Top 10 Baroque Perfumes – Rich, Detailed, Ornate Scents
Persolaise Few things can dispel the winter gloom as effectively as perfume — especially if you choose a scent that’s distinctive, dramatic and full of striking contrasts. A Baroque perfume, you…
Widian Luban, BDK Pas Ce Soir extrait, Ojar Encens Cuivre and other reviews – 2024
For the year’s first regular episode of Love At First Scent, we had an incense theme running through many of the scents, notably the new releases from Widian and Ojar.…
Chanel Coco review – Jacques Polge; 1984
It’s currently cool to be dismissive of Coco, in much the same way that it’s deemed acceptable to be snooty about Chance. Curiously, there’s a whiff of ageism in the…
Gucci Guilty Elixir Pour Femme & Pour Homme, Puente Eaden, Ulrich Lang Suncrest and other reviews – 2023
For this year’s final regular episode of Love At First Scent, we went all the way from sunny peaches to asteroid-bound rocket fuel, via delicate orange blossom and butcher-than-expected lavender,…
Dolce & Gabbana Devotion, Carine Roitfeld Forgive Me, Le Galion L’Astre and other reviews – 2023
The penultimate review video of the year was broadcast on YouTube the other day, featuring new releases from Dolce & Gabbana, Carine Roitfeld and others. Here’s a link to it,…
Creed Absolu Aventus, Gucci A Floral Verse, Peosym Horn OK Please and other reviews – 2023
Perhaps because two Aventuses weren’t enough to make us lose faith in humanity, Creed have just released yet another flanker to their inexplicably popular 2010 release. And to the alarm…
Roberto Greco Rauque, Aesop Ouranon, Crivelli Oud Stallion and other reviews – 2023
From exploding stars to imploding bodies — there was no shortage of curious concepts and bold ideas in the perfumes I reviewed in episode 416 of Love At First Scent,…
Puente Showcase Review – 2023
What a delight it is to discover an exciting new fragrance house. A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of making just such a find when I tried a…
Strangelove Showcase Review – 2023
Better late than never, I suppose. In 2014, Elizabeth Gaynes launched Strangelove, a brand all of whose scents so far have been put together by Christophe Laudamiel, under the creative…
Nishane X Collection review – 2023
In the decade since the brand was launched, Nishane has certainly managed to wrestle a significant patch of the perfumed limelight to itself and has worked its way into some…
Quartana Forest Of The Golden Dream review – Celine Barel; 2023
Joseph Quartana’s re-design and revival of his eponymous brand continues to make strong progress: after last year’s hypnotic Ierofante, he has now given us the equally mysterious Forest Of The…
Guerlain Tobacco Honey review – Delphine Jelk; 2023
Goodness me, the folks at Guerlain have been keeping busy. Not only have they given us new Shalimar, La Petite Robe Noire, L’Homme Ideal and Habit Rouge flankers this year,…
Chanel Chance Eau Fraiche eau de parfum review – Olivier Polge; 2023
Chanel isn’t the first brand that comes to mind when you think of flankers, but there’s no shortage of them in their range, especially in the Chance collection. The latest…
Tom Ford Myrrhe Mystere review – 2023
So far this year, we’ve been treated to no fewer than six new perfumes from Tom Ford. Make of that what you will. And while you’re considering whether the number…
400 Episodes Of Love At First Scent & Christian Dior Dolce Vita review – Pierre Bourdon; 1995
I said it on the video, so I’ll say it here as well. You make my vita molto, molto dolce. So when the time came to broadcast my 400th episode…
Buly Patate Douce Des Caraibes Et Carotte D’Afghanistan review – 2023
I’m fairly certain it was J G Ballard who once said he couldn’t face sweet potatoes as he’d been forced to endure an endless diet of them in a prisoner…
Trudon Vixi review – Emilie Bouge; 2023
Latin has never been my strong point, so it was with some trepidation that I introduced the new Trudon Vixi, composed by Emilie Bouge, over on YouTube the other day.…
Tom Ford Cafe Rose review – 2023
In 2012, Tom Ford Cafe Rose emerged as one of four ‘garden’ scents. It then went the way of many TF releases (which is to say it was pulled off…
Le Labo Myrrhe 55 review – 2023
Le Labo’s City Exclusives continue to tick off more must-see destinations around the globe. The latest, Myrrhe 55, has been allocated to Shanghai, and it sees the brand make one…
Top 10 Perfumes For Autumn 2023 – Sophisticated Scents
In many aspects of etiquette, there’s a fine line between the casual and the inconsiderate. I suspect a fear that we’re veering too close to the latter was the guiding…