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Picture: Strand (beach) at Skagen (ca 1900) Painting by  Peder Severin Kröyer, Wikimedia commons Unknown Pleasures is one of the lates...

Picture: New Opium Edp Photo: PR Yves Saint Laurent (c) This week has been a week in Guerlain, except Tuesday when I wore Yves Saint La...

Picture: Queen Victoria in her weddingdress 1847 Painting by Franz Xavier Winterhalter (1805-1873) Floral Veil is one of the four clas...

Picture: European peony, Paeonia lactiflora Photo by Frances2000, Wikipedia Commons Amelia , a part of the Grossmith Black Label Collec...

Photo: Mr Parfumista (c) Spring ha finally arrived but the mood for springfragrances has not yet appeared even if I tried with the soooo...

Picture: Roses in a vase,  painting by Auguste Renoir I knew instantly when I splashed on Saffron Rose from the small vial that I would...

Picture: Golden Chypre, a part of the Black  Label  Collection Photo: PR Grossmith Golden Chypre is one of the four initial releases ...

Picture: Marlene Dietrich as Lola Lola in Der Blaue Engel (1930) directed by Josef von Sternberg:  Thanks to a generous sample from Fr...

Picture: Violets Photo: Mr Parfumista (c) The winter has been staying for an exceptional long time this year so the real inspiration of...

Picture: Vent Vert PR  Poster (c) Pierre Balmain, all rights reserved The first green fragrance (at least famous one) for woman  Vent...

Picture: Gardenia thunbergia, Source: Compton Herbarium, Kirstenbosch Picture by   Edith Struben, c 1915 Gardenia is another of the r...

Picture:  Greta Garbo in a publicity still for  Wild Orchids  (1929) Photo  by Ruth Harriet Louise for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, (this ...

Picture: Panoramique de Sienne, Italie Photo: Jean-Christophe Benoist (cc), Wikimedia Commons, some rights reserved This time I don...

Picture:  Madonna mit dem Kaninchen, oil on canvas ca 1530 by Titian ( Tiziano Vecelli) Easter is somehow a fragrance feast to me. Prob...

Picture: Relique D'Amour PR-picture from Oriza  L.Legrand (c) Relique D'Amour from the venerable  ricepowderhouse Oriza L.Legra...

Picture: Hermès Elixir des Merveilles Photo: PR Hermès (c) all rights reserved Havn't anything perfume-wise to say this week except...

Picture:Rêve d'Ossian (Ossians dream) Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, oil on canvas 1813 Wikimedia commons Rêve d'Ossian from ...

Photo: Mr Parfumista (c) Jeunesse is the most stirking of the Pacific Collection trio. Jeunesse is, just as the name indicates, a  you...

Picture: Good old Mitsi Photo: One of the myriads of  the PR pictures of this classic . This week I have been terribly cold and just sme...

Photo: Mr Parfumista (c) Chai is a green fragrance accentuated by  flowery notes grounded in subtle and smooth, lingering teanotes....

  Picture:Closeup of mandarin tree  in the Berkeley Botanical Garden Photo by Allen Timothy Chang (cc) Wikimedia commons, some rights re...

Picture:Lilac Syringa Vulgaris in bloom Photo: Author Marisa deMeglio from NYC, USA (cc) Wikimedia Commons This late winterweek, even i...

Picture: Eau Absolue by Mona di Orio Photo: PR Parfums Mona di Orio, all rights reserved  (c) Eau Absolue is a fragrance blended from ...

Picture:   Caffè latte as being served in Oslo Photo by Jazzbobrown (cc), Wikimedia commons The Belgian fashiondesigner Dries van Noten...

Is the reworked Habanita Edp from Molinard. Vetiver, geranium and tobacconotes, dark flowers over the deep mossy, ambery, patchouli base. T...