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Cacharel Eden EDP Perfume Review

Cacharel Eden perfume

Mainstream Monday – Sniffing a Popular Perfume

Eden has always reminded me of a “space garden”¹, this is a garden housed in some bubble on some planet we’ve never heard of. It’s a sci-fi fruity floral; a synthetic replication of paradise.

The opening is a metallic citrus and adlehydes, cool and mineral and somewhat like the opening in Kenzo Ça Sent Beau but more humid. It wears as green, citrus and humid with a hint of spicy anise. As the steam lifts, it’s a green tuberose and “space fruits”… Continue reading | 12 Comments

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Demeter Vinyl Pick-Me-Up Cologne Fragrance Review

 

I bought this because my husband wanted me to. The Demeter website states that To understand Demeter’s Vinyl think of the smell of those car seats from 1970’s, or a sort of PVC jacket from the same era. Not everyone’s cup of tea, so to speak. But then, it doesn’t have to be, does it. He wanted to relive memories of as a kid ridding in the back of a gigantic Buick with those hot, cracked vinyl seats. When I received this product it had all of these white floaties. This is normal. The website says… Continue reading | 2 Comments