I love the smell of violets, and when I’m dreadfully tired of winter, I long for violet scents. Since today is the first day of spring after a long winter, I decided to round up some of my favorite violet scents, and also write a little bit about violets’ scent and symbolism.
Madeleine de Madeleine is a floral skank-lover’s dream. Released in 1978 by Madeleine Mono, it is the scent of hot flesh rendered in florals.
Blackbird from House of Matriarch was my first niche fragrance, and has inspired me in a multitude of ways. This is the story of my experience.
This is the best-performing, most masculine, Beast-Mode fragrance in my arsenal, that works magic in all seasons, and gets me TONS of compliments. It is loved by women, and is an extraordinary, manly fragrance. But, ladies — you can wear it too (IF you’re a boss).
I don’t always get excited about celebrity fragrances, but for some reason this one caught my attention early. Some of the first press releases speculated that it would smell like marshmallows, and later it was rumored to smell like whipped cream. Yum! Plus, the bottle is adorable. I’m a little bit old to be the target demographic for this fragrance, but I’ve expanded my horizons to include gourmand fragrances, and the deeper I go down the gourmand rabbit-hole, the more I can tolerate, and even enjoy, sweet scents.
I try not to pay attention to early reviews and opinions when I’m considering writing about something, but it was impossible to escape the controversy that emerged about Cloud — with people swearing that it smells “exactly like” Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s Baccarat Rouge 540. This was actually a bit of a disappointment for me, because that’s not a fragrance that smells like marshmallows or whipped cream, and I’m not particularly fond of it. But, I decided to check out both head-to-head, and I didn’t read or listen to any of the “formal” reviews that support or deny this claim. I wanted to evaluate it for myself first.
As 2018 comes to a close, I feel compelled to write about my most-worn fragrance of the year, Malik Al Taif. I’m not going to “review” it, because I have such strong feelings for this particular perfume. I’m just going to share my experience wearing it, and describe how my senses perceive it.
Mutiny is a new fragrance from Maison Margiela, created by Dominique Ropion and released in September, 2018. The brand’s webpage says, “Mutiny is about our nonconformist, diverse and creative generation.”…
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…
Incense from Norma Kamali is a discontinued fragrance released in 1985. At the time, Incense was marketed as a masculine scent. Norma Kamali is a New York fashion designer who…
Poets of Berlin is an aromatic/gourmand fragrance for women and men from New York’s Vilhelm Parfumerie. This scent was created by Jerome Epinette and released in 2018. Poets of Berlin…
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…