After a couple of weeks here’s a new perfume round-up from around the web. Let’s start with two reviews from two perfume bloggers I like more than others: Katie Puckrik with Burberry Body and Bryan Ross (aka From Pyrgos) with Womanity by Thierry Mugler. I like them for their no-bullshit, witty and entertaining approach to perfume reviews, and because they talk about designer and niche fragrances alike. Oh, and here are my own takes on Body and Womanity. [...] Read more »
Perfume Round-up #2
Five interesting things from last week. 1. Vanessa from Bonkers About Perfumes published a guest post on Now Smell This, about 5 Things To Think About Before You Start A Perfume Blog. Did I think about any of them when I started mine? Of course not. The link is to Vanessa’s blog (oh, and there is a comment from me there), where you’ll find the link to NST’s post. 2. A little bit off-topic if you will, [...] Read more »
Perfume Round-up #1
A little bit of perfume talk from around the web. Candy Perfume Boy’s list of things he learnt in his “scented journey” as he calls it. I can relate to a couple of them, like: #3: gender division. If perfume industry is based on half-lies, then gender division is the most manufactured of them all. Once I was sitting close to a colleague of mine, smelling a blotter that had been heavily sprayed with Opium, and she asked: [...] Read more »
How To Choose A Perfume That Suits You
Find your Sense of Scent This is a guest post by Saisha Potts from Cafe La Moda, the social space for fashion tips and makeup & beauty advice. She hopes this artilce will inspire you to find your perfect fragrance. Scent is one of the most influential and important of our senses. Able to attract and seduce just as easy as to deter and repel, a certain smell can act as a very powerful and personal trigger for [...] Read more »