The Silver Song of Spring – L’Artisan Parfumeur Caligna Perfume Review
L’Artisan Parfumeur is one of those brands that took a long while to click with me. I started off exploring two of their cult classics – Tea for Two and Patchouli Patch – both of which left me cold. I...
View ArticleTea With the Maharajah – Penhaligon’s Vaara Perfume Review
It seems that Penhaligon’s are in the mood to spoil us with not one, but two new perfumes this year. If you are too impatient to wait for the arabesque of iris that is Iris Prima that is due to launch...
View ArticleDesert Island Sniffs – Episode 1: Neela Vermeire
One of my favourite past times is listening to Radio 4’s longstanding series ‘Desert Island Discs’. If you’re not familiar with the concept, the premise is simple: a famous face or person of interest...
View ArticleDo You Dare Enter the Funhouse? – L’Artisan Parfumeur Déliria, Amour Nocturne...
L’Artisan Parfumeur has an excellent track record for creating interesting and wearable fragrances of exceptionally high quality at a (relatively) affordable price. They are arguably one of the first...
View ArticleChapter 2 – Neela Vermeire Ashoka Perfume Review
It must have been a rather daunting and unenviable task for both Neela Vermeire and perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour when creating their fourth perfume together and the first to be launched since the...
View ArticleOld School Whimsy – Penhaligon’s & Meadham Kirchhoff Tralala Perfume Review
Old-school British brand Penhaligon’s has seen a positive renaissance over the last few years. In 2009 they appeared to make a conscious decision to move away from their more staid roots and played to...
View ArticleSmelly News: Penhaligon’s to Launch The Trade Routes Collection
Quick off the back off the recent launch of their Bayolea fragrance and gentleman’s grooming range, Penhaligon’s are spoiling our noses with a brand new collection consisting of three...
View ArticleSmelly News: Penhaligon’s to Launch Ostara
This spring, quintessentially British perfume house, Penhaligon’s will launch ‘Ostara’, the brand’s latest collaboration with venerable perfumer, Bertrand Duchaufour. Charting a fragrant journey of...
View ArticleDown By the Docks – Penhaligon’s Empressa, Levantium and Lothair Perfume Review
Quintessentially British fragrance house, Penhaligon’s have been busy this year. Not only they have release Bayolea, an entire male grooming collection complete with accompanying Eau de Toilette,...
View ArticleThe Candy Perfume Boy’s Guide to Rose
Oof, this is a big one, dear readers. I have been tentatively putting this guide together for nearly 12 months and, after lots of tantrums and rewrites, I finally feel that it is ready to share. The...
View ArticleHow Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Neela Vermeire Creations Pichola Perfume...
I would never claim to possess any from of synesthesia, but I do often think of colours when I smell a fragrance. Sometimes these ideas are led by the presentation of the fragrance, for example,...
View ArticleDownload Fume Chat Episode 12: The Battle of the Bertrands Now!
It’s battle day and in yet another epic duel, Thomas & Nick are feuding fragrances from one of […]
View ArticlePerfume Review: Bertrand Duchaufour & Geza Schoen by Project Renegades
Project Renegades is definitely a brand that packs a punch. I mean, let’s talk about the avatar in […]
View ArticlePerfume Review: Scherzo & Tender by Miller Harris
What happens when you give two perfumers the same passage of text and ask them to make a […]
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