Perfume Mini-Reviews From Twitter: April to June 2016 [part 1]
Here we go, ladies and gents: another round-up of my mini-reviews from Twitter, spanning the months April to June. La Petite Robe Noire eau de parfum intense from Guerlain (Thierry…
Here we go, ladies and gents: another round-up of my mini-reviews from Twitter, spanning the months April to June. La Petite Robe Noire eau de parfum intense from Guerlain (Thierry…
How thrilling it is when an idea manages to survive the journey from thought to creation. At the London launch of Florabellio, perfumer Fabrice Pellegrin explained that the vision he’d…
Ah, dear old lavender. When it’s misused – as it so often is – it’s a whopping clanger of a cliche, plunging a composition into the depths of the generic,…
I’ve always thought there was something hollow at the heart of the Kilian brand. It goes without saying that it certainly isn’t the only perfume house which tries to seduce…
Fabrice Pellegrin is particularly skilled at finding a balance between accessibility and distinctiveness. In The Odd Fellow’s Bouquet (one of two works he’s created for the revived house of Atkinson’s,…
What do Bart Simpson, Georgia May Jagger and Just Cavalli’s Just have in common? Click here to pop over to my latest Basenotes article and find out… Persolaise.
Just in case you missed the announcement a few weeks ago, here’s a brief reminder that on the evening of Thursday 29th November, I’ll be answering questions and signing copies…
Loretta has a secret, but she hides it in plain sight. The first time she digs her claws into your neck, you experience a moment of fear, but you quickly…
I wonder if the clever folk at Parfums Mugler are being economical with the truth. They’ve claimed that in order to create their latest quartet of limited editions, all they’ve…