Mystery Nose Archives — The Scentaur

This is the ultimate playdough vanilla.At first whiff, Etro's iconic Heliotrope is all ice cream cherries. [...]

I'm not a florals person. Categorically.When I look for new scents to try, I don't tend to seek out and sample [...]

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

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

I'm learning there's more than one kind of soapy scent.There's fragrances that smell like bar soap, vintage, [...]

I'll admit I ordered this sample entirely for the zephyr note.Yes, reader, I am aware that zephyrs are a [...]

Knowing the Replica line, I'd expected Maison Martin Margiela's Soul of the Forest to be a recreation of a damp, [...]

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

Wow.Perry Ellis does it again.Just like Perry Man, here's another fragrance full of notes I'm usually [...]