Heliotrope Eau de Toilette by Etro Review

Collage of Etro's Heliotrope and its notes, including vanilla, rose, iris, tonka bean, jasmine, ylang, bergamot, and almond.

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

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 [...]

Fantasy Eau de Parfum by Britney Spears Review

Collage of Britney Spears' Fantasy perfume and its notes, including white chocolate, cupcake, kiwi, lychee, wood, and musk.

Fantasy isn't a perfume as much as it is a memory.Hazy clubs. LimeWire. Motorola Razr phones with see-through [...]

A*Men Pure Havane Eau de Toilette by Mugler Review

Collage of Mugler's Pure Havane cologne and its notes including honey, tobacco, vanilla, patchouli, labdanum, and cacao.

Mugler's Pure Havane was a fragrance I loved and never fully understood. It was one of my very first favorite [...]

Crystal Noir Eau de Parfum by Versace Review

Collage of Versace's Crystal Noir Eau de Parfum and its notes, including coconut, gardenia, sandalwood, peony, and spices.

As someone who adores rich, cuddly, cozy sorts of scents, I often find myself rather deprived of perfume in [...]

Loukhoum Eau de Parfum by Keiko Mecheri Review

Collage of Keiko Mecheri's Loukhoum Eau de Parfum and its notes, including rose, honey, hawthorn, vanilla, almond, and musk.

Sometimes before fleshing out a review I wear a perfume and take terse, rather unimaginative notes on my phone. [...]

Mayan Chocolate Extrait de Parfum by Aether Arts Perfume Review

Collage of Mayan Chocolate perfume and its notes, including cocoa, chili pepper, paprika, incense, orchid, grass, and wood.

Ever since I was in first grade I've been fascinated by Xocoatl, the unsweetened chocolate drink of the ancient [...]

Bee Extrait de Parfum by Zoologist Review

Collage of Bee perfume by Zoologist and its notes including honey, beeswax, heliotrope, labdanum, benzoin, tonka and incense.

You know when you covet a purchase so intensely you spend every spare minute ogling it online, comparing reviews, [...]

Hypnotic Poison Eau de Toilette by Dior Review

Collage of Dior's Hypnotic Poison and its notes, including vanilla, almond, plum, coconut, rosewood, sandalwood, and caraway.

Today I wore Hypnotic Poison and asked my boyfriend if he liked it."Sure.""Sure?""I mean, it's fine. [...]

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