Tag: spearmint

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EauMG’s Mint Perfume Guide

June 19, 2014

mint perfume guide

The weather here has been mild so far and I’m not complaining. We don’t have a/c and I don’t want to sweat it out. I’ve put together a mint perfume guide before the hot weather hits. I need to be prepared.

Mint has a high content of menthol. And menthol is sort of magical. It activates cold-sensitive receptors in the skin and that’s what gives it that cooling sensation.

Now this cooling effect is awesome in the summer but mint is tricky. I don’t want to… Continue reading | 21 Comments

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Strange Invisible Perfumes Black Rosette Natural Perfume Review

February 11, 2014

Strange Invisible Black Rosette

Rose Week 2014

As you should know by now, I’m a rose lover. I love the versatility of this timeless floral. Roses are fluid. Roses can be anything. On my fragrance journey, I first fell for roses by falling for “dirty” roses, animalic roses. I liked the “badboy” roses. And I still like roses with an edge. Strange Invisible Perfumes Black Rosette really is a strange dirty rose. This is a punk rose.

Black Rosette opens as cool, astringent and… Continue reading | 8 Comments

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Heeley Menthe Fraiche Perfume Review

July 20, 2010

Fragrance & Food:

Heeley Menthe Fraiche is a fresh mint fragrance.Don’t let this scare you. It does not smell medicinal or like chewing gum. This is a brilliant mint fragrance. The problem: I can barely smell it after 30 minutes.

At first the fragrance is a very herbaceous mint. It smells like when I go to my herb garden and just snip the herbs to use in cocktails or fro-yos. It’s a pleasant mix of muddled spearmint and peppermint. It has a bit of a “zing” to… Continue reading | 8 Comments