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Boxeuses by Christopher Sheldrake for Serge Lutens 2010
. Post by Val the Cookie Queen . I have a very good friend who is a reflexologist. There is a particular point on the bottom of the big toe that, when pressed correctly and very firmly, connects...
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Cartier La Panthère Fragrance 2014 Ad Campaign
Hey hey APJ! As you know I love some of the images that fragrance has given us over the years. Every now and then another one strikes me as particularly good, interesting, pretty or like today’s...
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Peety! by Angelo Orazio Pregoni for O’Driu 2013
. Post by Feral Jasmine . So here’s the deal: I am not going to shut up about O’Driu Peety until I see more reviews that skip the whole bit about adding your own pee to it. It’s not that adding 10...
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Anyway by Romano Ricci for Juliette Has A Gun 2013 + GIVEAWAY
Woo Hoo! I am back on board and in the swing of things again. Life has been quite hectic playing catch up after nearly 4 weeks away. Today I payed as many bills as I could and am left with a much...
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Santal Massoïa by Jean Claude Ellena for Hermès 2011
Hey Hey APJ, While out in London with the mad London Frag Crew a bunch of us that just couldn’t let the day finish went to Selfridges in the evening and ran amok. It was bittersweet fun because we all...
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Oude Arabique by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz for DSH Perfumes
Hello my APJ Family and Friends, As you may have noticed I love the independent perfumers that make good fragrances. Dawn Spencer Hurwitz is one of them for me, her work is innovative, original, fun...
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Un Matin d’Orage by Isabelle Doyen for Annick Goutal 2009
. Post by SarahK . Hello all! Have you ever had one of those moments when a scent hits your nose and you’re stunned by its exquisite beauty? That was my reaction to my first sniff of Annick Goutal’s Un...
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Pentachords White by Andy Tauer for Tauer Perfumes 2011
. Post by Sister Mary Magdalen, Patron Saint of Perfumers . Fragrance lovers, today I pray your indulgence as I sing a hymn to my favourite note in perfumery: Violet. So unfashionable, I know. She has...
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Anyway GIVEAWAY WINNERS
Anyway GIVEAWAY WINNERS Photo Stolen Fragrantica WHAT CAN YOU WIN? This week we will have 5 winners who will each receive: 1 x 10ml decant of Anyway by Juliette Has A Gun P&H Anywhere in the world...
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Magnolia: The Note + The Fragrances
. Post by Ainslie Walker . There’s hype about Magnolia. For us Australians it’s led by the release of Grandiflora’s two Magnolia Grandiflora inspired perfumes, Sandrine and Michel. At Sydney Perfume...
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10 Recipes with Peru Balsam – Myroxylon balsamum
. Post by Suzanne R Banks . This beautiful oil, called Peru Balsam or Tolu Balsam, is like a combination of benzoin and vanilla. Peru Balsam is sweet and soft and has warming stimulating properties...
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Chambre Noire by Dorothee Piot for Olfactive Studio 2011
. Post by TinaG . Hi APJ, The concept behind Olfactive Studio is the interplay between imagery and perfume – a picture can tell a thousand words, so can a perfume capture the essence of time and place....
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Dolce, The Perfume by Dolce&Gabbana 2014 – A Giuseppe Tornatore film
Hey everyone! Here is a film made about a fragrance that could, but probably won’t, be a fabulous, daring and beautiful creation. I love the film’s story and how perfect the whole scenario is, even...
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Liberté by Domitille Bertier + Olivier Polge for Cacharel 2007
Hello Frag Hags and Friends, I have written of this fragrance before, it is one of my go-to frags and I have no idea why it is so addictive to me. What I can say is that it’s a hugely under-rated gem,...
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Génie des Bois by Keiko Mecheri
Heya Frag Friends, After going through my fragrance wardrobe before leaving for holidays I came across a bunch of samples that remained untried, they needed some loving and skin time. I am trying to...
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CHANEL No 18 by Jacques Polge for CHANEL 1997
Hello Happy Huffers, While in Vienna we dropped into the Douglas store near the Steffenplatz where the have a CHANEL room. I was quite naughty and grabbed a bottle each of Bois des Iles and Coromandel...
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Oriental Lace by Calice Becker for Oscar de la Renta 2012 + GIVEAWAY
. Post by Azar . A couple of months ago my daughter sent me a link to the July 3, 2013 Lauren Valenti/Styleite take on Oscar de la Renta’s Oriental Lace. This brief post included a number of comments,...
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OLFACTORAMA AWARDS APRIL 5th 2013
. Post by Val the Cookie Queen . OLFACTORAMA AWARDS Le Prix des Amoureux du Parfum Vero Profumo Mito Voile d´Extrait, one of five, nominated for the Olfactorama Prix de L´Enthousiasme 2013 I had French...
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Zelda by Shelley Waddington for EnVoyage Perfumes 2013
. Post by Jordan River . Her name was Zelda, She was a showgirl, But that was 60 years ago when she used to have show… Well now she has a perfume! It’s a neo-oriental (what?) for woman (what?)...
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Dot by Annie Buzantian and Ann Gottlieb for Marc Jacobs 2012
. Post by Poodle . Dot, dot, dot… This is not really a review but rather a tale of a perfume that I never thought I’d wear, never mind own. Hubby went on a trip and got me a fragrant souvenir. I know I...
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