Smile & Shine is not something that I would have ever purchased for myself; my forest witch/eldritch librarian aesthetic doesn’t support much sunny citrus. But it is a bit of technical wizardry, which makes it interesting to me, and remarkable enough to write about. I’m a fangirl of Christophe Laudamiel, precisely because of things like this perfume.
Amber Nude comes in the sleek, iconic ribbed and cinched Youth Dew bottle. For me, that’s pretty much where the true similarities end. The fragrance does pay homage to its roots in the deep, dark drydown, but any family resemblance between the two is generations apart. Like, Amber Nude is a swank young socialite, and original Youth Dew is her great-great aunt in regency clothing over on the settee kind of separation.
S-ex (pronounced like “Ess-ex”) is a unisex fragrance created by Christophe Laudamiel for S-Perfume and released in 2004. S-ex is described as “Sensual, Mystical, Spiritual.” Here are just a few…
deadofnight and lostinflowers are two scents created by Christophe Laudamiel for strangelove nyc. deadofnight was released in 2014, and lostinflowers was released in 2017. Both of these fragrances are built…
One of my favorite pastimes is to go to the Luckyscent website and click on the “New Additions” header to see what fragrances have just been released, and what lines have been…