Posts Tagged ‘clove’

• L’Artisan Parfumeur Vanille Absolument/Havana Vanille EDP Perfume Review

  Date: 2011.12.17 | Category: fragrance, video reviews | Response: 6

   

  L’Artisan Parfumeur Havana Vanille is sweet. It’s more “vanille” than “Havana”. So, perhaps that is why the name has been changed to Vanille Absolument. Or because of a lawsuit.

  

  Havana Vanille opens with a balsamic vanilla bean pod with a spiced rum. The vanilla is a realistic vanilla bean pod. It seems “leathery” and oily. The rum is there and I like it. But, the clove throws my nose off a bit. It’s medicinal to me. But, with some… Continue reading | 6 Comments

• L’Artisan Parfumeur Piment Brulant EDT Perfume Review

  Date: 2011.07.06 | Category: fragrance | Response: 9

  

  Who eats peppers everyday? Me. Who goes through more bottles of hot sauce, dried peppers, and powdered peppers in a month than most people do in a year? Me. Who wants to smell like a fresh, red sweet pepper? Me. I’m a Southern gal and I love my peppers. I swear, I skipped Gerber rice cereal and was given pureed jalapeños instead. I’m a pepper thrill seeker. And since I’ve been hooked on hot since childhood, nothing ever seems hot enough anymore…except for L’Artisan’s… Continue reading | 9 Comments

• Obaapa Purple EDP Perfume Review

  Date: 2011.06.30 | Category: fragrance | Response: 4

  

  Obaapa Purple, a niche British fragrance, is a spicy oriental fragrance with some “umph”. Like biting into an unexpected chili pepper in  a savory dish, Obaapa Purple wakes up your senses and energizes. It’s a rush.

  Purple opens up a very good pink peppercorn spice with an added kick of mouth-watering cardamom. The blend is spicy and acrid with a meditative frankincense and red cedar woodiness. The pepper fades with time. I get clove, a clove pipe tobacco with an accent of sheer spiced… Continue reading | 4 Comments

• Wiggle Nicosia Perfume Oil Review

  Date: 2011.01.18 | Category: fragrance | Response: 10

  

  Wiggle Perfumes is an indie fragrance line located in Olympia, WA. The line has a burlesque but femininst vibe. I ordered a few samples so that I could familiarize myself with this local line. Wiggle Perfumes Nicosia is a sweet and spicy fig perfume. This isn’t green or milky. This fig is all about the fruit (who wants to look into the feminist symbolism of that, huh?) Fans of Satellite Paris Á La Figue should give Nicosia a try.

  At first application, this… Continue reading | 10 Comments

• Smell Bent Holiday 2010 Dr. Dreidel EDT Perfume Review

  Date: 2010.12.01 | Category: fragrance | Response: 9

  

  Happy Hanukkah! Thank you Smell Bent for not forgetting the Heebs! For Holiday 2010, Smell Bent has launched 5 limited edition scents. Dr. Dreidel is one of them. Dr. Dreidel is a spicy “green” scent. It’s heavy on angelica and clove-like pimento. It summons up the ancient spirit of...Drakkar Noir.

  I’m going to be blunt. I really don’t care for Dr. Dreidel. It’s a spicy, clove-like scent with “wet” cedar woods. It’s very masculine and a bit old-school. It’s hot and cold… Continue reading | 9 Comments