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Omnipotato 2 months ago
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Lessons for my novice self
As I've moved deeper into this hobby, I've made a lot of purchases and choices I regret. Here are some tips I'd give my more naive past self that other novices or dilettantes might find useful:
1. Notes don't mean much
Fragrance notes and the note pyramid are among the first ways we learn how to describe...
Stacia 10 months ago
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How Will They Remember You?
The day we buried my grandmother I wore Calandre. It seemed soft and comforting, but also chic and somehow modern, despite being a perfume from the 1970s. As we stood around the family cemetery plot on that warm June morning, I would catch a bit of Calandre every now and then when there was a slight...
KathrynA66 10 months ago
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From the Old Lady Horse's Mouth
There is a trend in fragrance reviews which is both amusing and mildly irritating. The trend of which I speak is reviewers, who have never been in their fifties, determining what fragrances are suitable for "women [and men] in their fifties," based the reviewers' dislike of the fragrance. ...