Vilhelm Parfumerie has launched To My Father, a new fragrance…
Aedes de Venustas Encens Japonais ~ new fragrance
Niche perfume boutique Aedes de Venustas has launched Encens Japonais, a new fragrance. (Encens Japonais is also one of the brand’s candles…*)
Eau d’Italie Bois d’Ombrie ~ fragrance review
Eau d’Italie released Bois d’Ombrie* in 2006 — and I loved it. I was going to buy a bottle but something terrible happened and I didn’t want to associate the perfume with personal sadness. A smell can attach itself like glue, or a leech, to an event and its associated feelings.
Years sped by (and many hundreds of perfumes, too); Bois d’Ombrie was left behind…
Miller Harris Blousy & Brighton Rock ~ new fragrances
British niche line Miller Harris has launched Blousy and Brighton Rock, two new fragrances in the brand’s Colour Collection…
Goldfield & Banks Southern Bloom and Les Bains Guerbois 1978 Les Bains Douches ~ fragrance reviews
I recently ‘threw the dice’ and chose two newish perfumes to review; quelle surprise…I like them both!
Goldfield & Banks Southern Bloom
(listed notes: Tasmanian boronia, cassis, mandarin, ylang ylang, jasmine, iris, vetiver, sandalwood, amber, musk)
Southern Bloom honours the rare and enchanting native scented flower, the Boronia, during its short September ‘spring-bloom’ on Australia’s southernmost island, Bruny off the coast of Tasmania…