Recent Reviews

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  Lys Fume by Tom Ford, 2012

  Reviewed by jtd
  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...
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  Oud Wood by Tom Ford, 2007

  Reviewed by jtd
  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...
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  Sumatera by Coquillete Paris, 2012

  Reviewed by iodine
  "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...
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  Laurhum by O'Driù, 2012

  Reviewed by dvdlpznyc
  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...
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  Cuir Velours by Naomi Goodsir, 2012

  Reviewed by iivanita
  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...
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