Ivoire presents me with the same problem that Cabochard does: it opens as something I absolutely love, find really sexy, then dries down to pure smoke and leather with no balancing sweetener. So...
Balmain
Ivoire presents me with the same problem that Cabochard does: it opens as something I absolutely love, find really sexy, then dries down to pure smoke and leather with no balancing sweetener. So...
Ivoire de Balmain...Wow, this takes me back! This was probably the first perfume I ever owned. I got it when I was 10 or 11. I was at Marshall Field's in Chicago waiting while my mom got made over....
Ivoire de Balmain...Wow, this takes me back! This was probably the first perfume I ever owned. I got it when I was 10 or 11. I was at Marshall Field's in Chicago waiting while my mom got made over....
I had a mini bottle of this a few years ago and when it ran out I was devastated to find that I couldn't get hold of it anywhere. A long time later I brought it up and the Fragrance board and an...
I had a mini bottle of this a few years ago and when it ran out I was devastated to find that I couldn't get hold of it anywhere. A long time later I brought it up and the Fragrance board and an...
In the vial I detect sweet candy violets galore but when applied the first thing I sniff are aldehydes and an old fashioned perfumey-ness I didn't like too much. Good thing that it disappears in a...
In the vial I detect sweet candy violets galore but when applied the first thing I sniff are aldehydes and an old fashioned perfumey-ness I didn't like too much. Good thing that it disappears in a...
Cabochard has always been my favorite aldehydic floral-animalic fragrance. Until now. Miss Balmain has suddenly and unceremoniously bumped it off of it's first place pedestal. However, all my...
Cabochard has always been my favorite aldehydic floral-animalic fragrance. Until now. Miss Balmain has suddenly and unceremoniously bumped it off of it's first place pedestal. However, all my...
I cannot speak to how this fragrance will work on everybody, only how it worked on me. I'm prefacing this way because I suspect my bad experience with it is a chemistry thing. Miss Balmain...
I cannot speak to how this fragrance will work on everybody, only how it worked on me. I'm prefacing this way because I suspect my bad experience with it is a chemistry thing. Miss Balmain...
Ah, Vent Vert, my glorious green nymph. You are a summer smile in a bottle. Your stupendously happy melange of leaves, grass, herbs, light fruit and meadowflowers will gladden the hearts of all...
Ah, Vent Vert, my glorious green nymph. You are a summer smile in a bottle. Your stupendously happy melange of leaves, grass, herbs, light fruit and meadowflowers will gladden the hearts of all...
This one lurches from top to middle to base notes like someone learning to drive a stick shift. And each stage is a little too "too"--the top is too spicy, the heart too sweet, the base too...
This one lurches from top to middle to base notes like someone learning to drive a stick shift. And each stage is a little too "too"--the top is too spicy, the heart too sweet, the base too...
I read the list of notes and thought, this is either a train wreck or a great fragrance--a lavender-and-white-floral/leather/tobacco chypre! Then I lost control of the vial and ended up with more...
I read the list of notes and thought, this is either a train wreck or a great fragrance--a lavender-and-white-floral/leather/tobacco chypre! Then I lost control of the vial and ended up with more...
Soft, woody, and clean. Notes: Angelica seeds, Bergamot, Passion fruit, Violet, Coffee tree flowers, Pink berries, Vanilla orchid, Cashmere wood, White sandal wood, Iris, Cappuccino. I don't smell...
Soft, woody, and clean. Notes: Angelica seeds, Bergamot, Passion fruit, Violet, Coffee tree flowers, Pink berries, Vanilla orchid, Cashmere wood, White sandal wood, Iris, Cappuccino. I don't smell...
I had heard great things about this fragrance so the last time I was at T.J. Maxx I picked it up for $10! It's very very pretty and ladylike and elegant. Green, with a creamy drydown. On me, I...
I had heard great things about this fragrance so the last time I was at T.J. Maxx I picked it up for $10! It's very very pretty and ladylike and elegant. Green, with a creamy drydown. On me, I...
This is one of my all-time faves... green, a bit spicy, yet not overpowering. Nice all year 'round, and in the warmer months, I find it works better than my heavier, spicier scents (I'm a huge fan...
This is one of my all-time faves... green, a bit spicy, yet not overpowering. Nice all year 'round, and in the warmer months, I find it works better than my heavier, spicier scents (I'm a huge fan...
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The love child of Bandit and Miss Dior (by way of a fling with Cabochard), Miss Balmain (1967) puts the animal in "floral-animalic" chypre. It is one of my favorite fragrances -- partly for its...
The love child of Bandit and Miss Dior (by way of a fling with Cabochard), Miss Balmain (1967) puts the animal in "floral-animalic" chypre. It is one of my favorite fragrances -- partly for its...
I bought this perfume initially for my mother, but opened the bottle and tried it myself. I was so surprised how pretty it was - it is the smell of Paris! I left this bottle for myself, and bought...
I bought this perfume initially for my mother, but opened the bottle and tried it myself. I was so surprised how pretty it was - it is the smell of Paris! I left this bottle for myself, and bought...
(Note: this review is of the vintage perfume.) Softly sophisticated, elegant, never stuffy or overly serious--I feel very comfortable wearing this, even in casual clothes, though it would be...
(Note: this review is of the vintage perfume.) Softly sophisticated, elegant, never stuffy or overly serious--I feel very comfortable wearing this, even in casual clothes, though it would be...
Vent Vert is a perfume with one clear statement: Green!
The experience starts with a heady breeze of green notes: freshly cut grass, clary sage and galbanum, and a slight suggestion of...
Vent Vert is a perfume with one clear statement: Green!
The experience starts with a heady breeze of green notes: freshly cut grass, clary sage and galbanum, and a slight suggestion of...
This is one huge leather fragrance, I find it to be too much so in fact. I cannot compare it to Cabochard as I haven't smelled that in years, but I can compare it to more recently leathers I've...
This is one huge leather fragrance, I find it to be too much so in fact. I cannot compare it to Cabochard as I haven't smelled that in years, but I can compare it to more recently leathers I've...
Miss Balmain is a classic chypre from the 1960's, gets stronger into the drydown. Leathery, clean, with a surprise of pepper as Miss Balmain develops. Quite a bit like Cabochard in the final...
Miss Balmain is a classic chypre from the 1960's, gets stronger into the drydown. Leathery, clean, with a surprise of pepper as Miss Balmain develops. Quite a bit like Cabochard in the final...
This is a lovely leathery/tobacco chypre that has a clean and fresh smell, a bit like soap. It also contains aldehydes, probably contributing to the fresh/soapy smell. Pierre Balmain said it was...
This is a lovely leathery/tobacco chypre that has a clean and fresh smell, a bit like soap. It also contains aldehydes, probably contributing to the fresh/soapy smell. Pierre Balmain said it was...