http://www.aromascope.com A perfume blog about all things perfume - reviews, shopping, recommendations. Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:09:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You know, how you spend most of your life trying to figure out what your identity is? All the emotional turmoil and whatnot it causes you? One thing I've realized as I hit my 30s is that I don't really try to fit in any more. I am who ... http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2008/05/19/my-perfume-identity/ How does one return to blogging after an absence of several months? How does one return to perfume blogging without being utterly and totally sucked in (some might laugh at this but it is indeed a thing to fear)? How does one blog about perfume from a different hemisphere, of ... http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2008/05/13/i-think-im-back/ It's the time of year again to ponder, summarize, draw conclusions, and resolve. The year 2007 has been a prolific year in perfumery, as you well know. The perfume bloggers including myself have voiced their opinions aplenty, yet we feel it's essential to present you with a report of what ... http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/12/27/best-of-2007/ The time has come to tell you, my dear readers, about the biggest news - in February, my husband and I are moving back to my home country, Latvia! Needless to say, we're both very excited (although the said husband has never lived abroad, let alone a post-Soviet-borderline-European country, but ... http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/12/21/home-sweet-home/ I miss blogging. Actually, to be more precise, I miss the times when blogging about perfume was one of the highlights of my day. As you might have noticed (ironically as it might sound considering I'm surrounded by it pretty much daily), perfume has hardly been my top priority. From ... http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/10/25/top-fall-scents/ I'm not quite back to my normal smelly self yet so this will be a somewhat condensed version of a perfume review. I'm not quite sure yet if I'll come around at all, considering how it's been going. There's also a change coming up in my life that I can't ... http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/09/11/mini-perfume-review-quand-vient-la-pluie-by-guerlain/ My DNA Fragrance. P.S. Maybe this is the solution to my slump? http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/09/07/huh/ So I've taken a relaxing vacation, and my August ennui should technically be over but I'm still in a state of olfactory slump. I'm not talking about writer's block. I'm referring to the worst possible fear of any perfume fanatic - loss of interest. I'm not quite there, don't worry. ... http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/08/28/slump/ Iris Pallida is the upcoming edition in the L'Artisan Parfumeur exceptional harvest collection for the year 2007 (the previous editions were Fleur d'Oranger in 2005, and Fleur de Narcisse in 2006). You might have noticed there're quite a few iris fragrances released this year which I personally quite welcome as ... http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/08/21/perfume-review-iris-pallida-by-lartisan-parfumeur/ By Donna Hathaway When Inès Marie Laetitia Eglantine Isabelle de Seignard de la Fressange, known to us mere mortals as simply Inès de la Fressange, burst onto the European fashion scene in the mid-to-late 1970s, she was noticed right away, and within a few short years she was famous just about ... http://www.aromascope.com/wp/2007/08/14/perfume-review-the-softer-side-of-a-diva/