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The latest offering from Maksim Perfume is a collaboration with Chris Maurice, much like Bortnikoff senior did with his "Entry-Level" collection, at a lower price point than the rest of his catalog....

The opening of Yuzu Cologne is a very odd combination of peppery frankincense and the eponymous yuzu. Once the pepperiness wears off, we are left with a very sweet candied yuzu and a strong vanilla base note which overwhelms the others, giving...

Indigo Night is the first of the wonderful Prin perfumes I’ve tried that truly blew me away. It manages to be a sweet, warm, and comforting scent while still having a nice rough edge to it. The first time I smelled it, I was hooked immediately. The...

I talk a lot about grey overcast skies and thunderstorms and fog and mist and loving the glooms, but even I can appreciate an objectively beautiful day. Quercia is that day...clear clear air, clean clear water, when people say fresh...

Let me start by saying that the beauty of this bottle is something incredible, and I don't have the right words to describe its beauty. The fragrance opens fresh, green and bright with a resinous duo of frankincense and basil. After a few moments,...

Goat skins lurk at every gateway to the night. The black sky shines its darker resins on the sleeping breath of animal skins, on the dying fires in the pastures, their smoke in the dusty furrows of the walls, the dry hay on the wooden...

"Safran Colognisé | Nishane" seems to be fairly different from "Colognisé | Nishane". While the latter goes into the friendly, simplistic citrus-floral tea direction, the former leans much heavier on the citrus aspects...

What makes a fragrance successful? A distinct, innovative, never-smelled-before blend? Maybe pure mass-appeal? Excellent marketing? Immaculate timing? Or is it a combination of all of these? I'm no product manager, but it seems that...

For my 400th review on Parfumo, I'm back to my favorite designer brand, Dior, to a fragrance that had previously been on my wishlist based on only smelling on strip. Since then, I'm only putting stuff on my wishlist that I have done...

Lavande 44 is lavender-centric to the extent that all fougeres are and not really any more. There's nothing really revolutionary going on here, just a shaving cream/barber's talc powder scent with a hint of sweetness that I think...