Posts Tagged ‘tonka bean’

• LUSH Gorilla Perfume Vanillary EDP Review

  Date: 2010.12.27 | Category: fragrance | Response: 12

  

  LUSH Vanillary is a sweet vanilla floral with a rich tonka bean base. I really did not expect to like Vanillary. The name doesn’t sound too exciting and how many more vanilla fragrances do I need? Isn’t one good vanilla enough? I also sniffed it in the stores years ago and it didn’t have much impact on me (probably because I couldn’t smell it in the toxic LUSH environment). And at that time I was in one of my stages where anything sweet or vanilla… Continue reading | 12 Comments

• Annick Goutal Myrrhe Ardente EDP Perfume Review

  Date: 2010.12.23 | Category: fragrance | Response: 20

  

  We Three Kings Blogging Project: Myrrh

  When asked to participate in We Three Kings, I automatically knew that I wanted to write about my myrrh of choice, Annick Goutal Myrrhe Ardente (Passionate Myrrh) from the Les Orientalistes Collection. I like Myrrhe Ardente because it is a comforting scent, verging on gourmand because of the sweet notes of tonka and steamy beeswax. Myrrhe Ardente is passionate. It’s voluptuous. The Goutal Sisters were inspired by 19th century Orientalist paintings of romanticized “exotic”, voluptuous bathing beauties (I’m thinking something… Continue reading | 20 Comments

• Annick Goutal Musc Nomade EDP Fragrance Review

  Date: 2010.11.29 | Category: fragrance | Response: 12

  

  This is the 4th essence in the Les Orientalistes collection. This Annick Goutal collection is inspired by musk and rose loving Qatar princesses, an “Orientalist” collection. The cool thing about this scent is that it lacks “top notes”. It also doesn’t get its muskiness from direct animal sources. Lately, I’ve been smitten by musky ambrette seed and other “musk” plant sources. I’ve been craving “soft” scents. Musc Nomade is the ultimate soft musk scent. It is my favorite “soft musk” perfume.

  Musc Goutal is beautiful. Throughout the wear it smells… Continue reading | 12 Comments

• Cartier Delices de Cartier EDP Perfume Review

  Date: 2010.10.04 | Category: fragrance | Response: 12

  

  Cartier Délices de Cartier EDP is a gourmand fruity floral perfume. It’s sweet with fruits and amber. If you like sweet “sexy” gourmands then you should like this. I need to get this out of the way. I do not like Cartier Délices. I just may say I hate it. I had a French speaking lady tell me I smelled terrible and embarrassed the heck out of me in a drugstore line. This scent makes me nauseous after about an hour of wear… Continue reading | 12 Comments

• Prada EDP Perfume Review

  Date: 2010.09.13 | Category: fragrance | Response: 8

  

  Prada EDP is my classic. This woody-oriental was  launched in 2004. I feel in love with it back then ( I worked heavily promoting it throughout its mainstream launch) and I knew that this was going to be in my fragrance wardrobe until I died. If anything could be my “signature” scent then this could be it. (However, I doubt I’ll ever have one. I wear a different fragrance daily). I used to dream of being a Nose. But, after smelling… Continue reading | 8 Comments