Lacoste Pour Femme Eau de Parfum by Lacoste Review

Collage of Lacoste Pour Femme and its notes, including heliotrope, black pepper, violet, apple, labdanum, woods, and suede.

I wanted to like this because it has an alligator on it, and I like alligators. Something about that logic must [...]

Bebe Sheer Eau de Parfum by Bebe Review

Collage of Bebe Sheer perfume and its notes, including freesia, apple, jasmine, peony, sandalwood, citruses, and amber.

On first spray, this reminds me of trips to the indoor pool at the YMCA.Does Bebe Sheer by Bebe smell like [...]

Jessica McClintock Eau de Parfum by Jessica McClintock Review

Collage of Jessica McClintock perfume and its notes, including basil, lemon, lily of the valley, bergamot, jasmine and ylang.

Here's an unsweet perfume perfectly suited to a very sweet girl.Herbal and fresh, this is a perfect first [...]

How to Actually Keep Your Perfume No-Buy Resolution This Year

Photo collage of a bright vermilion red-orange paper shopping bag, a bunch of sliced oranges, and a fresh fuzzy peach.

It's a new year, and with new years come new resolutions.In the world of perfume and cologne enthusiasts, [...]

Lost Cherry Eau de Parfum by Tom Ford Review

Collage of Lost Cherry by Tom Ford and its notes, including cherry, almond, vanilla, liquor, cinnamon, wood, amber, and plum.

This smells like most expensive cherry chapstick ever to exist. And then it is gone.Tom Ford's Lost Cherry is [...]

Lovely Eau de Parfum by Sarah Jessica Parker Review

Collage of Lovely by SJP and its notes, including lavender, rosewood, orchid, narcissus, martini, bergamot, and cedar.

Like me, my mother is too fickle to ever have a true signature scent, but this is as close as she got. This was [...]

En Passant Eau de Parfum by Frédéric Malle Review

Collage of En Passant by Frederic Malle and its notes, including lilac, petitgrain, cucumber, wheat, and watery notes.

En Passant: it's everyone's least favorite pre-game chess quibble, and also a pretty, pensive aquatic lilac [...]

Is Being Left Out in the Cold Bad for Perfume?

A delicate snowflake with six branches.

A month and a half ago I was waiting anxiously on a little box of samples in the mail. It was days before I had [...]

Whispers of the Library Eau de Toilette by Maison Martin Margiela Review

Collage of Whispers in the Library Eau de Toilette and its notes, including vanilla, cedar, black pepper, and woody notes.

This isn't the literal smell of a book. Not even close. But it is a lovely academic sort of aromatic [...]


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