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My relationship with Montale has been a rollercoaster. I stepped into their Paris boutique in 2016 as a young fraghead with virtually no experience...
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One of the concepts I go back and forth on the most is that of a ‘signature scent.’ It’s lovely to forge a strong...
I’ve been pretty open that I enjoy animalic scents in the context of “I like that hyraceum smells like gasoline-powered cat pee” mixed with...
Anyone with a foot in the fragrance community has heard the phrase “fragrance journey” upwards of a hundred, maybe a thousand, times. However, I...
Mild timing trolling aside, Female Christ has been one of my favorite scent discoveries so far in 2021. I only had to wear it...
Fidelis is something of a hidden legend in the fragrance community. Often compared to Interlude Man by Amouage and sharing a perfumer (Julien Rasquinet)...
Okay, look. It’s not exactly a secret that John and I are typically not fans of YouTubers turned fragrance houses, and there’s a multitude...
My relationship with Montale has been a rollercoaster. I stepped into their Paris boutique in 2016 as a young fraghead with virtually no experience...
So I apparently have some kind of predilection to trying out fragrances from independent perfumers in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). While last week I...
Many pieces of art revolve around a single idea, but how they showcase that idea can either be lazy or revelatory. Describe something as...
So I’m writing about the house of Âge de Querelle Perfumes again. I know, I know, y’all are shocked Pikachu face. It’s no secret...
In the first episode of 2021, Kori has a special guest, fragrance reviewer Trusted Nose! Tune in to hear what they’d both like to...
Two months ago, I reviewed the maximalist floral wonder of Carnal Flower. Perfumer Dominique Ropion used bombastic, wet green notes to transform a tuberose...
I’ve mentioned before that Penhaligon’s of London is one of my absolute favorite fragrance houses. After all, you don’t accumulate nine bottles of one...
One of my strongest perfume memories was my visit to Jovoy Paris, where I encountered just about every famous niche perfume house in the...
It’s a brand new year and yet I’m still riding high on my barbershop fragrance flag! Due to some rather generous holiday gift cards...
We treasure the moments when we are blown away by a fragrance. This holiday season, I was fortunate enough to experience two of those...