“Two households, both alike in dignity”:Shalimar, Guerlain 1921 versus Opium, Yves St Laurent 1977. I thought it would be fun to play off pairs of iconic fragrances and see what I make of them. These are two big hitter, famous oriental* fragrances from two of the huge French houses, created 56 years apart. (*The term […]
Mon Parfum by Paloma Picasso – a Halloween scent for Anjelica Houston in The Witches, 1990
Happy Halloween 2020 everyone. Now is the winter of our collapsing health service. Brits grit our teeth for covid-19’s second surge (flu season, cold weather, schools back, universities back, continued incompetency and contemptuous scapegoating from Boris Johnson). However I am relatively cheerful as I love Halloween. I love watching seventies and eighties horror films under […]
Orange Juice
I am a huge fan of refreshing orange colognes. So far I’ve tried: Orange Sanguine and Grand Neroli by Atelier Cologne, Eau d’Orange Verte and also the Concentré version by Hermès, Arancia di Capri by Acqua di Parma, and an old brand 4711 cologne.
Infusion d’Iris by Prada
This was one of my earliest sniffs as I started exploring in earnest. I’d added it to my list during feverish web browsing when I caught the scent bug. Then the same day I came across a sample vial rolling around on my in-laws coffee table. I admired it, but it is not a scent […]
