Posts Tagged ‘spices’

• Miller Harris La Fumée EDP Perfume Review

  Date: 2012.01.18 | Category: fragrance | Response: 3

  Miller Harris La Fumée (the smoke) is a dry, woodsy incense fragrance. I don’t see La Fumée as smoky but more of a meditative “steamy” fragrance. This scent mellows me out in the way that Penhaligon’s Elixir does. This is a fragrance that I wear for myself.

  La Fumée opens with this “evergreen filth” that isn’t as “clean” or “fresh” as most evergreen scents. It’s a mix of living evergreens and cool spices like cardamom (which I adore). There is a cool, citrusy, gummy resins… Continue reading | 3 Comments

• Sonoma Scent Studio Sienna Musk EDP Perfume Review

  Date: 2011.12.07 | Category: fragrance | Response: 11

  

  Sonoma Scent Studio Sienna Musk is a spicy, woodsy musk that doesn’t have any of the heaviness associated with spicy, woodsy, musky fragrances. Sienna Musk is soft, warm and furry, reminding me of darling little kitties basking in window sunlight.

  

  Sienna Musk opens as this soft “furry” musk with this amazing sandalwood. This sandalwood smells luxurious and high-quality. The top has a bit of fizzy ginger ale that… Continue reading | 11 Comments

• Villainess Blood and Jai Mahal Soap Reviews

  Date: 2011.10.12 | Category: body products | Response: 2

  It’s time for me to tell you that I love Villainess Soaps. They are highly fragrant, aesthetically pleasing, lather nicely and leave the skin lightly fragranced. I also love the packaging and the look of the entire line. Here’s my review of two of the more “boozy” scents:

  

  Blood – “Merlot grounded in dry fig and inspired by a ripe bouquet of berries“. Blood is a fresh fig poached in tart red wine. It’s dark and mysterious. Blood isn’t overly “fruity”… Continue reading | 2 Comments

• Esscentual Alchemy Autumn Spice Natural Perfume Review

  Date: 2011.10.11 | Category: fragrance | Response: 6

  

  It’s fall, my favorite season, and I’m craving chai, pumpkin pie, cashmere sweaters in heathered shades and of course, autumn fragrances. Esscentual Alchemy Autumn Spice is what you’d expect with a name like Autumn Spice! It’s a spicy, warm fragrance. It smells like autumn in a bottle. You wear this and you hear the crisp leaves crunch under your boots, you feel the coolness on your nose and the hot latte in hand.

  Autumn Spice is a resinous, natural myrrh that is warm and… Continue reading | 6 Comments

• Lacoste Pour Homme EDT Fragrance Review

  Date: 2011.08.08 | Category: fragrance | Response: 9

  

  Mainstream Monday – Sniffing A Popular Perfume

  I gave Lacoste Pour Homme a try because I was surprised at how much I loved Lacoste Pour Femme, a wonderful and soft ambrette musk with awful branding/marketing. Maybe Lacoste Pour Homme would be a pleasant surprise too. It wasn’t.

  This is an EDT/mainstream men’s fragrance, so the alcohol content is high. At first spritz, I’m reminded of an alcoholic, his preference is rum and gin, and he oversprays himself in boring, generic aquatic-apple… Continue reading | 9 Comments