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Category Archives: Art
Akigalawood® – Turning Patchouli Waste Into Fine Wine
The natural woody componentMade from perfectly natural scrapGave an unearthly but natural smellAnd naturally got the synthetic rap I love Akigalawood® on salad and eggs. I think I love it in WINE most of all. But once I realized that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fragance, Hobbies, Science
Tagged agarwood, Akigalawood, ambroxan, Chandler Burr, fragrance, fragrances, Givaudan, guaiene, hydroxyoctahydroazulenes, Iso E Super, Jean-Claude Ellena, laccase, Leffingwell, Lemburger, Norlimbanol, olefins, oxidation, patchouli, pepper, Poivre Samarcande, Rotundone, wine, wood
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Spicebomb
Tonight’s fragrance is Spicebomb. But before that, a bit of an explanation. I think it’s clear that I disappeared from fragrance for a while. I think I’m still gone from it, in some respects. But despite that, I felt a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fragance, Fragrance Reviews, News and politics, Science
Tagged Bag-a-Bug, clove, COVID-19, eugenol, Flowerbomb, geraniol, Japanese beetles, phenethyl propionate, pheromones, potpourri, rose, Spectracide, Spicebomb
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L’Étrier d’Hermès: My Stirrupy Sweet Love Affair With Galop d’Hermès
In the process of explaining how I ended up buying what is probably one of the most well-known yet less commonly owned fragrances in my collection, it is my hope to do all of the following: (1) Give readers a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fashion, Fragance, Fragrance Reviews, Hobbies
Tagged Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere, Christine Nagel, Creed Royal Mayfair, Creed Windsor, Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum, Dior Homme, Donald Trump Empire, Eleanor Pendleton, feminine fragrances, fragrance, fragrance gender, fragrance reviews, Galop, Galop d'Hermes, gender, Givenchy Play Intense, Gritty Pretty, Gucci Guilty Absolute Pour Femme, Hermes, Hermes Un Jardin Apres la Mousson, Jean-Claude Ellena, leather, leather fragrances, Manrose, masculine fragrances, rose, rose fragrances, Rose Ikebana, Sel de Vetiver, Slumberhouse Zahd, stirrups
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kaffeeklatsch!
I view the health of public discourse by an interesting metric. Can I make a good-natured joke about Donald Trump in the fragrance world – one with deep knowing humor on many levels to all sides – and only minimally … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Blogging, Fashion, Fragance, Fragrance Reviews, History, Internet, News and politics, Science, Science Fiction, Travel
Tagged Basenotes.net, Donald Trump, Empire by Trump, Success by Trump
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Sikkim Grlz
I don’t think that I understood the whole Lush / Gorilla Perfumes concept until yesterday. That’s when I smelled one of their earlier entries – Sikkim Girls – for the first time. I was immediately transported back to a head-shop in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Computers, Entertainment, Fragance, Fragrance Reviews, History, Internet, Music, News and politics, Travel
Tagged All Good Things, Bhutia, Death & Decay, Gorilla Perfumes, Hillary Clinton, Imogen Rose, Karma, Kerbside Violet, Lepcha, Lush, Sheema Mukherjee, Sikkim, Sikkim Girls, Smuggler's Soul, Vanillary
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Four Dudes, a Classy Dame, and a Boozy Babe
….OTHERWISE known as Field Notes from Cowtown – this week’s ruberrific report on my spectacular sniffing experiences, out in the real world of designer fragrance, in the malls of flyover country. But first, a message from our sponsor’s required movie of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Entertainment, Fashion, Fragance, Fragrance Reviews, History
Tagged Amen Ultra Zest, art, basenotes, Chanel, Chanel Allure Homme Sport Cologne, Creed, fashion, fragrance, fragrance reviews, Jane Austen, Kate Beckinsale, La Nuit de L'Homme, Love & Friendship, movie reviews, Nordstrom, Pure Tiffany, Spicebomb Extreme, Thierry Mugler, Tiffany, Valentino, Valentino Donna, Viktor & Rolf, Whit Stillman, YSL
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Cultural Capitalism: Fear and Loathing in the Perfume Aisle at Macy’s
….an abstract symphonic post, in which, by a Kansas tornado of antideconstuctive disestablishmentarianism, we consider the fragrant origins of Donald Trump’s cultural counter-insurgency, mostly by way of stream-of-subconsciousness, non-snob reviews of Trump’s two modern scents, Success and Empire. prelude When Donald Trump announced that … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Entertainment, Fashion, Fragance, Fragrance Reviews, News and politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Anima Dulcis, Arquiste, basenotes, Basenotes.net, Ca Fleure Bon, Carlos Huber, coat of arms, Cultural Capitalism, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Empire, Donald Trump Success, Empire by Trump, fragrance, fragrance reviews, heraldry, Ivanka Trump, Kate Walsh Boyfriend, L'Etrog, Macy's, Mary-Pierre Julien, Michelyn Camen, Perfumania, Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Success by Trump, Yann Vasnier
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Luca’s Rose Garden
Today, we sniff the great and near-mythical fragrance, Shiseido Nombre Noir. This fragrance, which was, for a long time, the favorite fragrance of perfume critic Luca Turin, is something of a legend in the fragrance community. I consider it an … Continue reading
Cuir d’Iris: Pierre the Purse Snatcher
Panic turns to joy Pierre didn’t steal her purse Just its quiet song _______________________ Noses: http://www.basenotes.net/ID26129765.html Fragrance: http://www.luckyscent.com/shop/section/1/item/34531/brand/Parfumerie_Generale/Private_Collection%3A_Cuir_d%27Iris.html
Posted in Art, Fashion, Fragrance
Tagged Cuir d'Iris, haiku, iris, leather, Letters to Primrose, Parfumerie Generale, Pierre Guillaume, Private Collection
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Heterodoria iridum
Good irises come in pairs. At least, it sure seems that way. Two of my favorites are the matched Prada pair, Infusion d’Iris and Infusion d’Homme. They’re even better in French – as member JaimeB taught us on Basenotes. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Entertainment, Fashion, Fragrance, Music, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged Alberto Morillas, ballet, Bulgari Man, Dior Homme, Dior Homme Intense, Dior Homme Sport, Givenchy Gentleman, Givenchy Pour Homme, heterochromia iridum, heterodoria iridum, iris, Iris Prima, Kate Bosworth, L'Occitane Iris, Le Labo Iris 39, Letters to Primrose, Olivier Polge, Penhaligon's, Prada Infusion d'Homme, Prada Infusion d'Iris, Robert Downey Jr.
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