Posts Tagged ‘French perfume’

• Divine by Divine EDP Perfume Review

  Date: 2011.11.09 | Category: fragrance | Response: 17

  

  Divine Divine is a perfume that wears you. This is perfume. It smells like perfume. It wasn’t created to smell like a Mediterranean holiday or exotic trade spice routes. Divine was meant to smell  like perfume. Old-fashioned and glamorous French perfume for fabulous grown-up and glamorous ladies. Unfortunately, this style of perfumery is no longer in vogue and these types of “larger than life” women’s perfume are viewed as dated. Dated or not, I find Divine very beautiful and borderline obnoxious. Obnoxious-fantastic-elegant like excessive 1950′s French… Continue reading | 17 Comments

• Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Fleur des Comores EDT Fragrance Review

  Date: 2011.09.08 | Category: fragrance | Response: 6

  

  Maitre Parfumeu et Gantier Fleur des Comores is a tropical custard of banana-like white florals, overripe fruits and creamy vanilla. It’s more than another gourmand fruity-floral. This fragrance captures the realness of black currant and passionfruit, adding a musky-fruit atmosphere that makes this fragrance enjoyable.

  At the very top, I get heady white florals that smell like true-to-life orange blossoms skewed by ylang-ylang headiness. Magically, Fleur de Comores becomes a musky black currant ripening on the plant. I get the leaves and… Continue reading | 6 Comments

• Serge Lutens Borneo 1834 EDP Perfume Video Review

  Date: 2011.09.03 | Category: fragrance | Response: 9

  Serge Lutens Borneo 1834 – best patchouli perfume ever. This should be my review and it very much could be, but you know me. I can’t shut up. So here’s my review of the best patchouli perfume.

  

  Borneo opens up as a camphoric patchouli, slightly medicinal. It’s less “dirty” or “earthy” than patchouli essential oil. The patchouli is big and bold. It reminds me of dried patchouli leaves…read that as “medicinal”. Some sweetness comes in. It’s beautiful and dark, but not too… Continue reading | 9 Comments

• Annick Goutal La Violette EDT Fragrance Review

  Date: 2011.07.28 | Category: fragrance | Response: 12

  

  Annick Goutal La Violette is a violet soliflore. It’s feminine, floral, and sweet. It reminds me of so many things that make me happy: Choward’s Violet Mints, mild weather, and fancy French cosmetics. This is my favorite violet soliflore ever.

  There isn’t much to La Violette. If you are familiar with Choward’s Violet Mints then you have an idea of what this fragrance is like. At first it is very violet. It has that violet food flavoring aroma mixed with greenness. It is so sweet, playful, and innocent…like candy but… Continue reading | 12 Comments

• Annick Goutal Mandragore EDT Fragrance Review

  Date: 2011.07.07 | Category: fragrance | Response: 9

  

  Mandragore (French for mandrake) is one of my favorite summer scents. This perfume is fresh, spicy, and woodsy. This scent is based on the mystical/mythical mandrake, a howling killer, some serious symbolism and folklore here. The “idea” alone of this fragrance could hook me, luckily the fragrance did too.

  At first the fragrance is very citrusy thanks to a heavy hand of bergamot. Bergamot is a note used in most fragrances and is “generic” at times. It isn’t in this blend.  It’s zesty, bubbly, green, and fresh. In the beginning… Continue reading | 9 Comments