Posts Tagged ‘bitter orange’

• Esscentual Alchemy Sax & Violets Perfume Oil Review

  Date: 2011.02.03 | Category: fragrance | Response: 11

  

  Tarragon is such an unique and complex note. I often complain that it isn’t used enough in perfumery. Well, Esscentual Alchemy has used it and and used it well. Esscentual Alchemy by Absinthe Dragonfly Sax & Violets is an interesting composition of patchouli and yes, tarragon. The final result is a sweet, woodsy, and balmy fragrance that I can’t stop sniffing.

  What I expected: With a name like Sax & Violets, I imagined a… Continue reading | 11 Comments

• Parfums des Beaux Arts by DSH Cimabue EDP Perfume Review

  Date: 2010.09.23 | Category: fragrance | Response: 8

  

  Dawn Spencer Horowitz’s Cimabue Italian Journey no. 8 is described as “Opulent. Enigmatic. Beguiling.” This is another winner from Perfumes DSH. I’ve got to stop falling in love with all of her creations! Cimabue is intoxicating without being overwhelming. This fragrance is described as an “oriental/gourmand”. It is absolutely delicious. It has what I want in a gourmand: spice, citrus, honey, and sweet vanilla. What can I say? I like spice and Dawn Spencer Hurwitz does spice well. I can not imagine my fragrance collection without Cimabue.

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• Parfums des Beaux Arts by DSH Epices d’Hiver Parfum Review

  Date: 2009.12.21 | Category: fragrance | Response: 4

  

  This is an all natural fragrance that is in Parfums des Beaux Arts by DSH “Gaia Perfume Collection”. This is as the name applies, a spicy fragrance. I really do like spicy fragrances but I think I have “low-brow” spicy fragrance tastes. I seem to always use Old Spice as my spice fragrance point of reference. Well, Èpices d’Hiver is spicy and citrusy like Old Spice but much more high-brow. At first it is a wonderful winter citrus explosion. You can smell bitter oranges, blood oranges, perfumey bergamot, and grapefruit. It… Continue reading | 4 Comments