Posts Tagged ‘fragrance review’

• Votivo Rush of Rose Candle Review

  Date: 2012.02.06 | Category: home scents | Response: 0

  

  Rose Week 2012

  Votivo Rush of Rose is an “old-fashioned” rose since it is a rose soliflore. Rush of Rose isn’t a powdery rose, it’s a “watery” or “dewy” rose. The rose is undeniably rose. Anybody that smells it will sniff and say “rose”. It’s a cool rose, a rose covered in cool dew. It reminds me of a rose in the early morning. This is not a powdery, cosmetic rose scent.

  Notes listed include water greens, light ozone, aldehydes, Morrocan rose

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• Parfumerie Generale No. 25 Indochine EDT Perfume Review

  Date: 2012.01.31 | Category: fragrance | Response: 6

  

  I have limited exposure to Parfumerie Generale and because of Indochine, I realize that I need more exposure to this line. If half of their fragrances are as good as Indochine, then this is a line worth checking out.

  Indochine is a rich, sweet tonka-benzoin-vanilla. You do smell the dried resinous benzoin. But, what makes this better than sniffing a jar of benzoin resins is that Indochine is complimented by cool spices like cardamom. The honey shows up on my skin. Remember, honey likes… Continue reading | 6 Comments

• Caron Le 3ème Homme/The Third Man EDT Fragrance Video Review

  Date: 2012.01.07 | Category: fragrance, video reviews | Response: 4

   

  Caron 3ème Homme merges two of my interests – perfume and film noir. And not just any perfume, 80′s masculines, a “genre” that I adore. Caron 3ème Homme is inspired by The Third Man, a late 1940′s British film noir by Carol Reed. This film is one that some say “epitomizes” the genre and it has a strong cast with Orson Welles and Alida Valli. If you haven’t seen it, watch it.

  

  This fragrance opens with a blast of… Continue reading | 4 Comments

• Not Soap Radio Walking the Red Carpet Solid Perfume Review

  Date: 2012.01.03 | Category: fragrance | Response: 6

  

  Not Soap Radio has a cute collection of 9 solid “trans-portable” perfumes called “I’m not here, I’m really…” somewhere awesome. The line is affordable and is FAA approved travel-sized. I’m not here, I’m really Walking the Red Carpet is the glamour girl in the collection.

  Walking the Red Carpet opens as a lemony rose with tart, fruity currant sharpness. This gives the illusion of a living rose. There’s a bit of green dewiness with that distinct sour currant. The fragrance… Continue reading | 6 Comments

• Smell Bent Hansel and Dreidel EDT Fragrance Review

  Date: 2011.12.20 | Category: fragrance | Response: 4

  

  Happy Hanukkah!

  Hänsel and Dreidel is a limited edition perfume in Smell Bent’s The Snowman Cometh Winter 2011 collection. Honey hounds, this is a fragrance for you.

  Hansel and Dreidel opens as this really sweet, animalic honey musk. It actually reminds me of the brilliant but unattainable limited edition fragrance, MAC Africanimal, but on steriods. It’s sweet just like honey with some delicate spice and a base of woods. You do get a hint of whole wheat grains. The dry-down… Continue reading | 4 Comments