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Folks from the Basenotes community are organizing the first ever Chicago Scent Me event. It’s due to take place May 26, 2007. Coincidentally, L’Artisan Parfumeur is about to open their first boutique in Chicago (May 1 is the date) which will also play host to the event. For more information, please check out this page.
Full disclosure: as of recently, I work for L’Artisan Parfumeur and will be at the new boutique. Aromascope is my personal perfume blog and will remain independent.
April 22nd, 2007
It’s become a yearly tradition on the fragrance board of Makeupalley to conduct the Top 25 Favorite Perfumes survey. I didn’t participate this year, and to make up for my negligence I’ll list them here (good excuse!) Lists are never fun when it comes to perfume for there’s no way I can ever limit myself to a meager quantity of 25. Neither am I willing to provide any sort of ranking for my fragrant soul is ever so capricious. Here goes, in no particular order, my top 25 as of today, Tuesday, April 17, 2007 (I feel like I should add the time but I’ll refrain):
- Guet-Apens/Attrape Coeur by Guerlain
- Metallica/Metalys by Guerlain
- Bois d’Armenie by Guerlain
- Apres l’Ondee by Guerlain
- Eau Noire by Christian Dior
- Bois d’Argent by Christian Dior
- Diorama by Christian Dior
- Miss Dior (in parfum) by Christian Dior
- Muscs Koublai Khan by Serge Lutens
- Messe de Minuit by Etro
- 31 Rue Cambon by Chanel
- No 22 by Chanel
- Coco (in parfum) by Chanel
- Coromandel by Chanel
- Cuir Ottoman by Parfum d’Empire
- Lipstick Rose by Frederic Malle
- Iris Poudre by Frederic Malle
- Orchidee Blanche by L’Artisan Parfumeur
- Songes by Annick Goutal
- Le Jasmin by Annick Goutal
- Bvlgari Black
- Doblis by Hermes
- Enlevement au Serail (FK #3) by Parfums MDCI
- L’Air de Rien by Miller Harris
- Angelique Encens by Creed
P.S. Shame on me for not having reviewed all of them yet. This will be remedied in the near future.
April 16th, 2007
I’m still in New York City, so no post today (flight got canceled due to snow in Chicago - really?). I’m having lots of fragrant and non-fragrant fun. A short overview of my sniffage will show up on Friday, hopefully. Good day to all!
April 11th, 2007
I’m off to New York for a short trip (that also promises to be a very fragrant one). Mr. Aromascope has kindly offered to handle the matters in my absence - please stay tuned for his post tomorrow (the content and nature of which I’m completely unaware of). On Wednesday, my contributing writer Donna will do a wonderful piece on roses. I’ll be back on Thursday! Happy week to all!
April 9th, 2007
The winners of a sample of Stoned are: Dleep, Rachael, and Minsun! Please e-mail me your addresses at aromascope at gmail dot com.
March 27th, 2007
As mentioned in my previous post, I’m currently in a state of sample overload as well as slightly overwhelmed by all my perfume choices. Not much progress has been made since then, so today I turn to you, my dear readers, for help. I’m torn! So I’m asking for your input on what reviews you’d like to see on Aromascope in the next couple of weeks. The options are below (please specify which scent in particular interests you in each category):
- A spring floral
- A vintage scent
- A specific scent of your choice
- A new release
- A particular topic, not necessarily a review
To make it a bit more fun, I’ll do a drawing for a sample of Stoned. There’ll be three winners, so please mention in your comment if you’d like to participate. Update: the drawing is now closed. The winners will be announced tomorrow. Thank you for your feedback!
Image source: corbis.com
March 25th, 2007
It seems I’m going through the lemming-free stage which quite often feels rather uncomfortable and downright wrong. I don’t mind it as much this time, however. I have an indecent amount of samples sitting on my dresser, and I can’t seem to get around to conducting proper testing sessions. I fear they’ll just end up in the bottomless pit, i.e., my sample box, and their only chance for survival will be the luck of the draw for my Needle In A Haystack project (which, by the way, Marina and I are still planning to continue). Such are my fragrant musings for today. Nothing too profound, I’m afraid, but I won’t leave you famished (ha!). Here’s a potential Lemming Of The Year:
Iris Ganache, the new addition to the Guerlain’s L’Art et la Matière collection, due to be released this June. I’m practically salivating just typing this: “Iris Ganache reveals an iris butter “worked like a pastry ganache”. A mouthwatering scent, like “white chocolate shaded with floral notes” and enhanced with cinnamon, bergamot, patchouli, white musks, cedar and a slightly ambery vanilla note” (Osmoz.com). Can I just say I’ll tear all my hair out and scream bloody murder if it even so much as dares to disappoint? I’m not particularly fond of Thierry Wasser’s creations (Addict by Christian Dior, Hypnose by Lancome) but the man knows how to work the gourmand theme. I find comfort in the fact Iris Ganache was created in collaboration with Sylvaine Delacourte who heads fragrance development at Guerlain. Meanwhile, I should really work on those samples.
What are your fragrant musings for today?
Image source: osmoz.com
March 22nd, 2007
Please welcome my third contributing writer, Donna Hathaway, known on perfume blogs as “Flora”. Donna will be exploring the floral theme, and I’m very happy to have her on board! She’s published a few pieces in the horticultural field, is a lifelong gardener (something I will never be), and fragrance is at the top of her list when selecting flowers for her garden. Please read her wonderful post on lilies below.
March 20th, 2007
A pesky thing called life once again got in the way of fragrant musings, so I’m late on my post. Please stay tuned for a review of my new love, Lady Vengeance by Juliette Has A Gun. Ah, if only I could be in Paris right now…
March 18th, 2007
I’m neither sick nor overworked, yet I have nothing for today. Writer’s block, lack of inspiration, pure laziness - whatever you call it. To sum up the week (and to make it somewhat on topic), here’re the perfumes I’ve worn and enjoyed:
What are yours? Happy weekend, all!
March 16th, 2007
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