soapy Archives — The Scentaur

At long last, a new Jardin has arrived. And oh, it is a delicious one.Hermès' Un Jardin à Cythère isn't [...]

Liz Claiborne's Bora Bora is a clean, soapy, tropical floral perfume. It feels a little aquatic, a little [...]

I've seen Lucky You for Women denoted as a release from both Liz Claiborne and Lucky Brand. So which is it?The [...]

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

On me, this is soapy like a bar of scented milled hand soap you absentmindedly take a whiff of in the cashier line [...]

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

Paloma reminds me of a stanza from one of my favorite poems, T. S. Eliot's "Rhapsody on a Windy Night":"The [...]

You know the way that, as a child, random household objects somehow become your playthings? This was the case for [...]

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