination strikes me as rather odd, but that...

Am I the only person who reads Madonna's perfume TRUTH OR DARE as a cross between the Juicy Couture caramel perfumes and FRACAS (in a 3:1 ratio)? The sweet stickiness is all Juicy...

Kerosene SANTALUM SLIVERS caught me off guard since I was naturally expecting a sort of sandalwood soli-note. Instead, to my nose, this is an orange perfume. A smooth, slightly sweet, not too acidic orange scent. The wood is there in the background,...

Having experienced the Demeter Vintage Naturals 2009 eau de parfum collection, I was delighted to see that some of the scents were being re-launched. They are no longer called "vintage", but they are still...

Shimmery violet perfumes now abound: Balenciaga PARIS, Tom Ford VIOLET BLONDE, Dsquared2 SHE WOOD, the list continues to grow. The first perfume in this category which I ever tried was Bond no 9 EAU DE NOHO, and I love it still today, as I approach...

It's easy to see why so many people love Hermès EAU DES MERVEILLES. It's citrus without being acidic. It's complex without being complicated. It's simultaneously gorgeous and subtle. It is also completely appropriate for any and every...

Anthropologie is constantly coming up with new limited edition perfume ventures with a variety of different, often obscure, houses. The series in which 5 O'CLOCK AT BELVOIR CASTLE figures includes a set of scents united by their...

At some point in the not-too-distant past, C.O Bigelow LEMON & ORANGE BLOSSOM was on its way out the door at Bath & Body Works, so I picked up a couple of bottles on drastic reduction knowing, first, that I love citrus...

Comptoir Sud Pacifique MAGE D'ORIENT is listed as unisex, but to me it seems more masculine than feminine. The funny thing is, I cannot figure out exactly why! The composition is truly bizarre, combining woody oriental with gourmand and fresh...

I had heard that Annick Goutal NINFEO MIO was this house's entry in the fig category, but I was not expecting so much complexity. This perfume opens with a lot of citrus and green, which I find quite refreshing. In some ways, the composition seems...

Tom Ford OMBRE DE HYACINTH is a fine greyish-green chypre which reminds me a lot of a couple of the Annick Goutal perfumes: HEURE EXQUISE and GRAND AMOUR. The chypre quality leans more toward the former, and the declarative...