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Atelier Cologne Cafe Tuberosa ~ fragrance review

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Barbie

“He had received a mysterious invitation to Venice just a few days after that unforgettable night. He was wondering what this was all about, then he recognized Café Tuberosa. There she was, staring at him. Suddenly it was clear. In a moment they would have the chance to start over again.”

Unforgettable, but in a good way? Staring at him…why not gazing or something less intense? Café Tuberosa: stalker? Ex? Watch out! All those Venice canals are perfect for drowning.

Atelier Cologne Café Tuberosa1 is a new fragrance in the brand’s Avant Garde collection.

Tuberose seems to be overtaking rose as the fleur du jour in perfumery…

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Cire Trudon Olim & Mortel ~ fragrance reviews

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St. Louis by the workshop of El Greco

I’m a Francophile when it comes to candles. Cire Trudon is part of my Candle Triumvirate; Astier de Villatte and Diptyque make up the others. (I’ve always been afraid to try Frédéric Malle candles…I have a feeling they’d expand my candle obsession and budget to an even crazier level.)

I was interested (that’s about the best I can muster these days in Perfumeland, no longer am I “thrilled” or “excited” about new launches) when I heard Cire Trudon had developed a personal fragrance line called Trudon (how many times did I wish one of Cire Trudon’s wonderfully scented room sprays or candles was a perfume?) I’m happy to report three of the first five perfumes pleased me, and today I’m reviewing two: Olim1 and Mortel2. Robin Here at NST beat me to my other favorite: Deux (II)…

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Amouage Beach Hut Man and Eight & Bob Champs de Provence ~ fragrance reviews

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Amouage Beach Hut Man

Just as autumn is gaining confidence, Amouage and Eight & Bob have released “summery” perfumes (perfect timing for the Southern Hemisphere, at least!)

Amouage Beach Hut Man1 seems to have divided perfumistos: judging from online commentary, lots of men love it and lots wanted to scrub it off immediately. (That’s usually a good sign…for me anyway.) …

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Timothy Han Edition Perfumes The Decay of the Angel ~ fragrance review

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Timothy Han Edition Perfumes The Decay of the Angel1 was inspired by the novel of the same name by Yukio Mishima. It is the fourth novel in Mishima’s The Sea of Fertility cycle. In The Decay of the Angel, a wealthy, retired judge, Shigekuni Honda, adopts a handsome (but bad-to-the-bone) teenager, Tōru Yasunaga, who Honda believes is the reincarnation of a friend who died young. Honda wants to save Tōru from an early death — evil, sadness and humiliation ensue.

In college, I fell in love with Japanese Buddhist art. Studying Buddhist sculpture led me to Japanese literature and films. I dutifully paid attention to (read and watched) Mishima and Akira Kurosawa; they were spoken of and written about more than other Japanese writers and filmmakers of their time periods…

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Amouage Figment Man ~ fragrance review

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Bhutan

Amouage Figment Man* is a weird perfume. During the week I wore it, people — who (I believe) didn’t realize they were commenting on my fragrance — said things like: “We must have had another garbage disposal problem!” (in the kitchen at work as I made an espresso); “Is that pee?” (person sniffing in the parking garage elevator…how rude!) Another stranger, behind me, on the ‘down’ escalator at the library, asked their companion: “What’s that sickening smell?” (The library smelled fine to me.)

For those who know my tastes, you can probably guess: I like Figment Man…

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