ScentedSalon

I know technically, it is not summer yet but it certainly feels that way here. The mornings are cool and pleasant while the mid-day temperatures creep towards 90. Yet the breeze still maintains its freshness, which allows for weather enjoyment rather than dread. Despite...

Venice is a city of ancient beauty but unless you have visited it during the summer, you will never know its smell. The wet rot of the canals mixes with the pungent exhaust of the vaporetto fumes to create a suffocating mixture of fetid, hot air. This air permeates every moment of the day and as the heat...

Besides the rose, no flower captured my imagination in perfume searches. I long for the rose. Not a simple soliflore but a potent rose with spice, oud, pepper, something! I came across an almost full bottle of Aerin Evening Rose on ebay for about 60% off. Normally, I would only spend more than...

Blind buys--the excitement, the anticipation, the risk of spending a lot of money on something you might hate. Perfume is such a subjective thing. Even when we read reviews and study the notes, there is nothing that compares to actually smelling a perfume. That is why blind...

Cool night air sweeps tea plantations by the Caspian Sea. Green tea leaves slowly melt into darkness. Labdanum and cedarwood caress the palate. Incense blows about on the wind as the night descends into the blueness of dawn. I'd like to spend a night on the rooftop of an Iranian...

Let's do some reviews. Perfumer Shelley Waddington has a line called "En Voyage" perfumes, so let us take a voyage through her art. There is nothing more pleasurable than a fragrant trip. Zelda is a gasp-worthy scent. When I first smelled it, the boozy spicy magnolia made me clutch the sample...