Champs-Élysées by Jean Paul Guerlain 1996
Hey there Frag Hags, So much hate for this lovely scent. I have managed to find a couple of other lovers in further reading but the majority don’t like it. Apparently people think it loud, really? I...
View ArticleL’Heure Attendue by Henri Almeras for Jean Patou 1946
. Post by Greg Young . When I visit op shops and second hand shops, I make a habit of scanning the place for bottles and fragrances, just in case. Mostly I find used minis of varying levels of...
View ArticleMuscs Koublai Khan by Christopher Sheldrake for Serge Lutens 1998
. Post by Madeleine . So much has been written about this revered yet polarizing fragrance that I debated for quite a while whether it was worth adding my two cents to the conversation. But sometimes a...
View ArticlePerfume Games
. Post by Val the Cookie Queen . Perfume Games YOU GOTTA HAVE A SCENTS OF HUMOUR!! It is exactly a year now since I met Portia. Val and Portia Mozart Cafe Vienna 2013 This perfume world is absolutely...
View Article01/02 Vapeur de Tubéreuse by Julie Massé for Fragrance Republic 2013
. Post by Poodle . Hi APJ, When I was asked to sample a new perfume I jumped at the chance. I’m usually late to the party with most new releases. When I heard it was a tuberose scent my nostrils really...
View ArticleGucci Premier: Blake Lively: Mini Movies
Heya Crew, Best line ever, “How do you make a baby happy? Say Gucci, Gucci, Gucci” Blake Lively is a great fit for what Gucci is trying to achieve with their Gucci Premier campaign. Gucci Premier by...
View ArticlePatchouli Intense by Patricia de Nicolai for Parfums de Nicolaï 2009
Hoiya Perfumed Peeps, Going through my stuff in the cleanup I came across dozens of samples and manufacturers carded stuff that never got a sniff. I don’t know hot this one got overlooked, it’s on a...
View ArticleMercedes Benz Perfume by Michel Almairac for Mercedes Benz 2013: 2014 Ads
Hey all, Well I’m back home and have nothing scheduled for tonight. AAAARRGGGHHH!!! I have found the ad campaign for the new Mercedes Benz Perfume though on art8amby. Do I think the fragrance will be...
View ArticleVienna Take Two. Photo Essay 2014
Righto, So have taken you on our flight to Vienna through it’s stops and starts, shown you Michael eating a schnitzel bigger than his head and now we are up to the meeting up with mates section We...
View ArticleMixing It Up – Layering Scented Oils USA Giveaway WINNERS
. Post by Azar . Hello APJ, This was meant to be for Valentine’s Day but stuff got in the way for Portia. Happy BELATED Valentine’s Day to everyone!!! Azar xx WHAT COULD YOU WIN? Today we will have...
View ArticleStella by Jacques Cavallier for Stella McCartney 2003
. Post by Maya . Hello APJ, I have very little interest in most celebrity scents. I know it’s not fair and I am probably missing some very good fragrances, but there are too many out there and others...
View ArticleLovely by Laurent Le Guernec and Clement Gavarry for Sarah Jessica Parker 2005
. Post by Ainslie Walker . Last year I read Chandler Burr’s book “A Year In The Perfume Industry, which I highly recommend. The book follows, every second chapter, Jean-Claude Ellena, in Paris,...
View ArticleL’Eau d’Ambree by Daniela (Roche) Andrier for Prada 2009
. Post by ElizaD . A perfume. Not a study, not an irony, not an invitation, or memoir, or a response. A perfume. A “your skin but better” plain old perfume. Friends, I give you L’Eau d’Ambree by...
View ArticleAbsolue Pour Le Soir by Maison Francis Kurkdjian 2010
. Post by Chairman Meaow . What do I know about Francis Kurkdjian and his work? Very little. I know that he’s a wiz with orange flower. That he is large on talent, not so much, perhaps, on affability...
View ArticleCookie Princess Does London 2014! Photo Essay
. Post by BlondesWunder . Hello Perfume Bitches! It´s Cookie Queen´s daughter here, Cookie Princess, although I prefer BlondesWunder. Finally catching up on our fab time in London. I have learned two...
View ArticleFleur d’Oranger 27 by Francoise Caron for Le Labo 2006
Heya All, I have had this little stash of Le Labo since May 2013. A small crew of us went up to the Venice, LA store and were treated like royalty there. I purchased a couple of the small bottles which...
View ArticleU4eahh! 2.43 by Yosh Han for Yosh
Hey Niche Nerds, I don’t know where this little sample vial on a card came from. It was in a bag of frags that I’d put together because they were in dab vials and I have to decant them into spritzers...
View ArticleHarajuku Lovers Wicked Style 2010
. Post by Katrina . Harajuku Lovers Wicked Style 2010 Harajuku Lovers is the perfume brand of the talented Gwen Stefani Photo Stolen Flickr While I don’t wear these perfumes much I absolutely adore...
View ArticleSweet Anthem Perfumes – Meredith Smith, perfumer + US Giveaway
. Post by Azar . In the past ten years or so the Pacific Northwest has become a hot spot for niche and indie perfumers. Our unique northwest culture of creativity and innovation, our dreary wet winters...
View ArticleVerveine d’Eugene by James Heeley for Heeley
. Post by Madeleine . Hello perfumed peeps! The best experiences on my perfume journey are those times when I have few expectations of a scent and it then totally rocks my world. So it is with Verveine...
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