The name Lys Fume is only half correct. The lily is there, the smoke is not. No complaint, though. This is a handsome and well composed floriental. Lily is the centerpiece but other elements...
Oud tends to be the gorilla in the room in a fragrance that uses it as the principle note. Oud being both potent and distinctive, the challenge is how to make an oud-centric perfume fundamentally...
"A patchouli for people who don't like patchouli"- that's how one of the founders of Coquillete Paris presented Sumatera to me, at the last edition of Esxence. She also explained that the...
To me, this seems to be a deconstruction and reconstruction of what I know as Rum. Rather than typical molasses and scummings, this seems to be liquor derived from the purest of sugarcane in...
the opening reminded me so of profumo.it Don Corleone, its that same smoked ham scent, but here it lasts for ever, its quite linear after 30 minutes....its very nicely balanced, it feels like...
Just find one (vintage or re-release) with the mossy dark green color juice and you wont be disappointed.
I'm trying to... in a store. There are plenty of online places that do it at bargain prices over here (I did a quick search), but that would be a blind buy....
Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui - I've got 3/4 a bottle that my Dad gave me from the stash he recovered from my Grandfather after his death.
Giorgio For Men - my Dad offered to give me the last 25% of a 50 ml bottle he's had for decades but I just couldn't. Now I'm getting some in the mail soon and I CAN. NOT. WAIT!!!