chestnut, spices, and apples. I have yet to come across another gourmand that does this note combination justice. 2. "Vanilla Bean Noel | Bath & Body Works"  Yes, the quality and formulation has been inconsistent over the years on this one - ranging from "mentholated" to "plastic" during its flop releases. But if you snag one of the older bottles, you'll see what a high-quality marshmallow...

of fruity white raspberries ignites in the core, which is rounded off in the finish by a rich essence of warm and woody sandalwood. L'Eau d'Issey Pivoine - Issey Miyake “L'Eau d'Issey Pivoine” is elegantly presented in a delicate pink hue in a transparent cone-shaped bottle with a plastic-free...

weather vegetables, your cabbages, and leafy greens and carrots and such. And then you immediately juice them and drink them down with a scant teaspoon of honey. There's something so fresh and vegetal-sweet about this, with the tiniest bit of ozone-y plasticity as well, like veggies stored in a plastic bin. Like you carved a disconcertingly jaunty little face into a crooked carrot with a......

to bed. (https://www.parfumo.com/Perfumes/Jacomo/Jacomo_for...) Dirty English Juicy CoutureIntrigued by the resemblance to Gucci pour Homme, captured by a mix of dirty leather, dark woods and musky tones, this golden and amber juice doesn’t stick with me. I have the bottle reformulated with the plastic cap and believe it or not; this is lighter and smoother than expected. It is suffering...

Almost identical to the edp but with little projection or trail I found it rather disappointing, lifeless. Casmir disappeared from the market but roll on and it is back so a blind buy of 100 ml hit my doormat.The first few days of wearing Casmir I could only smell an overwhelming dolls head plastic vanilla. As my brain got used to all those vanilla like notes my impression of the perfume changed totally. With...

gold) are metal with a soft semi-matte pale gold finish - like 9 ct English gold in colour rather than the rich Indian gold. The liquid is a soft egg yolk yellow/gold (depending on the eggs one buys). There is a little green, pale emerald green, stone in the top probably made of some sort of plastic or resin but it could be glass as it feels a little cool to the touch. The glass of the bottle itself...

WS, I sniffed Tabu and Chantilly, which were both off-putting, so I didn't hold out much hope for WS. But it was airy and comforting. And my husband likes it!I've also been rediscovering some of the scents of my youth in the late 80's-early 90's. I've rekindled my love for Liz Claiborne in the plastic triangle. Man, that one brings back good memories! <smiles> Plus, it just smells SO GOOD on me! My husband...

day branching out and trying the same WITH foam.Here’s the derivation: To my nose, Fleurs de Nuit smells like an undisguised attempt to make the jasmine version of Juicy Couture’s tuberose. Juicy Couture by Juicy Couture stripped the tuberose note of its dark side and paired it with a sweet, plastic musk sheen. Where Juicy Couture’s acetone muskiness shellacs the tuberose...

Beautiful beyond words? I know I try to sense the designer’s heart and hopes for it. As for perfume shops and counters, usually I go alone, like any worshiper, to commune with what I adore. I can’t explain how I got like this, but here I am, surrounded by blue plastic boxes, anticipating radiant hours sniffing woods and fruit, herbs and spice and resins and flowers sourced the world over, sniffing by house,...

(photo via http://blog.missala.pl) Even the Prive Collection by Armani, consisting of such masterpieces of power and quality as Myrrhe Imperiale and Rose d’Arabie fails on the packaging front because even though the bottle is a heavy opaque black glass, the gold rock top is plastic! (photo via blog.malva-parfume) And even one of my favorites, Aerin Lauder, made the beauty of her precious perfumes ($125 for 50 mls)...

patchouli, incense, Artemisia and mint. I definitely notice a strong pine/fir note, which I love, as well as dry oak. Castoreum gives this a strong and pungent character. One reviewer on Fragrantica described this as the aroma of a bunch of wet leaves and pine needles left in a black plastic bag for a few weeks. For someone else, this might not be an enticing description, but for me, these are the types...

(photo via https://www.flickr.com/photos/joanneteh_32/) Additionally, the bottle of the perfume is kinda gorgeous. It is made of heavy glass and has a classy top that reminds me of polished stone in complimentary colors. For $110, they could have made the stone real, not plastic. It would have lent heft to the already heavy glass bottle, but it would have been so incredibly classy. As it is, the cap looks good...