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The war is over, I've worked in pants in an arms factory and cleared rubble in my town. My girlies and I did it all without the help of men. Now society wants us to go back to the kitchen. But I keep a spirit of freedom and joy in my soul in this...

I don't want to smell like a cupcake. Ever. I'm an intellectual in my late forties, come on! (read it in a tongue in cheek tone) But I just found my vanilla perfume. It's dark. It's stark. Almost goth. La Treizième Heure from Cartier opens in a haze...

This is a perfect study in contrasts: warm and cool, bitter and soft, bright and dark. Like a spring day where you get snow, rain, sun and warmth in the same 24 hours. It opens with a hit of bitter, green, bright galbanum and neroli,...

This is as green as you can get. It begins with a blast of bitter, green galbanum, fresh cut grass, tomato leaf, and cracked pea pods. It dries on smooth, clean, federative musks. Matches...

A very innovative powdery, not relying on orris root or violet, but on a molecule called Orivone, according to Nez's Les cent onze parfums qu'il faut sentir avant de mourir. As a child, I would tag along with my parents when they'd visit historical...

Point du jour combines two of my favorite things: aromatics and incense. In French, Point du jour refers to the beginning of dawn. Think about the meditative hour before sunrise, when one is awake before everyone else. It opens as an aromatic, herbal,...

Wow is this mineral: rain on a cliff with pines, whipped by the cold wind. Petrichor notes are not mentioned anywhere but they are all over this. This opens on a terpenic breeze of pine, eucalyptus, and a discreete outline of petitgrain. Very...

In my mind, mixing incense and amber with algae is akin to making a Nutella-pickle sandwich. Yet a sample of this is what triggered the purchase of the whole Matin Discovery Set. Algae done right can blend so well with skin on a hot summer day....

Three images: The first is a peaceful hammam or steam bath, where a camphorus oil is mixed with the water vapour, mixing the warm and the fresh in a delicious, calming, yet invigorating sensation. The second is a still, quiet pine forest...