Five O’Clock Au Gingembre Eau de Parfum by Serge Lutens Review

Collage of Five O'Clock Au Gingembre by Serge Lutens and its notes, including cinnamon, ginger, cinnamon, bergamot, and tea.

Five O'Clock Au Gingembre is delicious without being gourmand, woody without being wooden, and down-to-earth [...]

Curve Crush for Women Eau de Toilette by Liz Claiborne Review

Collage of Curve Crush for Women and its notes, including milk, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, cherry, tea, vanilla, and cardamom.

This one makes me think of that nursery rhyme:"What are little girls made of?What are little girls made [...]

Memoirs of a Trespasser Eau de Parfum by Imaginary Authors Review

Collage of Memoirs of a Trespasser by Imaginary Authors and its notes, including palo santo, clay, vanilla, and bourbon.

Now this is Bourbon vanilla with a capital B.Upon first getting a whiff of my sample vial, I thought I smelled [...]

7 Questions to Ask Yourself to Find Your First Fragrance

Collage of a question mark and a number of scent notes including coconut, coffee, orange, tea, bread, mint, salt, and peach.

Every time a friend of mine decides they want to find a perfume or cologne they like, I'm incredibly excited to [...]

Eau du Jour Eau de Parfum by Veronique Gabai Review

Collage of Eau du Jour by Veronique Gabai and its notes, including lemon, bergamot, ambergris, salt, sage, wood, and sugar.

When I was first getting into sampling fragrances, I'd always invite my friends to sniff what I'd call the scent [...]

Fancy Eau de Parfum by Jessica Simpson Review

Collage of Fancy by Jessica Simpson and its notes including caramel, vanilla, berries, pear, apricot, milk, and sugar cookie.

First things first: Fancy isn't fancy by any definition.It doesn't feel expensive, or clever, or [...]

L’Ombre dans L’Eau Eau de Toilette by Diptyque Review

Collage of L'Ombre dans L'Eau and its notes, including black currant, rose, cassis, ambergris, orris root, and clementine.

Straight out of the bottle and in the first seconds on skin, this is pure fresh green garden [...]

Oxidation Field: A Newly-Discovered Component of Skin Chemistry

Collage of the rusted head of an iron statue of a person surrounded by fruit, flowers, nuts, coffee, and other scent notes.

Skin chemistry: that vague, oft-cited reason for perfumes smelling different on different people.But what does [...]

Eau Lente Eau de Toilette by Diptyque Review

Collage of Diptyque's Eau Lente and its notes, including cinnamon, opoponax, cloves, myrrh, vanilla, other spices, and resin.

On me, Eau Lente opens with a resinous clove bomb.It has a strong room scent aura, reminding me of a cloyingly [...]

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