Atelier des Ors GIVEAWAY WINNER
. Portia . Het Crew, You all are amazing. Thank you all so much for getting involved and being a part of the APJ family. HUGE thanks also go to Megan In St Maxime who works for Atelier des Ors and gave...
View ArticlePeony Melbourne SALE
. Portia . Hey crew, The Peony Melbourne is having a SALE! There’s some great stuff discounted including Creed, Olfactive Studio, Keiko Mecheri and Tom Daxon. Yes, I shopped. PEONY Melbourne Peony...
View ArticleMitzah by Francois Demachy for Christian Dior 2010
. Portia . Hey Crew, I am so sorry but I have no bloody post for you tonight. Somehow we ended up without on a Friday night. I was wearing Mitzah tonight so here’s how it went. Mitzah by Francois...
View ArticleNEW! NEW! NEW! Miller et Bertaux GIVEAWAY
. Portia . Hi there Fragrance Family, One of the houses that flies under everyones radar is Miller et Bertaux. I really love their lack of trend following and general wearable outrageousness. From...
View ArticleFragrance Shopping – USA Premium Outlet Centres
. TinaG . Hi APJ! During my trip to Southern California in April 2017, we had an opportunity to check out two Premium Outlet Centres, one in Camarillo on the way to Santa Barbara, and Desert Hills...
View ArticleXerjoff Xerjoff Xerjoff: Dipping My Toes In
. Sandra . Hi APJ! Hope everyone is having a lovely smelling spring or autumn. I am currently surrounded by beautiful spring flowers and blooming trees and all of my senses are in overdrive. Here are a...
View ArticleMiller et Berceaux GIVEAWAY WINNER
. Portia . Thanks APJ and Miller et Bertaux, This was a really popular giveaway. Good luck. Libertine has the range in Australia Aedes has the range in the USA Portia xxx Miller et Berceaux GIVEAWAY...
View ArticleFumee d’Or by Dawn Spencer Hurwitz for DSH Perfumes 2014
. Portia . Hello Independent Fragrance Lovers, A bunch of DSH samples arrived at once a while ago and I liked so many of them but having been trying to space them out so you all don’t get overwhelmed...
View ArticleGrand Soir by Francis Kurkdjian for Maison Francis Kurkdjian 2016
. Portia . Hey Hey Lovers Of NEW! So many people with noses that I revere are raving about Grand Soir. I tried it a couple of times while out shopping and it left me bored to tears and cold. By the...
View ArticleSaturday Question: What Is Your Favourite Vintage Fragrance?
. Portia . Hello Fellow Fumies, I have had an idea. Well, actually I’m copying an idea from Olfactoria’s Travels. Once a week there used to be a Question. Everyone would chime in with an answer, chat...
View ArticleLe Sillage Blanc by Pissara Umavijani for Parfums Dusita 2017 GIVEAWAY
. Portia . Hello Independent Fragrance Lovers, OK, so I’m not sure exactly where my set of Dusita samples came from. I do know they were carded originally and that someone not from their company gave...
View ArticleSuperstitious by Dominique Ropion for Frederic Malle 2016
. Val the Cookie Queen . Good Day from the UK APJ Peeps! As you read this I will probably be trundling my way towards the Frederic Malle store in Burlington Arcade with Tara from A Bottled Rose and...
View ArticleMadawi by Arabian Oud
. Erica Golding . Joyfully scented greetings to you all! I must say, tonight I had planned to write up a different fragrance, but a special delivery landed that smashed my plans into smithereens. Are...
View ArticleLe Sillage Blanc GIVEAWAY WINNER
. Portia . Hello APJers, Thanks for getting involved. Let’s see who won. GOOD LUCK. Portia xxx Le Sillage Blanc GIVEAWAY WINNER Fragrantica Parfumo gives these featured accords: Orange blossom, Neroli,...
View ArticleCitrus Ester by Amélie Bourgeois and Anne-Sophie Behaghel for Aether 2016
. Portia . Hiya Frag Freaks, Modern is the catch cry of Aether, these guys use nothing but captured and created molecules in their scents. A far cry from the old school beauty of naturals and their...
View ArticleGucci Guilty Absolute by Alberto Morillas for Gucci 2017
. Portia . Hey there Designer Frag Fiends, Normally a 21st century message about a Gucci flanker would draw single eyebrow raised type archness from the grand perfumista community. Stick of shocks the...
View ArticleSaturday Question: What Are Your Two Go-To Scents?
. Portia . Hello Fellow Fumies, I have had an idea. Well, actually I’m copying an idea from Olfactoria’s Travels. Once a week there used to be a Question. Everyone would chime in with an answer, chat...
View ArticleMon Guerlain by Thierry Wasser and Delphine Jelk for Guerlain 2017 + GIVEAWAY
. Portia . Hey Hey Frag Heads, Well, hasn’t there been uproar on the scentbloggosphere around this one? Guerlain’s first stand alone pillar fragrance since the Limited Edition turned regular range...
View ArticleForever Now (Gucci Museo) by Lorenzo Villoresi for Gucci 2013
. TinaG . Hi APJ! Another place I had fun on our USA holiday was the Gucci outlet store in Desert Hills. They had the Diamond Editions of Gucci Guilty, along with some really fab travel sprays of Gucci...
View ArticleChanel Pour Monsieur by Henri Robert for CHANEL 1955
. Greg Young . Hello APJers, Released in 1955 Chanel Pour Monsieur is the venerable grand-daddy of Chanel’s line of male fragrances. I was lucky enough to find some vintage bottles of this gem. Chanel...
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