mind set which can tolerate the burden that not all notes are pleasing, it is just a road of discovery. When I have found (via a sample or decant) a scent I truly, truly embrace, then a lot of money will be spent. And I feel that I am behaving like the women many years ago, way before the excesses of the Eighties, when perfume was special, the dresser had maybe three or five...

There seems to be a trend - quite recently - to revive long, long ago perfumes. Case in point, the Oriza L. Legrand line. Some are supposed to be "the original formula", well, I suppose slightly tweaked and modernized, but true. This morning I noticed in Kafka's blog a revival - albeit not really successful - of "Tabac Blond" by Caron. ... ...

Received a whole lot more perfumes today, some rather unexpectedly. I went to fetch some Diptyque samples from the post office this morning and it turned out they had had quite a few more packages for me that I was never notified about and had supposedly been left to stand abt a week ago when there was threat of the postal workers going on strike. The strikes were luckily called off and all's...

I had a good sniff of Samsara last night and now I am absolutely sure I have smelled it before, somewhere, some time ago in my childhood. Now I'm really haunted by who wore it? when? where would I have encountered it? In my relatively poor rural community few people would have had fragrance beyond Alyssa Ashley or Yves Rocher at all during the 80s and 90s, especially the 90s. But I KNOW I have smelled this...

The history of the "reformulations" involving Opium started many years ago -probably in the mid-80s- but only since 2008-2009 it began a serious -very serious- question.Reformulations since 2008-2009 were one of the most hot and.discussed topics, and you can find dozens of articles over the Net about it. All contributors, however, agree on a fact: Opium is no longer the......

in a bit of experience about perfumes, perhaps. And honesty, that's always a plus. But what's most important is speaking from the heart and telling your tale, your journey, your own experience with that spray of perfume that you're inhaling and experiencing. Where does it bring you? Years ago, I was chosen by a store manager of Macy's to work in the fragrance department. At that time, I'd had absolutely no experience...

s up with Parfumo? You cannot eat your cake and have it! Although I try to inform the international Parfumo users about important changes or developments at the same time as the German speaking users, this time I had to focus on the German users first. Sorry for that! A few days ago, I posted a long blog article about the (possible) future of Parfumo on the German site, and I received lots of attention...

told me that they wanted a sample of my perfume to take with them, it was a very serendipitous moment for me. We spent at least 45 min. discussing the perfume and I was very happy to see that they really did like the perfume even though I had paid them, I thought to myself they could've left long ago but no! They really came back for the perfume not me or my money. A week after shooting the commercial...

gone out of business within a week after I'd found out it existed.    So, will this grim outlook change anytime soon? Not as long as the "official opinion" stands. A summary of the latter can be gleaned from this lovely article, published in the China Education e-zine three years ago.    Pregnant women should stay away from "second-hand fragrance" July 13, 2010...

fragrant friends :) ... A few days ago I was given a bottle of Yohji Yamamoto 'Yohji Eau de Toilette'. A listing for a fragrance called 'Yohji' realeased in 2013 does exist here at Parfumo (http://www.parfumo.com/Perfumes/Yohji_Yamamoto/Yohji) with notes of Bergamot, Jasmine, Freesia, Sandalwood and Musk. The person who presented me...

certain scents. I would start a topic on it, but I feel that the particular scent at hand is fairly personal to me, therefore I wanted to put it on my blog (although if you want to chime in and say what best memory and scent is most of an impact on you, please share in the comments).  A year ago last February, my sister, friends, and I planned a weekend getaway to Miami Beach to celebrate her and one of the ladies'...

practical preoccupation with nature as botanist broadens his knowledge and gave him the opportunity to be part of the restoration team of Majorelle Garden. “Yves was a friend to me. He was very inspiring.” With a smile gazing off into the distance he says: „He opened my eyes“. Ten years ago, Majorelle Garden was reopened for the public, and YSL had the idea...