...am a truck mechanic. I adore espressos and long black coffees. My favourite colour is indigo. I am a huge fan of modern minimalist architecture, pop art, Australian hip hop music and was a manga/anime tragic as a little girl. I collected stationery as a pre teen, and swap cards. I have read most of...

...While there is great skepticism within the establishment part of the industry about the validity of thinking of perfume as an art, this is because they believe perfume is primarily about making money, and so the question is of little interest to them."--Tania Sanchez, Perfumes...

...like the one from JC Ellena too!Perfume is the art that makes memory speak.~ Francis Kurkdjian...

...about them and eyeing her website for a while but have held off because of the high prices - some of those bottles and caps are serious works of art though!Fluxit - you may know this already :-) Regarding Olympic Orchids I just wanted to mention that the 100% naturals from the range are: Tropic of...

...pertaining to The Beatles: CDs, vinyl, books, figurines, memorabilia.I'm a crazy cat lady so friends and family have given me cat tchotchkes and art through the years.Vintage furniture, I suppose...

...I do think it was covertly meant to target the group that would apparently see some kind of sense in it, but it was presented as 'naive art'.And since it's got a rather modest headpiece, one of my 'favourites' might do instead.Cryptic, why, the name's already given, as the male...

...ve always considered layering to be very much a °hodon anathematomenon° (one is not really supposed to say 'black art' anymore ... whoops! just said it! Actually, I do think it were best to phase it out, but its substitute may need to be a bit shorter!). If the...

...From societies that do cultivate this motto more than it would be appropriate, I have seen how this can also work in the other, suppressive way. The art of considerate, objective and civilised discussion without veering into an argument is not easy and something that needs to be trained certainly...

...and doesn't dispense a large amount per spritz. I'm wondering what to put on now, coz I'm going to the Sunday afternoon concert at the Whitworth Art Gallery; and, you know, I think I'd better use it again, as I'm still honking of it. What a remarkable transformation! I've gone from being cross at...

...beautiful, a strange friendship, a painting, an airplane wing, a melody, an abstract perfume can hold our attention for long. The last thing art wants to do is imitate nature. Nature imitates itself well enough already."-- Luca Turin, Folio Columns 2003...

...Thanks, Cryptic! And fabulous suggestions! :)The brightened, almost antiseptically clean character of Jasmin Full I can imagine and does pique my interest - will definitely check it out. I wonder who the nose employed for it might have been.Real shame those Amouage attars are yet another fragrant jewel of the past. *sigh* Songes is indeed stunningly beautiful! Apt analogy, your Gauguin jasmine. I've been on the brink of adding it to my collection ever since encountering it. Maybe it's time I had .. Is the current version still as wonderful as it used to be?I forgot to mention Jasmin Kâma but can't remember why I didn't swoon over it. Perhaps I should revisit it.

...Nice topic, Mia. :)I've noticed that sometimes people shy away from jasmine soliflores because of the presence of indoles. "Jasmin Full" is one to try if you happen to dislike the skanky aspect of the note. Almost antiseptically clean, and brightened by orange blossom and honeysuckle. Of all the jasmines I've tried, the Amouage attar was probably my favorite, but I never got around to buying it before it was discontinued. :( Can't even remember enough about it in order to describe it coherently other than it was glorious.I do love "Songes" by Annick Goutal, which I think of as Gauguin jasmine, complete with bananas and a tropical feel.

...So, girls, we seem to agree that Jasmin Noir is very pretty but lacks oomph. That begs the question which jasmine-centred fragrances do not. I love Jasmin et Cigarette! It's a beautiful janus-faced woody jasmine that won my heart right away. The two Lutens renditions of the flower are both wonderful and I am sorely tempted by either one. Both, À La Nuit and Sarrasins, showcase a rich and carnal jasmine. While À La Nuit plays up the flower's green-tinged, high-pitched sparkle with a heady indole, Sarrasins takes an almost austere night route via the stables, where it garners a leathery, slightly animalic and somewhat sweetened facet. On the other hand, Nasomatto's Nuda, with its sonorous, baroque or rather turgid take on jasmine, did not enchant me. And Alien, to me, presents itself with a shrill, overly stylised jasmine I find artificial and, frankly, quite off-putting.Jasmin Rouge, I believe, I've yet to try.What are your favourite, full-blown jasmine scents?And boys, you are very welcome to chime in. :)I do not feel like writing verses; but as I light my perfume burner with myrrh and jasmine incense, they suddenly burgeon from my heart, like flowers in a garden.~ Hafez ~

...Re-edition of Patou's Normandie (the SS Normandie's interior had been done in Art Deco by Patou's designers. In 1935, Normandie was released to commemorate its maiden journey...

...the fifth anniversary of this topic I find that I have less guilt over spending $$$ on what I view as olfactory art, but I do get angsty about adding to a collection that is already crazy big by non-parfumista standards. I could purge dozens of bottles to make...

...about Luca Turin and the search for the secret behind scent.)- The Perfect Scent (a year inside the perfume industry) by Chandler Burr- Perfume, the Art and Craft of Fragrance by Karen Gilbert- Le Snob: Perfume by Dariush Alavi (aka Persolaise)- Scent and Subversion by Barbara Herman (aka...

...nod to him as I sniff my way through his Signature Collection Parfums, and a few additions.First, to those who haven't tried them, these are artfully-composed perfumes that will not cause sneezing, asphyxiation, or make your eyes water unless you happen to be allergic to a specific ingredient...

...is the other way around too. It also depends on the mood you're in, sometimes it's easier to get lost, no matter in what form of art. Yes , I consider perfume as a form of art, to smell from the outside but it can touch you deep on the inside, just like music.I saw an earlier article about fragrances... but some kind of noise, and I can't concentrate on the smell (or hardly on anything else) :(I also do appreciate fragrances as art, or I tend to be drawn to those that seem to be art (while using 'functional' fragrances for every day), since my love for perfumes started as such (Diorissimo), but then, I wonder if... fragrances for every day), since my love for perfumes started as such (Diorissimo), but then, I wonder if scents of flowers in the nature are 'art' as well, when they can't be reproduced, even when they do not evoke deep or complex feelings inside, but only an instant euphoria? I have a flower...

...is the other way around too. It also depends on the mood you're in, sometimes it's easier to get lost, no matter in what form of art. Yes , I consider perfume as a form of art, to smell from the outside but it can touch you deep on the inside, just like music...

...them as helpful. And I am continuing to do so, even if the reviews are from years ago and the activity of the reviewer has ceased. So, while the art of a perfume is often shorter than a life, its influences and inspirations will hopefully remain longer. My 'fragrance experience' is nothing worth...