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HOW THE LOCUSTS BURST MY BUBBLE
The money, all 500, 000 yen of it, had just been handed over to the woman at the travel agency when he got the phone call: ” I don’t think we can go. There has been a locust … Continue reading
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SOME PERFUMES BY PERRIS MONTE CARLO FOR FRIDAY: YLANG YLANG NOSY BE (2014) + ROSE DE TAÏF (2013) + TUBEREUSE ABSOLUE (2017) + JASMIN DE PAYS (2019) + MIMOSA TANNERON (2020)
On Bibi’s recommendation, I decided to stop off briefly at Nose Shop, Yokohama on my way to work yesterday to have a quick sniff of some of the perfumes by Perris Monte Carlo, a well regarded perfume house whose wares … Continue reading
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D R O W N I N G I N V A N I L L A
Regular readers of The Black Narcissus will know that I am a big vanilla lover, and that I recently cancelled a long-dreamed-of trip to Madagascar due to the horrific plagues of locusts that are currently threatening the country. Although very … Continue reading
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PIU BELLODGIA + MY YLANG by CARON (2013)
You cannot envy Richard Fraysse, head perfumer at Caron. Much maligned by perfume lovers for his reformulations of the Caron classics (whether in an attempt to bring them into line with modern sensibilities, to match IFRA regulations, … Continue reading
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