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Picture: Grape hyacinths in spring 2014 Photo: Mr Parfumista (c) Best of 2014 is not an easy post to write (and should not be as long a...

Picture: Shah Jahan (1592-1666) Wikimedia commons Even if it's a true unisex fragrance, it's obvious to me that L'eau de S...

Picture: A winterrose. Also this year Christamas is green and some roses are almost blooming. Photo: Mr Parfumista (c) Time for the re...

Picture: Empress consort Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631) Mughal painting from 17th or 18th Century Wikimedia commons L`eau de Mumtaz-i Mahal ...

Picture: Special for Gentlemen Photo: PR Le Galion (c) The venerable perfumehouse of the 1930s-1970s  Le Galion, was brought back to li...

Picture: Violette du Czar Photo: PR Oriza L.Legrand (c) Violette du Czar is another re-construction of an old formula from the early 20...

Picture: Julaftonen/Christmas Eve 1904 Watercolor by Carl Larsson (1853-1919) Wikimedia commons Soon Christmas is here and hopefully t...

Picture: Marchesa Luisa Casati, (1881-1957) Painting  1908 by Giovanni Boldino (1842-1931) Wikimedia commons Myrrh Casati is the first...

Picture: Elisabeth of York, (1465-1503) queen consort of England Paining from ca 1500, unkonwn painter Wikimedia commons Tudor is s...

Picture: The Reception (1873) Painting by John Frederick Lewis (1805-1875) Wikipedia commons Or du Serail is the third fragrance in t...

Picture: In Cafe at Hotel Sacher, Wien Photo: Deror avi (cc) Wikimedia commons, some rights reserved Intoxicated is the third tested f...

Picture: The Doors - personalizing "Light My Fire" Photo: PR from 1968, Wikipedia commons Light My Fire is the second fragran...

Picture: Kilian himself personify his new line - Addicted State of Mind Smoke for the Soul Photo: PR By Kilian (c) Smoke for the Soul...

Picture:    Cover of the pulp magazine  Oriental Stories (Spring 1932, vol. 2, no. 2)  featuring  Scented Gardens  by Dorothy Quick. Cover...

Recently, I (and Mr Parfumista) tested some almost forgotten samples from the wellcrafted Parfum d'Empire line, all the samples is from ...

Picture:  Sultan  Selim III  holding an audience in front of the Gate of Felicity.   Oil on canvas, Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, Istanbul, Wikip...

Today it's eight years since my first entry  (in swedish) on old "Parfumistans dagbok" = "The diary of Parfumista". ...

Picture: Noir Tropical Photo: PR Maria Candida Gentile (c) Noir Tropical is a vanilla, silght gourmandy fragrance from  italian perfum...

Picture:  A close up of an orange Habanero chile pepper Photo:  Ryan Bushby (cc) Wikipedia commons, some rights reserved T.Habanero is t...

Picture: Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821), another corsican furiosa. Painting by   Paul Delaroche  (1797-1856) The latest addition to t...