ll have macerated for a week or so.- Top: bergamot, tangerine- Middle: pineapple, mango- Bottom: coconut, vanilla, white musk After an enjoyable 2 hours where my nosed was filled with the most wondrous notes, I finally had my bespoke fragrance bottled up. We were even given a travel size and a pipette so we could transfer our perfume in a more manageable format! I was also...

If I'd known about chypre 30+ years ago, wouldn't that have been my magic scent? Wildly I pulled out my pipettes. Shouldn't I measure things? Absolutely, no. After all, I cook by eye. I will scent by nose. Joyfully, I filled successive pipettes with the precious oils and absolutes—no pipette for the Oak Moss though, which is a thick ooze of a thing. I had to let globs drop themselves...

So, what does a perfumista do with too much time at her hands ... peruse the fields of the Parfumo club. Go to the Section of highly rated perfumes and pounce upon "Vaniglia Sopraffina e Rhum" - 8.9/10 ... hm, hm ... something to consider.Go to the particular perfume page and on to the Inner Island website - http://www.myinnerisland.com/ Pick the English version and start investigating. Lovely. Yummy. Must have.Find...

After the disaster with the "Pomelos" No. 21 imitation, I am still a believer concerning the true perfumes of this great house. Apicius mentioned that a refill does not go with the image of this maker of luxury items. Luxury is single, is special, is rare ... the item is coveted. This link shows a video of the makers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OuXyqvW-fs Now on my list is the delicious...

M. Micallef scents are rated rather nicely by the Parfumo community and I myself have "Art Collection - Rouge No. 2" in full bottle and a decant of "Watch - Time for Love". Based on that I jumped on a deal of which I will supply the link. It is a blind buy but I believe that the clean notes of Pomelos (a grapefruit type) and the iris may be to my "fresh from the shower" taste. The price is a song and there...

Pre-Esxence event: One of these news is the launch of Olfattology – a new series of perfumes from Italy, from Enzo Galardi who is also behind the well-known house Bois 1920. It has 10 fragrances, presented in tiny, squiggly flacons, a little baroque and with caps that to me look like pipettes on a medical bottle. Bois 1920 is widespread, and so I suppose it won't take too long...

Mainly for the notes - "Rose Galata" by Henry Jacques http://www.parfumo.com/Perfumes/Henry_Jacques/Rose_Galata- http://henry-jacques.fashionstylist.com/rose-galata-pure-perfume-70ml-0.html Why does perfume have to be so expensive! Oh well ...

Have a look - this may fill a gap. I subscribed immediately. http://perfumeshrine.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-coveted-position-invitatione.html?showComment=1414714483182 Love it. http://fragrance.about.com/ http://fragrance.about.com/od/Perfume-Culture/fl/What-Makes-for-a-Sexy-Fragrance.htm

When you buy from ebay, do you follow up who the Seller really is? I believe it would be reassuring to have at least an idea of who the Seller is. That does not say anything about the perfume you are buying, but still. So when you pay with PayPal, there is a clue who you are sending the money to. Without mentioning names, let me just say that from that payment clue, you can then put that information into...

Yes, I say, it does. But not necessarily the bigger the better. Talking of perfume bottles here. So, have a look at this link: http://www.tauerperfumes.com/blog/ Andy Tauer has another wonderful ROSE scent. But good things come in small packages. The strong perfume is housed in a 10 ml roll-on version, and that at an affordable price. So, they will sell, that is good...

The current version of "Shalimar Eau de Parfum" is ... how shall I put it ... not anymore what it once was. I ordered a bottle just for the sake of nostalgia and was certain that it would be a reformulated version of the 1980 version I had and cherished. My signature. My treasured possession. So many memories attached. Well, either my taste has changed, or the perfume has changed. Probably both. So, what...

is the opposite of Explosion. Andy Tauer's blog article describes the state of the niche market. See this link: https://www.tauerperfumes.com/blog/general-thoughts/2014/08/implosion/ The writing was probably on the wall but I did not pay much attention. Neither do most perfume customers. Whatever is new, is heavily advertised, and is in the foreground, is most likely purchased. Of new brands and new flankers...