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I Smelled All the Chanel Exclusives to Tell You About Them: Vol 1
I hesitate to call myself a Chanel girl, as their classics aren’t really my favourites. I have, however, been a fan of the Les Exclusifs line since I was able to try it more than 15 years ago. If you are a long-time reader of the blog, you know I have written about some of these scents before. But I have been wanting to revisit them – partly just out of curiosity, to see if my taste has changed, partly because I don’t hear people talk about them much. Or at least as much as they deserve.
The Scents of This (2026) Summer
My enthusiasm for perfume goes up and down. I discovered the world of niche fragrances almost 20 years ago and was in a full obsession mode for years. Since then, I have calmed down and there are periods where I buy hardly any scents at all (at least by my own definition, I guess most people would still consider it too much). And then there are times when the old flame flares again and I think about perfume an inordinate amount. This summer has been one of those times.
Ormonde Jayne Champaca: An Unusual, Addictive Floral
Ormonde Jayne, a niche London fragrance brand, was among my absolute favourites when I became seriously interested in perfume – more than 10 years ago now. Their original line-up was diverse but coherent and there were no duds in the bunch; from the gorgeous..
Autumn Edit: Fragrances
Suddenly, autumn is here – not just de jure, but also de facto. It was still 27 degrees on Wednesday, now it’s barely ten and raining hard. So it seems the right moment to start with my autumn edits, they no longer feel disconnected from reality. I’m in fact..
10 Serge Lutens Fragrances to Try/Buy Now
Serge Lutens is in the process of revamping its export (read: cheaper and more accessible) perfume line. I will again refer you to this article for more details, as I do not have the space nor the energy to go through all of it here. What is relevant for our..
Scents of the Day: Part 8
Last year, I did a project called Scent of the Day. For a month, every day, I talked about a scent on Facebook. I have been asked by friends to make these musings available on the blog, as it’s impossible to find anything on Facebook. So I’ll copy my mini-re..
Jo Malone Mimosa & Cardamom
Most perfumes I like are not new releases or even if they are, it seems reasonable to test them thoroughly before voicing a definite opinion. This is very far from the truth in this case, as Jo Malone’s Mimosa & Cardamom was launched in the beginning of Sept..
Hermès Le Jardin de Monsieur Li
For a person who doesn’t think of herself as a huge fan of Hermès fragrances, I certainly own quite a few of them – around 10. This is more than I have from Chanel or Guerlain, two houses that I would definitely consider closer to my heart than Hermès. But i..
Scents of the Day: Part 1
Last year, I did a project called Scent of the Day. For a month, every day, I talked about a scent on Facebook. I have been asked by friends to make these musings available on the blog, as it’s impossible to find anything on Facebook. So I’ll copy my mini-re..
5 Boring Fragrances
Wearability is not high on the list of my priorities, when it comes to fragrances – or anything else, really. I tend to gravitate towards tarry leathers, austere irises and big white florals that nice people describe as statement-making and other people call..