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Some Potentially Useful Misinformation About My Upcoming Absence From Fragrance
I never thought I would make a post with a bizarro-world title like this one, but then, these are interesting times. Ultimately, this is a post about Anosmia. I decided to do it here, rather than on Basenotes, because on … Continue reading
Posted in Fragance, History, Internet, News and politics, Science
Tagged anosmia, basenotes, COVID-19, fragrance, misinformation
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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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Last Call 2017
I wanted to run around the city alone at night wearing a dark blue jacket, mumbling in French, looking pensive and conflicted. Thankfully, the Terre d’Hermès Eau Très Fraïche flanker pulled me back from the edge. But it was rough … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Fragance, Fragrance Reviews, History, News and politics, Travel
Tagged 300 Movie, A&F Batch No. 46, A&F Endeavor, A&F Private Selection Oud, Abercrombie & Fitch, Alex Jones, Apple Watch, Armani Code Colonia, Armani Mania, Azzaro Wanted, basenotes, Basenotes Fragrance of the Year, Bath & Body Works, BBW, Bleu de Chanel, Botanical Blend Batch No. 24, Chanel, Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme, Chanel Chance Eau Vive, Chanel Gabrielle, Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere, Chanel No. 5 L'Eau, Christine Nagel, Chrome Pure, Coach For Men, Creed Viking, D&G the one EDP, Dior Eau Sauvage Parfum, Dior Sauvage, Drudge Report, Ellwood, Gucci Guilty Absolute, Gucci Made to Measure, GuiltyNotGuilty, Hempstead, Hermes, Jean-Claude Ellena, John Varvatos Artisan Blu, La Nuit de L'Homme L'Intense, Mr. Burberry EDP, Oscar de la Renta, Oud Amour, Oud Essence, Oud Nuit, Perfume City, Polo Red, Polo Red Extreme, Ralph Lauren Polo, Reynolds Wrap, Ryder, Saks Fifth Avenue, Sephora, Tom Ford Noir Anthracite, Twilly d'Hermes, Valentino Donna, Valentino Uomo, Valentino Uomo Intense, Von Maur, YSL Y, Yves Saint Laurent Y
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Notes From The Trumderground
Dear Renato, Funny you should ask about Perfumania’s decision to act as it did, in regard to the Donald Trump line of celebrity fragrances. In my role as a Basenotes moderator, I try to avoid politics, having friends on … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Fragance, History, News and politics
Tagged cultural Marxism, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Empire, Donald Trump Success, Macy's, media, Parlux, Perfumania, Peter Thiel
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Exoalchemy
UGHLLO. This is Grumpy Cat. Technically, it’s DOCTOR Grumpy Cat. However, MISTER Grumpy Cat will be fine. I’m so pissed off at my latest alma mater for encouraging Marxist faculty in their coercion of useful idiot students into “safe space” insanity, that … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, News and politics, Science, Science Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Beyond Earth, energy, exoalchemy, exobiology, Grumpy Cat, nuclear energy, oxygen, space colonization, space travel, thorium, Titan
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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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Old Blogeo, Blogeo – Wherefore Art Thou, Blogeo?
There was a time, before I found basenotes.net, when I was pretty sure that a personal blog was the only way for me to say anything very personal about my love for (or, to those who don’t understand it, “peculiar … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Computers, Fragance, History, Hobbies, Internet, News and politics, Science
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No War for Old Gentlemen
The following story, a “re-review” of Givenchy Gentleman, is based on top-secret files at Scentral Command. These files were just de-“class”-ified. “General Polo, sir!” “Colonel Pi. Your report?” “Everything’s here. Sir!” “Excellent. Hmmm. This doesn’t look good, does it?” “Permission … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Fragance, Fragrance Reviews, History, Hobbies, News and politics
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香道 (Kōdō – Fragrance Way)
Obviously I didn’t take this picture – it’s just too beautiful. Therefore, let me begin with a shameless blurb of product placement for the people who presumably own it – namely, the folks over at http://www.japan-incense.com/. Since the Japanese tend … Continue reading
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