Eau Duelle Eau de Toilette by Diptyque Review

Collage of Diptyque's Eau Duelle and its notes, including vanilla, black tea, saffron, juniper, bergamot, elemi and cardamom.

What is Eau Duelle?Eau Duelle is a dream of rich foreign marshmallow candies and sun.It's that perfect [...]

Ambre Narguile Eau de Toilette by Hermès Review

Collage of Ambre Narguile by Hermes and its notes, including vanilla, cinnamon, honey, tonka bean, tobacco, caramel, and rum.

I spent a long while deliberating between trying this one and some spin-off like Parfums de Marly's Oajan or House [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Shalimar Eau de Parfum by Guerlain Review

Collage of Shalimar by Guerlain and its notes, including incense, vanilla, lemon, cedar, chocolate, tonka, leather and civet.

Colonialist Orientalism really got the entire Western perfume world fawning over a bottle of two-dimensional [...]

The Scentaur

The Scentaur