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Anjolie Ayurveda Full Bloom, Grove Promenade, Nectar Oriental & Orchid Vanille ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Jessica on 2 May 2014 8 Comments

Anjolie Ayurveda Full Bloom, Grove Promenade, Nectar Oriental and Orchid Vanille

Four years ago (!) I reviewed a line of scented soaps made by a small company called Anjolie Ayurveda. I’m still impressed by the quality and fragrances of those soaps, and I’ve tried to keep up with the brand’s more recent releases. I blame the dreadful, seemingly never-ending winter for the fact that I somehow missed Anjolie’s launch of a quartet of natural perfumes. In any case, I’ve finally learned about them and sampled all four, and I’m happy to report back with some brief but favorable reviews.

Full Bloom is “a beautiful bright floral that captures the bouquet of spring” with notes of magnolia flower, jasmine absolute, bois de rose, rose absolute and ylang ylang. The magnolia note is creamy and lemon-tinged, and the rose-jasmine accord and rosewood note are subtle and mellow. This is a perfect scent for a walk in a park when the flower trees are in bloom…

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Providence Perfume Co Samarinda ~ fragrance review & quick poll

Posted by Robin on 13 March 2014 38 Comments

Providence Perfume Co Samarinda

An exotic scented journey awaits . . . . Travel to Indonesia. Samarinda begins with top notes of sweet orange, cardamom and pink peppercorn. A heart of carnation, heliotrope, rose, orange blossom and Sumatran coffee give way to a sweet scotch leather layover fortified by rum ether, jasmine rice, vanilla oakwood and roasted seashell.

Samarinda is the latest from Providence Perfume Co, and it’s a spicy oriental unisex fragrance named for the city in Borneo. When I reviewed Providence Perfume’s last fragrance, Branch & Vine, I noted that they were one of my favorite indie natural brands but that I didn’t like everything they made. Samarinda now joins Branch & Vine in the ‘yes’ column, and yes, it lives up to its “exotic journey” billing.

The opening is juicy and bright, but already rich and peppery-spicy, and it warms quickly — you can tell you’re in oriental territory within seconds…

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Providence Perfume Co Samarinda ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 24 February 2014 8 Comments

Providence Perfume Co Samarinda

Indie natural line Providence Perfume Co has launched Samarinda, a new spicy oriental unisex fragrance presumably named for the city in Borneo. Providence Perfume Co’s last launch was 2013’s Branch & Vine…

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Ayala Moriel Musk Malabi & Sandal Ale ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 15 February 2014 9 Comments

Ayala Moriel Musk Malabi & Sandal Ale

Indie natural perfumer Ayala Moriel has launched two new fragrances, Musk Malabi and Sandal Ale…

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Persephenie Vetiver Attars ~ perfume reviews

Posted by Robin on 11 February 2014 8 Comments

Persephenie Vetiver Attars

Longtime readers know I’m a vetiver fiend, so I was excited when I heard about the new Vetiver Attars from Los Angeles based aromatherapist and perfumer Persephenie. They’re attars in which the florals (and other notes) are hydro-distilled into a base of vetiver oil instead of the more traditional sandalwood. And those of you who read the original announcement might remember that they’re expensive — $64 each for 4 ml — as is generally the case when a small indie brand is doing their own distilling (Strange Invisible Perfumes being another example).* I tried all five; here are brief reviews of three: Blue Lotus, Parijata and Tuberose…

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