The word for this month's Scent Semantics posts is "misanthrope." If you haven't read one of these posts before, "Scent Semantics" brings together a group of us fragrance bloggers in a collaborative project called “Scent Semantics", the brainchild of Portia Turbo over at A Bottled Rose. On the first Monday of each month, we all…
The first week of December is behind us (I can't believe it!), and here's what my Perfume Advent Calendar helped me to choose for each day: Day 1: Mona di Orio Vanille Les Nombres d'Or My perfect vanilla perfume. Boozy, sweet (but not too sweet), resinous. It was symbolic that I randomly picked this one…
What I Wore Wednesday: Perfume Advent Calendar 2021, Week 1
My grandmother and her Chanel N°5. Even though I had chosen this month's Scent Semantics word, I found it a challenge to write about it. Where to start? Where to begin? The path forward seemed unclear. The obvious thing to do would be to write about my family. "She had so many bottles!" my grandfather…
SCENT SEMANTICS 10: FAMILY – eau là là !
Top notes: Galbanum, Cassis, Cassia, Hiacynth, Bulgarian Rose, Raspberry and Bergamot. Middle notes: Honey, Narcissus, Cedar, Orris Root, Ylang-Ylang, Tuberose, Jasmine and Lily-of-the-Valley. Base notes: Oakmoss, Spices, Civet, Incense, Patchouli, Amber, Sandalwood, Myrrh, Vetiver and Musk I've long lusted after vintage Magie Noire and been filled with regret that I didn't buy a bottle when…
Vintage Magie Noire by Lancome
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Scent Semantics is a new monthly perfume blogger collaboration curated by Portia Turbo to bring together six writers from around the world to meditate on a single word, and then write about a fragrance they’ve chosen that best represents it. "Semantics (from Ancient Greek: σημαντικός sēmantikós, "significant")[a][1] is the study of meaning, reference, or truth.…
SCENT SEMANTICS 1: BRAVE – eau là là !
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Welcome to the weekly Perfume Chat Room, perfumistas! I envision this chat room as a weekly drop-in spot online, where readers may ask questions, suggest fragrances, tell others their SOTD, comment on new releases or old favorites, and respond to each other. The perennial theme is fragrance, but we can interpret that broadly. This is meant…
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