After decades of intense distaste for all rose soliflores and most rose blends, I have been converted. This is fabulous. It is my reference rose. Originally I owned it in the first Frederic malle...
Frederic Malle
After decades of intense distaste for all rose soliflores and most rose blends, I have been converted. This is fabulous. It is my reference rose. Originally I owned it in the first Frederic malle...
Portrait of a Lady is perfume with a capital P, dense, evocative and full bodied. Light, fresh roses aren't for me but this is baroque, dark and smokey.
There's a lot going on here. The opening...
Portrait of a Lady is perfume with a capital P, dense, evocative and full bodied. Light, fresh roses aren't for me but this is baroque, dark and smokey.
There's a lot going on here. The opening...
Ordered a number of samples from Aedes. Musc Ravaguer was among them and one I'd been wanting to try for quite a while. I had high hopes for this one and was really excited to try it. I'm...
Ordered a number of samples from Aedes. Musc Ravaguer was among them and one I'd been wanting to try for quite a while. I had high hopes for this one and was really excited to try it. I'm...
Bought samples from Aedes of fragrances I've been wanting to try. Iris Poudre was one of them. I have skin that eats fragrance. Unfortunately, it ate this one too, in record time. It's a...
Bought samples from Aedes of fragrances I've been wanting to try. Iris Poudre was one of them. I have skin that eats fragrance. Unfortunately, it ate this one too, in record time. It's a...
Have been wanting to try this one for years. Ordered samplesfrom Aedes, and this was one of them. Let me preface this review by saying that my skin devours fragrance and that i thought I liked...
Have been wanting to try this one for years. Ordered samplesfrom Aedes, and this was one of them. Let me preface this review by saying that my skin devours fragrance and that i thought I liked...
OMG.
If you tried Do Son by Diptique and you hated it, try Carnal flower.
If you love Do Son, try Carnal flower.
The "oily" smell of the tuberose is very prominent on the testing paper strip...
OMG.
If you tried Do Son by Diptique and you hated it, try Carnal flower.
If you love Do Son, try Carnal flower.
The "oily" smell of the tuberose is very prominent on the testing paper strip...
Update 07/15: Having used two 10ml spray decants of this, last week i bought a full bottle from Barneys in Chicago. I still do not get a light or airy rose here. With my body chemistry this...
Update 07/15: Having used two 10ml spray decants of this, last week i bought a full bottle from Barneys in Chicago. I still do not get a light or airy rose here. With my body chemistry this...
I absolutely love tuberose and was dying to smell this one. I finally had the chance today and can I say HOLY SHIT. I can't even describe how intoxicating Carnal Flower is. I am literally still...
I absolutely love tuberose and was dying to smell this one. I finally had the chance today and can I say HOLY SHIT. I can't even describe how intoxicating Carnal Flower is. I am literally still...
Didn't like this the first few times I tried my sample, it smelled metallic and synthetic to me. But today I tried again and I am smitten. Yes it still has a floral/mineral opening but once it...
Didn't like this the first few times I tried my sample, it smelled metallic and synthetic to me. But today I tried again and I am smitten. Yes it still has a floral/mineral opening but once it...
Lipstick rose is an absolute love for me. To be honest I am a big Malle fan & it was my "first" introduction to the beauty & fun of the powdery rose/violet cosmetc accord everyone talks about. ...
Lipstick rose is an absolute love for me. To be honest I am a big Malle fan & it was my "first" introduction to the beauty & fun of the powdery rose/violet cosmetc accord everyone talks about. ...
This is the best smelling stuff on earth... But it's so expensive! I think it's the gardenia that makes it smell so good and I found a similar smelling perfume, Tocca Florence, and am using that...
This is the best smelling stuff on earth... But it's so expensive! I think it's the gardenia that makes it smell so good and I found a similar smelling perfume, Tocca Florence, and am using that...
I adore the spicy topnotes that come swirling out of these on first spray like entering a wonderful bakeshop. This is much more true than, for sample, Jeaux de Peau. I probably smelled this...
I adore the spicy topnotes that come swirling out of these on first spray like entering a wonderful bakeshop. This is much more true than, for sample, Jeaux de Peau. I probably smelled this...
My first perfume review, well I'm not a perfume expert, never was and probably never will be, so sorry but I just have to write down my feelings.
I moved to my aunt's apartment in 2011, it's in...
My first perfume review, well I'm not a perfume expert, never was and probably never will be, so sorry but I just have to write down my feelings.
I moved to my aunt's apartment in 2011, it's in...
Oh my GOD, what a feminine perfume! What a masterpiece! I expected it to be some scent of what a cosmetics have, but this is sooo much better! I can inhale this all of the time, I want to smell...
Oh my GOD, what a feminine perfume! What a masterpiece! I expected it to be some scent of what a cosmetics have, but this is sooo much better! I can inhale this all of the time, I want to smell...
I requested a sample of this from another swapper...recieved it with such high hopes, but to me its, just "eh". On me, a glorified Toujours Moi. I will stick to the original TM.
I requested a sample of this from another swapper...recieved it with such high hopes, but to me its, just "eh". On me, a glorified Toujours Moi. I will stick to the original TM.
Always an interesting journey that starts with a realistic representation of vintage lipsticks, salutes Guerlain’s candied violets and kisses Roucel’s boisterous Tocade on its way before...
Always an interesting journey that starts with a realistic representation of vintage lipsticks, salutes Guerlain’s candied violets and kisses Roucel’s boisterous Tocade on its way before...
A very crisp, very dry, and somewhat bitter green fragrance, that is largely unisex. A bit of anise, a bit of coumarin and a dusting of bergamot keep it from smelling overly culinary. Lasting...
A very crisp, very dry, and somewhat bitter green fragrance, that is largely unisex. A bit of anise, a bit of coumarin and a dusting of bergamot keep it from smelling overly culinary. Lasting...
A dark rose, a boozy rose, a gothic rose. A rose just starting to brown around the edges. Autumnal. A bit of melancholy hangs in its dry-down. And it lasts.
A dark rose, a boozy rose, a gothic rose. A rose just starting to brown around the edges. Autumnal. A bit of melancholy hangs in its dry-down. And it lasts.
THE SELLER AT AEDES DE VENUSTA WAS SO EAGER TIO GET THIS TO ME, ITS HIS FAVOURITE HE GENERALLY HAS GREAT TASTE AND KNOWS WHAT IM LOOKING FOR AND KNOWS MY BASE PERFUME IS FRACAS SO I LIKE LOUD, (...
THE SELLER AT AEDES DE VENUSTA WAS SO EAGER TIO GET THIS TO ME, ITS HIS FAVOURITE HE GENERALLY HAS GREAT TASTE AND KNOWS WHAT IM LOOKING FOR AND KNOWS MY BASE PERFUME IS FRACAS SO I LIKE LOUD, (...
i wear this at work , or around attorneys and professional men in showbusiness the effect it has is sweet sexy but "stay away" its like a dress that has just enough decolellette. i really like it...
i wear this at work , or around attorneys and professional men in showbusiness the effect it has is sweet sexy but "stay away" its like a dress that has just enough decolellette. i really like it...