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ELIZABETH TAYLOR’S DIAMONDS AND EMERALDS (1993)
Diamonds And Emeralds has the rare distinction of being the only perfume in my collection which cost more at the junk shop than it does in real life. Retailing now for around 10 miserable dollars, we paid more at a … Continue reading
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THE UNUSUAL AND UNEXPECTED INFLUENCE OF THE UNFAIRLY MALIGNED CHANEL GARDENIA + eight more examples of this exquisite, luscious flower
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TWENTY TWO OLFACTORY MEMORIES OF 2022
1.The ridiculously good smell of Rogue’s Jasmin Antique on my mother : I had sent a bottle of Manuel Cross’s extraordinarily life-like jasmine to my mum a couple of years previously as I knew immediately that this was a good … Continue reading
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TANGERINE DREAM : : : : : : TANGERINE VERT by MILLER HARRIS (2004) + MANDARINE by IL PROFUMO + LUNE NOIRE by GCB PARFUMS (2020)
Orange trees seem to grow almost everywhere you look in Japan, particularly away from the city centres. Bitter orange trees, mainly, with tough thick skins and fruit only useable for marmalade, but also mikan tangerines; iyokan – the most fragrant … Continue reading
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(NOTHING BUT) FLOWERS……….PUAKENIKENI by LINO MAKANI (2017)
With my impending hospitalization two weeks from now, and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un sending missiles over the water in preparation to attack US military sites in Japan (the primary one being Yokosuka, where I am having my … Continue reading
THE ANODYNE ANONYMITY :::: :::: ‘LES EXCLUSIFS DE CHANEL’ 1957 (2019)
As I waited for the assistant to spray some of the new Chanel at the boutique in Yokohama’s Takashimaya ( for a more in depth ‘introduction’ to the themes and concepts of the perfume I would have had … Continue reading
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CHANEL GARDENIA EAU DE TOILETTE vs PARFUM
It is approaching the end of the teaching term now as the colder weather descends and I have done quite well, been fairly obedient (for me) in not wearing too much perfume. We are not allowed. And yet … Continue reading
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THE UNUSUAL AND UNEXPECTED INFLUENCE OF THE UNFAIRLY MALIGNED CHANEL GARDENIA + eight more examples of this exquisite, luscious flower
THE UNUSUAL AND UNEXPECTED INFLUENCE OF THE UNFAIRLY MALIGNED CHANEL GARDENIA + eight more examples of this exquisite, luscious flower.
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PERSONA & PERFUME : ANGELINA JOLIE / MON GUERLAIN (2017) vs KRISTEN STEWART / CHANEL GABRIELLE (2017)
But back to Gabrielle. It seems that some people who read my corrosive review of Chanel’s latest ‘blockbuster’ the other day felt that I was overstating just how bad Gabrielle is as a perfume in … Continue reading
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IT’S MY MUM’S BIRTHDAY AND AS SHE WASN’T HOME JUST NOW WHEN I CALLED (PROBABLY OUT AT THE BUTCHER’S ARMS HAVING LUNCH OR SOMETHING), I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST DO A QUICK TOP TEN, ALL THE SCENTS THAT REMIND ME OF HER
Like most perfume maniacs, a mother’s own interest in perfume, even if she had them on the dresser, and wore them frequently, or all the time (which is half the reason why you are now so besotted with them yourself) … Continue reading
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The Black Narcissus 