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L'Instant Magic by Guerlain is the new - and officially, only a semantic - twist proposed on the original L'instant composed by perfumer Maurice Roucel in 2003 in collaboration with Sylvaine Delacourte, Guerlain artistic director. Guerlain wishes to present the...

Rossy de Palma at the launch party for Eau de Protection Rossy de Palma is this wonderful Spanish character actress - one of Almodovar's fetish actresses - with the most atypical of physiques, one that seems to combine references to both...

Sarrasins Platine Limited Edition Sarrasins (Saracens) by Serge Lutens starts with the suggestion of the clashing of a warriors' Dantean battle between jasmine and leather before slipping into the quiet night of a banquet feast or more strangely yet...

The new Vivara by Emilio Pucci officially signed by perfumer François Demachy but in reality co-created by perfumers Natalie Gracia-Cetto and Marie-Aude Bluche of Givaudan is a perfume that manages to surprise you, enchant you, and mesmerize you all along...

After our previous excursus into some of the historic background of Knize Ten by Knize we now come to our impressions of the scent in part II of the review.Knize Ten may have have had you expectant that it...

Knize Ten by Knize (pronounced "Kniesche") comes preceded by an aura of legend within certain circles as being one of the best leather colognes in the world, whose reputation has endured to this day and very rightly so. In...

Strip is the latest perfume creation by upscale whimsical lingerie brand Agent Provocateur founded in 1994 by Serena Rees and Joe Corres; the latter is the son of Vivienne Westwood another high priestess of sexiness. Agent Provocateur does not...

Estée Lauder Tuberose Gardenia Eau de Parfum Perfume Review Tuberose Gardenia Private Collection is the latest perfume launch by Estée Lauder; it was composed by perfumer Harry Fremont. The perfume is a personal homage to the brand founder Estée...

Crown Ess Bouquet When Ess Bouquets were All the Rage in England ESS Bouquet by The Crown Perfumery Co. as one of the oldest English fragrances to exist is one of those perfumes steeped in history and antique exotic...

  Fracas for Men by Robert Piguet is nominally only linked to Fracas (for women), as it does not attempt to be a masculine rendition of the famous classic tuberose fragrance created by Germaine Cellier in 1948. We do not...

ElizabethW is an artisan perfumery based in San Francisco which was founded in 1995 by Albert Nichols, a former architect, and Michael Lindsay, an ex-management consultant and journalist. The name of the house pays homage to the great grandmother...

In 1965 as Marchese Emilio Pucci of Florence was reflecting upon his place in history and more particularly upon his place in the history of fashion he had to both name a great predecessor, Chanel, and call her "out...

Cora Pearl born Emma Elizabeth Crouch (1835-1886) Courtesan by Worth Paris is a very subtle and quite refined a fragrance with just enough sharpness and spiciness to it to lift it above the level of a murmur on the...

Night Scented Jasmine by Floris London is the 2006 recreation by in-house perfumer Shelagh Foyle of an original fragrance composed by Juan Floris in 1806. The house of Floris was established in 1730 by Juan Famenias Floris a Spaniard...

Notes: Top: Green of hyacinth, bergamot, muguet; heart: rose, ylang, hawthorn, heliotrope, almond-y notes; base: cedar, sandalwood, patchouli, vetiver, tonka bean.Jacomo For Her by Jacomo is one of those fragrances that we like to call "closet-musk fragrances"(see Floris Malmaison),...