Posts Tagged ‘fragrance review’

• Guerlain The Voyage Collection Moscou EDT Fragrance Review

  Date: 2012.04.03 | Category: fragrance | Response: 14

  

  I love Guerlain but I’ve never been interested in The Voyage Collection. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s their size and price point that keeps me from trying them. *I seriously do not want 8.3 oz. of any perfume. But, I do want about 1.7 oz of Guerlain Paris-Moscow or Moscou, whatever it is called.

  Moscou opens as a cherry floral gourmand. The cherry and cranberry are tart and over a rich cherry-almond-vanilla tonka bean. I absolutely love the fruity cherry in this. Florals peek through but… Continue reading | 14 Comments

• Top 20 Sellers of 2011 Perfume Project

  Date: 2012.04.02 | Category: fragrance | Response: 25

  A few bloggers have decided to give their 2 cents of the most popular scents in the U.S. – best-selling feminine perfumes of 2011. You can find the list here at Bois de Jasmin. The list is in no particular order. And here are my informal observations/mini-reviews.

  

  Chanel Coco Mademoiselle

  If I smell perfume when I go out, 8/10 times it’s Coco Mademoiselle. It doesn’t surprise me at all that this made the list. Coco Mademoiselle is one of my least favorite Chanel… Continue reading | 25 Comments

• Votivo Candle & Diffuser Reviews – Pink Mimosa & Breath of Lavender

  Date: 2012.03.28 | Category: home scents | Response: 2

  

   

  In late January, I attended the New York International Gift Fair. One of the things that really stood out to me while I was there were the two new home fragrance launches from Votivo. There are many Votivo scents that I consider staples (the ones that I always replenish). Is Mimosa of Breathe of Lavender my new favorites? Let’s see.

  Pink Mimosa includes notes of mandarin, strawberry, gardenia, honeysuckle, mimosa, vanilla rum, sandalwood and musk.

  This scent is perfect for summer. It’s… Continue reading | 2 Comments

• Penhaligon’s Violetta EDT Perfume Review

  Date: 2012.03.22 | Category: fragrance | Response: 2

  

   Purple Flowers Week – 2012

  Penhaligon’s Violetta was created in 1976 but has the scary blue shade of a 1990′s club cocktail. The perfume house describes Violetta as a “dark, dusky and mysterious” violet soliflore fragrance. I disagree. Violetta is an amplified, potent violet. It’s like looking at violet with a magnifying glass and there isn’t anything dark or mysterious about that.

  Violetta opens up as very sweet candied violets. So, how is it different than other violet candy… Continue reading | 2 Comments

• Guerlain Chamade Pour Homme EDT Fragrance Review

  Date: 2012.03.20 | Category: fragrance | Response: 0

  

  Purple Flowers Week 2012

  In 1999 Guerlain made a Chamade for men to go with the feminine Chamade of 1969. It was a limited edition but now it’s back. I’m reviewing the most current Chamade Pour Homme, the one in the ugly bottle that is in Les Parisiens Collection.

  Chamade Pour Homme opens with spices, juicy citrus-evergreens and some crisp greens. It smells masculine, crisp and fresh. I admit that I get a bit of Pine-Sol cleaner in the top but strangely… Continue reading