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Holiday fragrance gifts 2015, part 4

Posted by Robin on 6 December 2015 19 Comments

Our series of holiday 2015 gift posts continues with gift ideas for men, although there are plenty of “unisex” ideas in the other articles, and as always there are probably a few things here that women might like.

Cinnamon Projects incense

From Cinnamon Projects, a dual incense burner and tray in solid brass. $150 at Aedes; the Cinnamon Projects incense is $30 for a tube of 25 sticks in a variety of scents (12 AM Carnation – Clove – Lavender – Oakmoss; 2 AM Cedarwood – Cinnamon – Honey – Vetiver; 4 PM Iris – Juniper – Mandarin – Patchouli; 7 AM Black Tea – Clay – Driftwood – Marigold or 8 PM Carnation – Leather – Mahogany – Tobacco)…

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Friday scent of the day 12/4

Posted by Robin on 4 December 2015 188 Comments

Ouarzazate

It’s been a long week, but it’s finally Friday! Our community project for today: wear an incense fragrance. (suggestion courtesy of Janice)

What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

I’m wearing my old friend, Ouarzazate, from the Incense series by Comme des Garçons…

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Tauer Perfumes Sotto La Luna Tuberose ~ perfume review, with an aside on Tauerville Incense Flash

Posted by Robin on 9 October 2015 14 Comments

Tauer Perfumes Sotto La Luna Tuberose, bottle detail

When I reviewed Sotto La Luna Gardenia, the first in the ‘under the moon’ series from Tauer Perfumes, I said that it wasn’t meant to be a realistic gardenia soliflore, and of course, it didn’t turn out to be one. The latest, Sotto La Luna Tuberose, invites you, in a similar fashion, to “revisit this white flower and rethink tuberose”. To my nose, it comes closer to the soliflore concept — it is recognizably tuberose, pretty much from beginning to end — but it’s hardly the sort of Ladies-Who-Lunch pretty white floral1 you might expect from a more conventional brand…

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Kerosene Broken Theories ~ fragrance review & a quick poll

Posted by Robin on 25 September 2015 59 Comments

Kerosene Broken Theories

I almost reviewed Kerosene’s new Broken Theories alongside The Different Company’s Le 15 on Wednesday— they have little enough in common otherwise, but both scents went into my (imaginary) “incense box” just as soon as I smelled them. And the respective juices fit nicely into the (other imaginary) boxes you’d expect: Le 15 is smooth and sophisticated, and perfectly plausible as an anniversary fragrance of an established (and expensive) niche brand. Broken Theories is indie, and it’s not particularly smooth, and it’s about, well, broken theories, or existential dread, or garden-variety anxiety-induced insomnia, or somesuch…

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The Different Company Le 15 ~ quick fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 23 September 2015 29 Comments

The Different Company Le 15

Time flies, and niche brands proliferate. The Different Company turns 15 this year, which makes them nearly antediluvian in perfume time. They’re marking the milestone with Le 15, a new “mystical composition” inspired by palo santo, the South American tree used as an aromatic incense, and believed by some to have medicinal and sacred properties.1

The opening is gorgeous: bright citrus and petitgrain grounded by a fair dusting of nutmeg…

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