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2018

With the inclusion of the 100,000th fragrance, Parfumo ushers in the new year on a high note. "Obsessed for Women" by Calvin Klein is our jubilee entry and was researched by OPomone. This remarkable milestone...

Are you ready to summerize your perfume wardrobe? Recently it was the Summer Solstice day and you should have made ready or suitable or equip in advance for gradually swap out your aromatic and floral dominant spring scents with more adventurous, citrus, green, aquatic,...

When I first joined I created lists and posted them in my first blog post. I like lists. I'm a Virgo so I can't help myself. Lists are fun! One of those lists included a Top Ten of my favorite scents. I was so sure that list was never going to change. I have to say, for the most part,...

ZARA new babies have just arrived! Punctual like clockwork, ZARA is back with a new collection, this time inspired by the Rusty Metal, namely Legend Iron, Dark Copper, and Molten Steel. The three fragrances evoke the stages and shapes of metals and are built...

THE TFM OF SOAP - WHO KNEW?Did you know soaps were once graded for quality and, in India still are? The decisive measure is called TFM - Total Fatty Matter. It describes the percentage of fat in the soap which equates to how well it cleans and how good it is for skin. Once upon a time,...

Dear Parfumo colleagues, I am quite happy to find my sanctuary at Parfumo community.I write my own blog for some time, trying to make the impossible - describe something perfect like scent with something so imperfect like words. I also try to give my personal and honest opinion on fragrances, and not...

Perfume deliveries at my house having morphed for the most part into deliveries of essential oils, absolutes and such---here's a pic of what's becoming my perfume organ, (or what's left of my initial purchases). Into the trash went my unwary acquisitions of what turned out to be fragrance...

It’s almost spring time. The flower will be blooming, the sun will be shining and we are ready for lighter and fresher fragrances, colognes, perfumes or scents to wear this season. This is my Top 20 Spring Fragrances video. My Favorite Spring Scents. If you notice...

Many brands claim to use natural ingredients. And many do. But when it comes to 100% natural perfumes, it's a whole different story. I can't count the times when an engaged sales person was praising their pure nature fragrances until I checked the INCI list and found plenty of unpleasant...

In the latest years, Sergio Tacchini released three real doozy men's colognes entitled Club, Club Intense, and Club Edition Monte-Carlo. I have no clue whether the last two are deemed to be flankers of the original one, certainly, they smell completely different from...

FragranteriaToday I'd like to introduce you to the home fragrances. I’ll make this first one short and sweet. Our scentmate Jezzy76 just sent me a few days ago a picture of a couple of home fragrances made by Fragranteria that presumably she liked, and I realized...

We are nearly close to the middle of March, yet the harsh Winter seems as though it doesn't wanna go away. It is a lazy Sunday evening, the rain is falling for two days now and outward it is pretty cold, yet too cold for the imminent springtime... Ouch, Missy Spring does wanna come later on this...

I did have good intentions in setting out to duplicate that magic soap of 30+ years ago. A Copra-olive (olive and coconut), I scented it with Jasmine, Lavender and Sandalwood — gorgeous extracts not affordably available today. I have a very old Jasmine Sambac though, from Bulk...

ZARA is back with 3 brand new scents. This time ZARA takes you on a harrowing ride around the world in search of the world’s deadliest waves: Pipeline, Teahupoo, and Waimea. Each scent's box has a sort of stylized wave embossed and colored with different...

Have you ever found yourself obsessed with something? So consumed with something that you can hardly even think of anything else? A relationship, a new phone, a perfect body, your reputation, good grades, a magnificent cologne, a unique style—anything can leave you obsessed.Obsession is a vintage...

It’s apparent that I like to write about nostalgia as it relates to perfumes. Recalling perfumes worn in high school? Check. Reminiscing about the origins of my perfume obsession? Check. Ruminating about that wildly inappropriate first kiss at a rock concert, all thanks to EL’s...