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Picture:  Jasminum sambac  'Grand Duke of Tuscany' Photo: Scott Zona (cc) some rights reserved, Wikimedia Commons Un Air de Firs...

Picture:   Flower close up of Jasminum officinale Photo: B.traeger (cc)  some rights reserved,  Wikimedia Commons Imperial Tea is the ot...

Picture: Santalum Album in Hyderabad Photo: J.M Garg (cc) some rights reserved, Wikimedia Commons Sandalwood perfumes are a tricky fra...

Picture: Easter postcard early 20th century Wikipeda Commons During the years my Easterfragrances mostly have been from the following c...

Photo; Mr Parfumista (c) It seems as when I reviewed the beautiful Mohur Extrait from Neela Vermiere in september last year, it was not...

Picture: Perfumer Maria Candida Gentile started to create her own rosewater as a little girl. Photo: This cute photo of Maria is publish...

Picture: Billie Holiday (1915-1959), Photo: PR  (Getty) (c) Lady Day starts intriguing with a cold, dry, cold flower (gardenia) complem...

Photo: Mr Parfumista (c) Lately I've tested some fragrances from Maria Candida Gentile, an Italian perfumer who's creations I re...

Picture: Kilian Hennessy, the founder of  ByKilian Photo: PR ByKilian (c) Today I'm testing one of the new ByKilans from the Asian T...

Picture: Pierre Guillaume Photo: PR Parfumerie Générale (c) As almost always when reviewing something from Parfumerie Générale it'...

Picture: Vero Kern with her Mito Edp Photo: PR Vero Profumo (c) My conclusion from testing the Volies d'Extraits and comparing from...

Picture: Mr Dunfords Champion wirehaired Foxterrier Arthur Wardle early twentieth century painting Over the years,  Kiki both in Extr...

Picture:  Bayâd singt zur Laute vor der Herrin und ihren Dienerinnen Bild im " Die Geschichte von Bayâd und Riyâd"  (« Hadîth Ba...

Picture: Onda Voile d'Extract Photo: PR Vero Profumo (c)  Onda Voile d'Extrait is swiss perfumer Vero Kerns of Vero Profumo al...

Picture : The great s wedish soprano Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005), maybe the closest to a Diva we have had in this country of Jante.  Mit...

Photo: Mr Parfumista (c) Sometimes I'm just fed up wearing and analyzing all these pretentious nichefragrances. This week I felt I h...

Picture: A bottle of Heliotrophe with the bloodstones (heliotrophes) which are the inspiration for the fragrance Photo: PR Olivier Durba...

Picture: Black Tourmaline by Olivier Durbano Photo: PR Olivier Durbano (c) This also applies to the pictures below Black Tourmaline  i...

Picture :  An elephant carved in rose quartz Wikimedia commons Pink Quartz from Olivier Durbano Parfums de Pierre Poemes dedicated to se...

Soon they're here! Photo: Mr Parfumista (c) This year spring is very early, or at least the late winter is springlike some of the da...

More impressions from my random L'Artisan samples sniffing. Today from the lighter fragrances department: Picture: Thé pour un Été, ...

Picture: One of the L'Artisans, Drôle de Rose Photo: PR L'Artisan Parfumeur (c) After becoming disappointed with the new sub-l...

Today impressions of the two remaining Explosions D'Emotions. Picture: Skin on Skin Photo: PR L'Artisan Parfumeur (c) Skin on...

The Expolsions D'Émotions trio are fragrances signed Bertrand Duchaufour for L'Artisan Parfumeur that must have been created with t...

Picture:  A scene from the last phase of Ragnarök (1905) Painting by Emil Doepler (1855-1922) Who could imagine the Armageddon so quiet ...

Pictures: All pictures above and below: PR Pierre Balmain (c) Extatic is the latest release from the venerable house of Pierre Balmain....

Picture:  Innenhof der Alhambra, 1892 Painting by Adolf Seel (1829-1907) Wikimedia commons Nuit Andalouse is the other of the two latest...

Picture: Foggara (water chanell) in the old Garamantes territory in Libya Photo: Tagelmoust (cc) Wikipedia, some rights reserved  Par...