George Sand (Les Parfums Historiques)
Dancing the mazurka with Chopin: George Sand (Les Parfums Historiques) (2005) Sometime in the 1850’s, Frédéric Chopin was beginning to make a name for himself in the salons of Paris. Aside from his...
View ArticleA dependable tonka: Umami by Florascent (2007)
‘Umami’ is the fifth taste. Not sweet, sour, salty or bitter, but ‘umami’ – a Japanese term that translates as ‘savoury pleasure’ or ‘mouthfeel’. And while this release by Florascent – a German...
View ArticleDUMBO DUMBO : L’ELEPHANT by KENZO (1996)
I was talking recently about signature scents, and this excessive treat by Kenzo, which is still going strong, was definitely one of mine. It is a milestone of sorts: the first ‘women’s’...
View ArticleSHE’S ALL THAT: : : COCO by CHANEL (1984)
Coco, always Chanel’s most exuberant and joyful creation, to me exudes a conspicuous air of eighties consumption. Blazing gold jewellery and glinting, multifaceted jewels, this woman knowingly struts...
View ArticleBut don’t look now………: HABIT ROUGE by GUERLAIN (1965)
Habit Rouge, in my humble view, is one of the most unique and troubling scents of all time. It is one I own but find essentially unwearable – I use it instead to scent red velvet curtains and...
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