Niche line Biehl Parfumkunstwerke has launched gs03 (aka Cologne Reloaded 3.0), a new fragrance developed by perfumer Geza Schoen…
And the winner is…
...Matildaben, who takes the Neela Vermeire Créations Mohur from our last contest. Congrats, and huge apologies for being a day late with the announcement!
The Different Company South Bay, Kashan Rose & White Zagora ~ new fragrances
French niche brand The Different Company has introduced three new fragrances in their L’Esprit Cologne series: South Bay, Kâshân Rose and White Zagora. All were developed by perfumer Émilie Coppermann…
Fragrance Foundation Awards (Fifis) Winners 2013
The Fragrance Foundation has announced the winners of the 2013 Fragrance Foundation Awards, formerly known as the Fifi Awards. And the winners are…
Women’s Luxury* ~ Balenciaga Florabotanica
Men’s Luxury ~ Acqua di Parma Colonia Intensa Oud…
Tom Ford Sahara Noir ~ fragrance review
Tom Ford just launched the latest fragrance in the Tom Ford Signature line — Sahara Noir. Judging from my recent experiences with Tom Ford perfumes, and the looks of Sahara Noir’s ingredients list*, I got more, and less, than I bargained for.
First, the “more.” Sahara Noir is a high-quality fragrance, easily besting recent Private Blend offerings. Sahara Noir goes on skin smelling of smoky (frank) incense, with sweet (but faint) undertones of cedar/cypress, cistus labdanum and cinnamon. Sahara Noir is a dense perfume, conjuring closed spaces, almost airless, where odors “congregate” and abide (think: tiny chapels or temples, saturated with incense smoke and candle soot). If you love incense-wood fragrances do try it, especially if your tastes run to “stark”/simple incense perfumes…