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- Joseph Quartana of Six Scents Essentials on Ultra-Modern Gourmands and The Beauty of Duality
  by Carla Seipp
  Designed by Rad Hourani and created by nose Christophe Raynaud, Ascent represents the life and death cycle via semen, baby powder, leather, and frankincense accords (olfactory equivalents to conception, infancy, middle-age, and death). It’s a slightly sweet musk that maintains a hint of darkness. “Ascent is the black sheep, some people like and enjoy it, but it&rsqu… [Read More]
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- The Enduring Influence of Oud
  by Elizabeth Harris
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Bois d'Iris by Van Cleef & Arpels
by Wingie
Lovely, soft iris - cool, just barely sweet, with gentle woody/powdery facets. It strikes me as seasonless, though I have yet to test that theory by wearing it in the summer. It is not a strong fragrance - I'm happy the bottle is 75ml because you cou...More
Faunus by La Curie
by Brooks Otterlake
This is spectacular. I smelled Faunus blind, without any context, and it immediately took me to relaxed walks through the forest with pine trees looming overhead and soft earth beneath my feet. I've long sought a coniferous fragrance that felt lik...More
The Visionary by Gap
by Zealot Crusader
The Gap has made in-store exclusive fragrance for quite some time, and like many mall chain boutiques that do, they can be here today and gone tomorrow. However, unlike Victoria's Secret, The Express, or Zara, The Gap at least seems to try putting mo...More