16 Thursday May 2019
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Boxwalla’s new Perfumer Series project, featuring fragrances by Sigil Scents.
You can read it here.
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03 Friday May 2019
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atelier des ors, eau d'italie, ex nihilo, mcmc fragrances, now smell this, perfume review, roses
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of four rose perfumes: Eau d’Italie Rosa Greta, MCMC Fragrances Maine, Ex Nihilo Rose Hubris, and Atelier des Ors Rose Omeyyade.
You can read it here.
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15 Monday Apr 2019
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of the fragrance Hallucinogenic Pearl from A Lab on Fire.
You can read it here.
09 Tuesday Apr 2019
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aroma m, dawn spencer hurwitz, fragrance, frederic malle, gucci, ineke, lilac, perfume, yves saint laurent
Mary Cassatt, Lilacs in a Window, 1880-1883. Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Partial and Promised Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Dillon, 1997. 1997.207
— T. S. Eliot, The Wasteland (I. The Burial of the Dead)
If you asked me to name my favorite flower, or my favorite floral note in perfume, lilac wouldn’t be the first one I’d name. It might not even appear in my “top five.” Yet every April there’s a day when I have the opportunity to visit the blooming lilac trees in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and I suddenly want to spray myself with a lilac fragrance.
Here are a few recommendations, including three from independent female perfumers and one from a preeminent female “nose.”
29 Friday Mar 2019
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Mutiny, the new fragrance from Maison Margiela.
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18 Monday Mar 2019
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Fantasia Mermaid, a new fragrance from Anna Sui.
You can read it here.
04 Monday Mar 2019
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of three new fragrances from Les Parfums de Rosine: Eloge du Vert, Bleu Abysse, and Bois Fuchsia.
You can read it here.
19 Tuesday Feb 2019
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a fragrance review of Vanille Paradoxe from Les Parfums de Rosine.
You can read it here.
13 Wednesday Feb 2019
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The past week has been particularly busy at work and beyond, but I’ve still had perfume on my mind. Here’s a sneak peek at the newest fragrance from Anna Sui, which I sniffed last night at the designer’s boutique in SoHo. It’s called Fantasia Mermaid and it’s a follow-up to 2017’s Fantasia, with a similar bottle topped by a mermaid. (Fantasia’s cap featured a golden unicorn.) I sampled a quick spritz during my visit and my initial impression was that Mermaid is very different from its older “sister.”…
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