Covert + Mystic

“A mythical destination: New York. A legendary liner: the Normandie. A bottle blue like the Atlantic Ocean. A new olfactive odyssey: Hommage à l’homme Voyageur. This Masculine fragrance is a woody and spicy scent imbued with confident masculinity and refined elegance, in which two beautiful raw materials from perfumery come together: oud wood and violet.” Click... Continue Reading →

Soft Purring Time Capsule

“The first Lalique Masculine fragrance. A timelessness fragrance for an elegant and refined man. Fresh and virile, this perfume has top hesperidic and aromatic notes of Sicilian Bergamot, Italian mandarin with Alpine Lavender and Rosemary over a jasmine, orris and Virginian cedar wood heart. On the dry-down, amber, Indonesian Patchouli, Indian Sandalwood, oak moss and... Continue Reading →

Herbal Be-Bop

LA LA L'INSOUMIS: “L’Insoumis reinvents the most masculine of fragrance: a timeless and refined fougere, which blend aromatic freshness with the subtle potency of ambery woods. For a charismatic, elegant, authentic and modern-day adventurer, who doesn’t follow trends: he creates them.” Click Play, to hear my thoughts on this one. HouseLaliqueOriginFranceFragranceL'InsoumisYear2016NoseFabrice PellegrinConcentrationEDTGenderM/USeasonSpring/Summer/Early AutumnSize/Cost100ml/$129Source/LinkSo Avant GardeSoundtrackMasculine... Continue Reading →

EP 40: Designer Day

Something new. And not necessarily blue. Here I give a dozen very first impressions of designer fragrances in less than fifteen minutes, quick impressions, using fragrance test strips no less (which is not normal 'round here). These had a huge range in terms of notes, contemporary vs. vintage smelling, exciting vs. a bit more basic/typical.... Continue Reading →

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