Fragrance Review | Hermès Twilly Eau Poivree

Every once in a while I blindly buy a fragrance – and by blindly I mean online, without ever having tried the scent before. It’s a risk that rarely pays off, yet I keep being persuaded by marketing and keep falling into this trap. There’s always that one time that you end up with a new favourite perfume, most times you end up with bottles you’ll pass on to someone else, and sometimes you end up with something like Hèrmes Twilly Eau Poivree.

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Fragrance Review | Shiseido Ever Bloom Eau de Parfum

I’ve raved about Guerlain being a brand that I can trust almost blindly when it comes to scents that I enjoy and that fit me well, but so far I’ve neglected to mention another brand that fits that description as well: Shiseido. Their offering is quite small but what they do, they do well.

I’ll be reviewing Ever Bloom Eau de Parfum, my only distinctly Summer scent.

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Fragrance Review | Clarins Eau Dynamisante

Clarins calls Eau Dynamisante a “treatment fragrance”. They say it’s invigorating, that it revitalises, hydrates and tones the skin. Suure…

It’s a fragrance. First ingredient alcohol, followed by water, then parfum. It perfumes skin. That’s all it is folks, a fragrance.

But a good one at that.

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Fragrance Review | Avon Pur Blanca Essence EDT

There are a lot of hits and misses with Avon products in general, but damn, they can nail down a scent. I’ve mentioned before that Avon used to make my favourite scent of all time, Sweet Honesty, and finding a dupe for that has been quite an (unsuccessful) enterprise. In the meanwhile, I’ve found something different, but very good, and very unique in the realm of modern scents.

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Fragrance Review | Mon Guerlain Eau de Parfum

Mon Guerlain is a funny coincidence in my life. I bought it at an airport, without having heard of it before, and decided to commit to it on first whiff. Came to learn, a lot of people describe it as a “wife scent”. And that time at the airport, when I decided to get it, I was getting ready to board to go to Greece for my honeymoon. This is the first perfume I purchased after getting married.

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