Category Archives: Science

Spicebomb

Posted on September 16, 2020 by cologniac

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 →

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kaffeeklatsch!

Posted on April 26, 2018 by cologniac

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 →

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Exoalchemy

Posted on December 23, 2016 by cologniac

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 →

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Going Postal: Addressing the Perfume Mailability Problem at USPS with Technology

Posted on February 2, 2014 by cologniac

I will admit that I’ve been a merciless critic of the USPS in regard to fragrance mailability.  When it was pointed out to me on Basenotes that it is far easier to mail fragrances in China – as in RED … Continue reading →

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The Adventures of Hinoki Oh

Posted on January 2, 2014 by cologniac

This post was inspired by the amazing and unique Comme des Garçons fragrance Monocle Scent One: Hinoki.  Everything you are about to read is true.  As determined by a secret court that you cannot question, using secret law that you … Continue reading →

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Heterodoria iridum

Posted on December 7, 2013 by cologniac

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 →

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Dear Primrose (in the Steampunk Universe)

Posted on December 1, 2013 by cologniac

Dear Primrose, Please forgive the tardy nature of this correspondence.  It approaches Christmas in the Electrical Universe, and I am therefore quite busy.  Compounding the busy season, there is a curious tradition here, in which all presents for Christmas must … Continue reading →

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Who Put LSD In My SdV?

Posted on August 31, 2013 by cologniac

Ah, the beauty of the amide group – that little bit of organic chemical functionality that turns Element 6 with Valence 4 into beautiful things like Carl Sagans, who say BILLIONS AND BILLIONS until we sigh about the beauty of … Continue reading →

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Malaga à l’Aube

Posted on July 27, 2013 by cologniac

I had fully intended to use my once-in-a-lifetime trip to Andalusia to do some extreme perfume reviewing.  In the end, I suppose I did.  It just didn’t turn out as expected.  And that, I suppose, is the fundamental beauty of … Continue reading →

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Lunaquatic Fringe

Posted on May 11, 2013 by cologniac

I think that my little hiatus from fragrance has been doing me good. Sometimes, it seems like the only way to really understand something you love, is to stop caring about it. I suppose that’s just another one of the … Continue reading →

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