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Every Barbie from the Barbie Movie as a Perfume

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As perpetually late to the party and awful with kairos as I am, I have only just watched Greta Gerwig's Barbie [...]

The Scentaur Turns 1

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Happy first birthday to this glorious disaster of a perfume blog.A few weeks ago, The Scentaur officially [...]

Fragrance Blog Spotlight: Basenote Bitch

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Usually, when I find a fragrance blog I haven't read before, I just add it to The Scentaur's blogroll. But the [...]

The Bees by Laline Paull Book Review

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I went into this book never once suspecting it would be a groundbreaking olfactory novel worth reviewing on the [...]

Introducing The Scentaur Blogroll

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The Scentaur has a blogroll now.But this isn't just any blogroll. It's a comprehensive directory of all the [...]

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind Book Review

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Set in sixteenth-century France, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer follows a horrible little creep called [...]

The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro Book Review

A collage of the cover of The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro, a pair of red lips, and a custer of paperwhite flowers.

Can anyone write a perfume-related book that is remotely happy for once?Alright, this one is happy in places. [...]

The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister Book Review

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They say not to judge a book by its cover, but of course everyone does. Looking at the cover of The Scent Keeper [...]

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