as soon as the scent hit my nose, all I smelled was air freshner. It never got better after that. The top notes are wrong: subdued, generic and almost synthetic. The florals in the middle note give off powdery and soapy accords which only contribute to the air freshner theme. The dry down has a weird woody note that doesn't vibe well with the fragrance. All in all, it's generic, unbalanced...

I was about 10 years old - and they still are. "John Galliano (Eau de Parfum) | John Galliano", photo © Lempi I have also always loved all dark, strange and spooky smells. For example as a child I fell in love with dusty musty wet aromas of old cellars and attics. Oh yes, I was the ultimate weirdo kid in the neighbourhood, no doubt! Even today I have noticed that my taste in fragrances is exceptionally...

perfume to add to my collection. Now that I can test it out at home, sometimes I find myself on the fence about it. It's a dark, smoldering, smoky tea scent, a different interpretation from my Thé Yulong, but a beautiful one nonetheless. There's spices, fruitiness, black tea, and also sometimes a weird plasticky scent (only) when I bring my nose directly to my skin. I love...

knew I would write this article, it has been a fire smouldering in the pit of my stomach. What I didn't know, was how I would go about it until I read a comment left on one of my July blog posts. If like me you progressed in this weird and wonderful hobby on a high of blind buying during the pandemic, then perhaps the rest of this article will resonate with you. During the Covid-19 pandemic,...

niche, designer and affordable fragrances. Perhaps even a collection that could serve as a museum of sorts." Now, my answer would not have been wrong, only biased. Was greatness then something that could only be achieved by those advanced in years in the hobby or who had spent a lifetime amassing weird and wonderful fragrances? Shall we move on to a year ago and examine what my answer would've...

feel like the best perfumes are a little bit difficult. They have a weird note somewhere in their composition that not everyone can wear. Who wants to smell just like the next girl anyway? Not me. We all want to be unique. The following fragrances, if worn by the right person, will give you just that. Mitsouko by Guerlain is an incredibly hard scent to wear. When...

bottle is simple yet luxurious that I really don't mind it. One of the few perfumes where I did not respect my rule of buying incremental sizes. Fenty by Fenty: Ah Fenty, my surprising and unexpected discovery. Smelled it at a Sephora in Montreal and knew I had to get it right away. It's a weird, sometimes confusing, blend of notes (reminiscent of the inside of a Lush...

been told I smell like a claw machine wearing Montale oud dream and I been told I smelt like popcorn wearing Eros? Anyone else here got any weird comments from the perfume you were wearing? I’d love to here some of...

it's pretty linear so I can layer it with other perfumes, but it's also a nice scent to wear on your own. Kayali - Sweet Diamond Pink Pepper | 25 (mini bottle): Discovered through the Kayali discovery sampler set my boyfriend got me for Christmas. At first I didn't really like it because of the weird metallic tang my nose detected, but the scent finally ended up growing on me. It's...

of my obvious love of gourmands). I don't regret buying it at all! It does smell really cozy and nice with a warm and slightly sweet dry-down. Unfortunately, it doesn't last that long and it sits quite close to my skin. Ironically, I also bought the shower gel which I do not like (there's a weird fresh smell in there that doesn't fit with the rest). Although I do like the perfume,...

gender to become one of the most impressive artists of a generation, whose canvases conveyed a profound sense of feminism, and spirituality, as well as rejection of war and material wealth, rendering them quite relevant today. She's pretty fab and I love her. Two, because I love seeing derpy and weird animals in art. Not exactly in the same vein, as this cat, but I think Jamie Wyeth's A Very...

and night out. It is so elegant, intriguing, and refined. Eau d’Orient To some extent, the scent is even darker than Roi d’Orient with aromatic, dry, resinous, spicy, and smoky subtleties. Eau d’Orient opens with a cold spicy pepper note, besides woody and damp grass hints. It is quite weird, likeable and unlikeable, polarising, with prominent gummy and waxy facets. I get the smell...