13 Monday Jul 2020
Posted in Perfume Reviews
I went through an intense vanilla phase early in my perfume-life, and even though I don’t wear gourmands as often I wear florals nowadays, I still hang onto samples and occasional bottles of vanilla-centered fragrances I’ve enjoyed at one point or another.
Last week, I revisited a few old oldies and one or two newer vanilla scents…
Continue reading21 Saturday Mar 2020
Posted in Advertising and Scent, Perfume Reviews
Greetings, fragrant friends! I hope you’re all staying safe and staying home during this unprecedented situation.
I miss my friends, and my workplace, and my subway rides on the 2/3 train when I make my “to do” lists, and cocktails at local bars, and visits to perfume stores, and I’m as scared as everyone else about the coronavirus itself and this pandemic’s effect on the economy (not to mention our collective mental health)…but there must be a few silver linings to this giant cloud, right?
19 Monday Aug 2019
Posted in Perfume Reviews
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blackbird perfumes, cartier, cherries, dawn spencer hurwitz, hilde soliani, lolita lempicka, perfume, tom ford
Once in a while someone asks me my opinion about Tom Ford fragrances. Let me try to summarize: I think some of them are excellent. I think some of them are boring. I think all of them are overpriced. And I won’t buy (or review) any of them anyway, because I choose to reject Tom Ford’s branding and marketing.
I’ve heard that Tom Ford Lost Cherry is worth trying, and I’ll get around to smelling it eventually, just for reference. In the meantime, I’d like to mention a few other cherry-inspired perfumes that are worth seeking out.
