> Coming from the depths of the Egyptian age, Le Dieu Bleu exhales its > divine and mysterious perfume, as if extracted from a supernatural > universe. Intended for the...
> Hailed for the incredible lavishness of its formula, no less than > twenty-four herbs imported at great expense from the most distant > lands, this "royal perfume" was...
> A hot summer’s night in 1838 at…Nohant > , the setting of…famous and > decadent late-night parties where all of Paris’s intellectuals and > artists throng: Alfre...
The hottest I've been on Earth was in Tucson, Arizona, one July, long ago. My partner and I were driving from Virginia to Los Angeles, and one day, near the end of our journey, we stopped for gas...
I "know" fashion stylist/editor/consultant Carine Roitfeld from hundreds of interviews and media profiles, her book Carine Roitfeld: irreverent and the self-mythologizing documentary film Mademoi...
https://nstperfume.com/2021/03/24/carine-roitfeld-george-sebastian-fragrance-reviews/
I've been working from home over a year now, hiding from COVID-19. During that time, several bottles of perfume have joined the family but not one stitch of new clothing has taken up residence in...
https://nstperfume.com/2021/03/15/hermes-h24-fragrance-review/
Bigarade Jasmin is a member of Fragonard 's Garden Collection of perfumes but its character reminded me of another "garden" — Hermès garden range of fragrances. On first spray, Bigarade Ja...
Seattle is a smallish city; comparable to San Francisco in population. We have lots of perfume shops but New York puts us to shame when it comes to variety of product in those shops. And many sto...
https://nstperfume.com/2021/01/25/what-not-to-buy-perfume-samples/
I have a mind that classifies — non-stop. With perfume houses, I often shove them into categories such as: HOLDING STEADY: Acqua di Parma; Arquiste; Goutal; Chanel; Diptyque; Etat Libre d'Ora...
https://nstperfume.com/2021/01/04/caron-aimez-moi-comme-je-suis-fragrance-review/
I first saw a Buddha’s hand citron in a museum. The graceful, curly tipped fingers of the fruit had been carved during the Qing Dynasty in milk-colored jade. The carving’s complexity was asto...
https://nstperfume.com/2020/12/02/scented-snapshot-buddhas-hand-citron/