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2020

I was never at ease with hunting perfume by the note. There are several reasons for it. Firstly, I am not familiar with every note out there (can anybody tell me where I could possibly test out the hyraceum note?) and even the ones...

Most of you might have already noticed - Parfumo now offers the option to have a fragrance name pronounced for selected perfumes!Just click on "Pronunciation" in the grey info box on the perfume page:We currently support the languages English, French, German, Italian, Spanish,...

As I am curious by nature, and I have both, I wanted to experience this mix on my own skin. The result is indeed excellent! The chypre and floral tones of Charlie Blue blend perfectly with the sweet and floral tones of Charlie Red, giving life to a new sweet, floral, and chypre scent. I first...

Who missed the scent of spring bloom? Finally my order came with «Mimosa Tanneron» by Perris Monte Carlo. Just 24 km from Cannes, in France, there is a lovely place called Tanneron, where every year the inhabitants of the city organize a festival, in the month of February, dedicated to mimosa....

In my first ever job, a lady sitting next to me in the office asked about the perfume I was wearing. Proud and happy, I told her the name. It was DSquared Crystal Creek Wood. She looked it up online. "You must have a lot of money to be able to afford such expensive perfume!", she exclaimed....

Have you ever craved for a perfume, because you read some excellent reviews, because you wore it some time ago, or more just because its olfactory family and the notes that compose it go well with your tastes, and you have ventured a purchase blindly? The desire increases with...

The sense of smell, together with touch, is the easiest sense to stimulate. A perfume remains above all chemistry and it is chosen by everyone according to their preferences and their sense of smell. Unconsciously but also according to your olfactory preferences, you are stimulated by an emotion or a feeling...

Went for a walk tonight and I saw a tree with pink pepper. This oil is added to many perfume, but few people know that it can give really bad reaction in people with nuts allergies. When choosing the fragrance, carefully read the description of all the notes. I put it together for cooking...

It is not often that you are on vacation and come across a perfume, or preferably two, that you don't know and have never seen around. Well, here's what happened to me last week on my way home after summer vacation. I was a guest of friends and while shopping, I was struck by the beauty...

Everytime I see new members of various fragrance communities ask about scent recommendation, many of them metnion: light citrus scents for summer, heavier spicy ones for winter. Every season without fail, many perfume fans put certain scents away in a drawer only to pine after them until the suitable season...

Quarantine limited so many events this year, but it didn’t stop our wonderful perfume enthusiasts around the world. Annual, 2nd, ScentXplore 2020 united: perfumers, fragrance boutiques, amazing niche brands, content creators, musicians, fragrance vlogers, bloggers and of course lots of fragrance...

When I started my fragrance journey, I came across lots of fragrances that captured my senses. There was the gourmand, the oriental, the floral.. too many of them that smelled divine and unique. Well, that was my first dive into niche perfumery. I had a perfect mentor who came prepared with 5 or 6 bottles...

In the next part of our update series, the collections were overhauled. Quite a lot of changes have been made here and I hope that this list is fairly complete.Better navigationThe navigation has now moved up from the sidebar. This makes navigating through the individual collections...

Over the past few months, I have developed the habit of going to the mall every Thursday night. I would rush to the hospital for my oncology appointment and as if I were rinsing an unpleasant after taste from my mouth I would take an Uber to the mall and walk through the pastry shops,...

In the previous post, I told you about some of the perfumes I love, but which last very little on my skin. Today I would like to tell you about some perfumes I did not know, but that have turned out to be surprising. It may have happened to you, too, to read a review, a comment,...

I can't wait to find out who will be the first designer or niche brand to introduce Dreamwood™ in its creations and discover the aroma that releases this new synthetic molecule. And you?Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned perfume and taste...