...In France one does not ask "what perfume is this?" maybe because you must be very learned in this respect. Yet, I am asking because it is not in my nature to pretend knowing everything.A few times, only, I have been asked about the perfume I was wearing and they were all well intended questions and after my answering them there was that "wow, I have to get it!".But listen to this! I have just purchased one of Tauer's Centennials and my husband , who loves all my perfumes said: Well, since we do not go too much to church it seems that the church came to us!

...All of my perfumes would do this.

...Shalimar.

...I got several samples from fragrancenet. I tried and the answer is no.

...The increased cost of natural, raw materials. The price of the perfume will be forbidding.

...I found these discontinued eau de parfums and they are good quality perfumes.I have got Matsukita and Crown Bouquet and ordered Stephanotis and Sarcanthus.You can still buy samples from Perfume Raffi. They are short on stock.

...From Crown Perfumery I am buying Stephanotis

...How much the name of a perfume calls for attention? How close is the name related to the harmony of the scent? How deceiving could the name be?I am not talking about leathers (cuir) or tabaccos or soliflore. Their names are straight as an arrow. No confusion there.But what about "Putain des Palaces", Angelique Sous la Pluie etc. You can also think about some ones. What determines the name of a perfume?

...Just thinking about autum/winter warmer scents ( Because I am wearing perfumes for the state of mind and the color they can create for my day) I would start the list with Iris de Nuit by Heeley, Cuir Pleine Fleure by the same Heeley, Shalimar, L'Heure Bleue et Mitsouko, the Oyedo by Diptique and a less known scent Linden from the Library of Perfumes. They are all warm and "heavy" and of a deep yellow/rusty/violet color. At least this is how I see them.

...Lately a great number of high end perfumes suffer from this "disappearance act". Reformulation? No one knows.Tauer, as mentionned, has a good longevity. Heeley perfumes, all of them, are great in this respect and I had a surprise with Dali by Dali and Origan by Coty, the vintage eau de toilette.