Blog Profile / One Thousand Scents
| URL : | http://1000scents.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Beauty / Perfume | |
| Posts on Regator: | 430 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.6 | |
| Archived Since: | March 2, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Back in Black: Comme des Garçons Black
Well, I'm back.I've been back for weeks, but it was hard to work up enough of a head of steam to write about scents. There have been entire days when I didn't even bother to wear one, which is a new and unwelcome development. Since I...Show More Summary
Destroyed: Vici by Histoires de Parfum
I try to post every Friday, but for the last few weeks I have had my feet knocked out from under me, and it was Vici that did it, that finally broke me. Conquered, indeed.I get a lot of e-mails from Luckyscent advertising their latest...Show More Summary
Airhead: Vidi by Histoires de Parfum
I was so delighted with Veni that I naturally assumed the other two scents in the series would also be excellent, so my expectations were high when I splashed on Vidi. My very first thought was, "What is that? Dill pickle? That can't be good!"Vidi doesn't exactly smell like a dill pickle, but it does have a hint of that briny tartness. Show More Summary
Conquest: Veni by Histoires de Parfums
You will have heard, of course, of "Fifty Shades of Grey", a risible clump of Mary Sue wish fulfillment featuring such sentences as these:"I had no idea giving pleasure could be such a turn-on, watching him writhe subtly with carnal longing. Show More Summary
The Judgement of Paris: What We Do In Paris Is Secret by A Lab On Fire
What We Do In Paris Is Secret is a tantalizing name, no doubt about it, as is A Lab On Fire, the house that launched it last year. They're not cranking out dozens of scents annually, for which they get credit: instead, they're hiring...Show More Summary
Keep Going: Etat Libre d'Orange Like This (eventually)
I would like to tell you a meandering batch of stories about art and music and love which will eventually tie into the review at hand in a sidelong manner. If you want to skip all that and get right to my opinion of Etat Libre d'Orange's...Show More Summary
Rose's Turn: Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin
As Serge Lutens had already done two roses before, the bright soprano Sa Majesté La Rose and the dark contralto Rose de Nuit, one might think he was done with the theme, but there is always room in the line for a rose soliflore, and La Fille de Berlin is it. Show More Summary
Rerun: Serge Lutens Santal Majuscule
This won't take long.A while back, I wrote about a trip to Tokyo during which I briefly sampled the then-new Santal Majuscule. I mentioned that it reminded me a lot of Santal de Mysore: a commenter noted a resemblance to Jeux de Peau,...Show More Summary
Just Desserts: Cuir Velours by Naomi Goodsir
How about a couple of stories? In 1980, when I was 17 and would see just about every movie that showed in the local two-screen cinema, I went to some cruddy horror movie so obscure and awful that I can't even remember what it was. (It...Show More Summary
Burning Up: Etat Libre d'Orange Noël au Balcon
Since most of the East Coast is getting slugged by winter, I figured it was appropriate to bring up this Christmas-themed fragrance, even if I am a couple of months late.The name "Noël au Balcon" is the first of half of a French proverb...Show More Summary
Room for One More: Rose Anonyme by Atelier Cologne
Virtually every fragrance that hits the market these days seems to contain notes of apple, pink pepper, or oud. They're the Internet meme of perfumery: cheap, modish, and inescapable. It seems to be a feedback loop, and I'm guessingShow More Summary
The Truth Dawns: L'Artisan Parfumer Seville à l'Aube
As I have said any number of times, orange blossom doesn't usually work for me: unless it is a minor player, unless it is kept in careful check by other ingredients, I nearly always find it noxious and oppressive. Like any perfumeryShow More Summary
Leather Man: Tom of Finland by Etat Libre d'Orange
Tom of Finland was an artist who liked to draw shall we say pictures of genetically exemplary gentlemen enjoying one another's company in various ways.On the one hand, you would expect that a scent named after Tom of Finland would consist...Show More Summary
Floribunda: Three Last Lutenses
Back from Christmas break. Yeah, I know, it's pretty much the end of January. I didn't go anywhere, but it's a long story, and I'm back to finish off the last three Serge Lutens samples that I have, which entirely by coincidence areShow More Summary
Noble Wreckage: Four More Lutenses
I'll dispose of El Attarine in one sentence: post-evaporation, what I have left consists entirely of bitter-orange marmalade and maple-syrupy immortelle, no top notes, no complexity, and yet despite this fantastically beautiful, which...Show More Summary
Prize Fighter: Serge Lutens Boxeuses
A heads-up about the batch of Lutens samples I'm determined on reviewing. And with that out of the way…My favourite reaction to a scent is an agog, drop-jawed "OH MY GOD!" It is rare: it happened with Ambre Précieux, my gateway intoShow More Summary
Versions of the Truth: Serge Lutens Chêne
Some time ago I ordered I think fifteen or so Serge Lutens samples from an online sampling company. Two of them had leaked badly in the mail, and the company cheerfully replaced them: all the rest were fine. I stored them with my other...Show More Summary
Don't: Etat Libre d'Orange Don't Get Me Wrong Baby
I like to think that I am not unnaturally prudish, and the names and/or images of Etat Libre d'Orange's fragrances don't bother me, for the most part: pubic hair, breasts, whatever, it's part of their image. I don't mind the penis-gun graphic for Je Suis un Homme, because there's a point to it. Show More Summary
Dirty Dealings: Montale Black Aoud
I guess I am the wrong person to be writing about Montale Black Aoud, because I can't tell if it's good or bad, if I love it or hate it. I don't know what's going on, in the bottle or in my nose. So let's look at it systematically: Pro...Show More Summary
Swayed: Angel Les Parfums de Cuir (eventually)
I'm going to gas on about Japan for a while longer: would that be all right? Usually I'd do it over on my other blog, but I'm trying to let that die a natural death so I can bury it out back. If you're not interested, just scroll down...Show More Summary