Miss Dior vintage EdC GIVEAWAY WINNERS
. Post by Portia . Thanks for getting involved gang, let’s see who won. Portia xxx Miss Dior vintage EdC GIVEAWAY WINNERS Parfumo gives these featured accords: Top: Galbanum, Bergamot Heart: Jasmine,...
View ArticleHeatwave Fragrances for Summer 2015
. Post by Greg Young . Hey APJ, South-east Australia has been sweltering in a heat wave for days on end. Going outside has been like walking into a brickmaker’s kiln, and staying inside hasn’t been...
View ArticleVanilla Smoke by Aftelier Parfums: Live Video Sniff
. Post by Portia . Hi there Happy Huffers, Vanilla Smoke arrived a couple of weeks ago and we decided to do an opening ceremony with film. Scott is way more on the ball that I am with it and we are...
View ArticleCoco vintage parfum by CHANEL: Live Video Sniff
. Post by Portia . Hey there Frag Heads, Yes, Scott and I at it again. We did a bunch of these over a few weeks. Really there’s not much content but the excitement of documenting our opening ceremonies...
View ArticleVetiverus by Oliver Valverde for Oliver + Co. 2012
. Post by Portia . My mate Scott was over the other day and we were going through some new samples, bottles and decants that had arrived in the week since I’d seen him. Basically I grabbed a piece of...
View ArticleWhips & Roses by John Pegg for Kerosene 2012 + GIVEAWAY
. Post by Portia . OK Crew, Whips and Roses has been discontinued and is SOLD OUT everywhere so while rummaging through my drawers when I found a few ml in a decant I thought it would be nice to share...
View ArticleTerpsichore by ime Natural Perfumes Australia
. Post by Portia . Hey lovers of Natural Fragrance, ime Natural Perfume are run by a girlfriend of mine here in Australia, Tonya Walker is her name. Tonya wanted to offer a set of naturals that were...
View ArticleD600 by Christophe Raynaud for Carner Barcelona 2010
. Post by Portia . Heya Fragrant Fumies, D600 is a stupid name for a fragrance, GAK! Then I find out it’s affiliated with their address in Barcelona according to Birgit at Olfactoria’s Travels it...
View ArticleWhips and Roses GIVEAWAY WINNERS
. Post by Portia . Hey Hey Crew, Thanks for getting involved. It’s nice to share a discontinued gem. Good luck, Portia xx Whips and Roses GIVEAWAY WINNERS Photo Stolen Fragrantica Parfumo gives these...
View ArticleParfum Divin by Jacques Cavallier for Caudalie 2014
. Post by Willa Zheng . Hello APJ, Often mentioned in the same breath as Nuxe’s Prodigieux Le Parfum, Parfum Divin is Caudalie’s capture, in spray perfume form, the scent of the brand’s cult dry oil....
View ArticleSilver Musk by Alessandro Gualtieri for Nasomatto 2007
, Post by Ainslie Walker . Hello APJ-ers! I hope you all had a great festive season and were surrounded by/heard from those you love. Also, that you found time to remember those who did not make it to...
View ArticleVanilla Weddings in the South Pacific
. Post by Suzanne R Banks . Hi APJ, A vanilla wedding in the South Pacific? How about hundreds of them every year? Forge on to discover how organic vanilla is grown on the tropical island of Lifou in...
View ArticleImpromptu by Roxana Villa for Roxana Illuminated Perfume 2012
. Post by Portia . Hi there, Natural perfume is a term often reviled by perfumistas. It’s an interesting conundrum because people say they are looking for something different and unusual, a fragrance...
View ArticleLunch + Sniff: Great Afternoon Fun
. Post by Portia . One of the things that we really like to do here in Sydney is organise to meet up with mates and share some happy sniffing times. Over lunch, a cuppa or even an alcoholic beverage...
View ArticleNew Year, New You? Beauty Resolutions
. Post by AF Beauty . Hi APJ, So we’ve had Christmas and New Year – if you’re reading this on the right day, you might still be swearing to never drink again, you might be cancelling your credit cards...
View ArticleBat by Ellen Covey for Zoologist Perfumes 2015
. Post by Azar . Hello APJ, There has been a lot of buzz about bats on perfume blogs of late directly related to the new Bat fragrance created by Ellen Covey for Victor Wong of Zoologist Perfumes,...
View ArticleScent Eating Skin: Fact or Fiction
. Post by Val the Cookie Queen . New Year´s Salutations APJ. I saw the New Year in wearing Bandit EdP and Extrait together. An old fragrance but new to me. I received a large decant of the EdP as a...
View ArticleEverything’s Coming Up Russian Roses
. Post by Poodle . Hey APJ, I was recently sent a lovely box of samples from the 1st Festival of Indie Perfumery in Russia. The non-commercial event is creative exchange between Russian Perfumers and...
View ArticleGuerlain x JonOne – The Dark and Wild Becoming: Video
. Post by Portia . Hi there Guerlainophiles, You’ve probably seen the newest way to wear your bee bottle. Custom painted by artist JonOne. They are priced far out of reach of the normal mortals pocket...
View ArticlePink Marshmallows in the Morning by Banks Botanicals 2014
. Post by Portia . Hey there crew, More than anything I get asked about the Hand Wash in my bathroom. Every time we have visitors at least one of them question the provenance of what I consoder to be...
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