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Bruno Fazzolari Ummagumma ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 8 January 2018 44 Comments

Bruno Fazzolari Ummagumma

Bruno Fazzolari Ummagumma is a mess. For some people, it will be cravable mess. If you order cheeseburgers with bacon — and, come to think of it, why not mushrooms and a few slices of avocado, too? — Ummagumma might be your Holy Grail.

Ummagumma (pronounced “oo-ma-goo-ma”) is the name of a Pink Floyd album. It came from a roadie’s slang word for sex.1 Ummagumma’s notes include saffron, carnation, chocolate, tobacco, leather, labdanum, sandalwood, cedar, frankincense, tonka bean and vanilla. Can’t decide between a gourmand or an incense fragrance or a tough leather? With Ummagumma, you get them all…

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Perfume Resolutions for 2018

Posted by Angela on 1 January 2018 63 Comments

Happy New Year!

Is that a pile of rumpled sequins in the corner? I hope you had a good night out with great friends, something delicious to eat, and lots of dancing.

Or, maybe you’re more like me and refused to leave home on New Year’s Eve. As has become my tradition, I made a fire and had a few friends over on their way out to parties, then I watched Doris Day movies and ate clams casino. I’ve stopped pretending I like to brave the crowds only to wake up with a headache and hoarse voice and mascara caked on the pillowcase.

On New Year’s Eve, I also thought about the year to come. I won’t bore you with my resolutions about health and friends and tidiness (although we can talk about resolutions in the comments, if you’d like), but here are a few thoughts about perfume…

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La Via del Profumo Venezia Giardini Segreti & Palermo Don Corleone ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Angela on 18 December 2017 14 Comments

As usual, I’m late to the party. Perfume house La Via del Profumo (also known as AbdesSalaam Attar Profumo) has already garnered fans and an article in The New York Times, even though the fragrances are difficult to find and the perfume house’s marketing budget is zilch. Kevin has been reviewing La Via del Profumo’s offerings for five years. You’ve probably known about them for ages.

But for me, they’re new. Last week, I smelled two of the house’s fragrances for the first time: Venezia Giardini Segreti and Palermo Don Corleone, both from La Via del Profumo’s Italian series…

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Inside the Perfume Cabinet ~ Aparatchick

Posted by Angela on 11 December 2017 53 Comments

Aparatchick — her blog handle — has been a Now Smell This reader since the beginning. “In 2005, I googled ‘perfume blog,’ and the only one I found was NST,” she says. Twelve years and more than a hundred bottles later, she’s still sampling new fragrances and making friends in the community.

Aparatchick is retired from the finance and accounting industry and lives in Florida. However, she grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and it was there she developed her love of rich, deep oriental fragrances — fragrances that don’t wear very well in humid Florida, a subject we’ll tackle in a minute…

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The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food ~ book review

Posted by Angela on 4 December 2017 6 Comments

The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food

The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food might be as easily shelved with the biography of Winston Churchill in your living room as it is in the kitchen with the cookbooks. The Art of Flavor’s style is more that of a friendly textbook than a compilation of recipes. Don’t come to it for glossy photos of what you hope will be the main course of your next dinner party. Read it for an understanding of how to create the main course yourself.

Mandy Aftel and Daniel Patterson wrote The Art of Flavor. Perfume aficionados already know Aftel as a natural perfumer, author, and founder of Aftelier. A quick glance at the Aftelier website shows Aftel’s interest in food…

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