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RECENT RELEASES
- 1. Perfume Reviews index
- 2. List of Archived Articles
- Aedes de Venustas Oeillet Bengale
- Armani Si
- Cartier La Panthere
- Chanel No.5 L'Eau (2016)
- Christian Dior Poison Girl
- Clinique Aromatics in White
- D&G Dolce eau de parfum
- Hermes Eau de Neroli Dore
- Histoires de Parfums Petroleum
- Le Labo Ylang 49
- Miu Miu eau de parfum
- Repetto eau de toilette
- Thierry Mugler Alien Essence Absolue
- Viktoria Minya Hedonist Cassis
Perfume Primers: Newbie Corner
- Abbreviations, Slang & Acros on Perfume
- Aldehydic Florals for Beginners
- Chanel No.19: Woody Floral or Chypre?
- Chypre Perfumes for Newbies
- Classification of Floral Fragrances
- Fragrance & Heat: Friends or Foes?
- Fragrance Pyramid & Perfume Structure
- Fruity Florals: Beyond the Pale
- Functional Perfumery &"Clean"
- Gourmands for Beginners & Beyond
- Green Fragrances
- Oriental Perfumes Basics
- The Truth about Patchouli Scents
The Sacred & The Profane
- BDSM and Scents
- Egyptian Elixirs: Passage to Another World
- Erotic Recipe for Women
- Glorious Stink
- Holy Week through Incenses
- Mapping Scents of Spirituality
- Of Bees
- Olea Sancta:Holy alchemy
- Persephone and the Pomegranate
- Ripe, impolite Smells...j'adore
- Romancing the Scent part1
- Romancing the Scent part2
- Seduction of the Scented Panther
ARTS & CULTURE
- "Old Lady" Perfume
- Americans vs. French: the Culture Wars
- Art by Women: Equal Opportunity?
- Average Person vs. Perfumista
- Character & Ambience: Scented Novels
- Cult of the Celebrity Scent
- Gender Bender
- Perfume & Allergies
- Perfume Demonizing with an agenda
- Public Space Perfume: Etiquette or Paranoia?
- References to Scent in Literature
- Respecting a Perfume vs. Actually Wearing It
- Single White Femaling It
- The Politics of Perfume
- The Power of "Noir"
- Who are we Wearing Perfume for?
Essays on Aesthetics
- A Matter of Chic
- Art in Perfumery 1: introduction
- Art in Perfumery 2: Post-modernism?
- Art Revered for the Sake of Reverence
- Gimmick or Innovation
- Intertextuality in Scent Terms
- Niche: A Finite Concept?
- The Aesthetic Principle
- The Quest for Objective Beauty
- War of the Worlds: Naturals vs Synthetics
- White Noise Fragrances
- Yes, but is it Original?
PERFUME NOTES
- Aldehydes
- Amber
- Ambergris & differences with Amber
- Ambrox/Ambroxan
- Beeswax absolute
- Bergamot
- Black Currant Buds/Bourgeons de Cassis
- Carnation
- Cashmeran/Blonde Woods
- Cassie
- Cola notes
- Coumarin and Tonka Bean
- Cumin & sweaty notes
- Cypriol / Nagarmotha
- Datura
- Elemi
- Fig
- Frangipani, Plumeria, Pikake, Sampaguita
- Freesia
- Galbanum
- Hedione (Luminous jasmine)
- Heliotrope
- Honey
- Immortelle/Helichrysum
- Indole & White Flowers
- Iris & Orris
- Iso-E Super
- Labdanum/Cistus
- Lactones & Milky Notes
- Leather: Quinolines & Birch Tar
- Lily
- Lily of the Valley / Muguet
- Mimosa
- Mousse de Saxe
- Musk: Deer Musk & Synthetics
- Neroli, Orange Blossom, Petit-Grain, Bigarade
- Oakmoss & Treemoss
- Osmanthus
- Oud/ Aoud/ Agarwood/ Aloeswood
- Pyrazines, Caramel & Maple notes
- Saffron
- Salicylates
- Sandalwood & synthetics
- Tolu balsam & Peru balsam
- Tuberose
- Vetiver, vetiveryl acetate
- Violet, Violet Leaf & Ionones
- Which ingredient makes what "note"?
- Ylang-ylang (cananga odorata)
PERFUME TERMS
- Aldehydic Perfumes
- Ambery Scents (Parfums Ambrés)
- Animalic & Skanky Fragrances
- Animalis Base
- Arabian terms: Mukhallat, Den al Oudh...
- Aromatic/Herbaceous
- Beachy Fragrances: sunny & summery
- Chypre Nouveau: Modern Chypres
- Chypre: the Classy, Classic Accord
- Cuir de Russie type & Spanish Leather
- Fougere: the Cool Ferny Accord
- French Style Perfume
- Fresh Fragrances: Perceptions
- Green Fragrances: a slice of nature
- Indolic vs. non-indolic
- Lactonic, Creamy, Milky, Butyric
- Linear Scents: what & how?
- Mousse de Saxe base
- Parfum Fourrure ("Fur Perfumes")
- Parfums Lingerie: Intimate Femininity
- Powdery & Dry Perfumes
- Resinous & Balsamic
- Skin Scents: Intimate & Subtle
- Soapy Fragrances: Clean & Beyond
- Terpenic, Phenolic, Camphorous
INTERVIEWS
THEMATIC SERIES
- Absinthe, Anise, Angelica, Wormwood
- Bergamot & Citrus
- Incense Week
- Musk, the allure of the animal
- Perfume Quotes
- S/M Perfumes
- Scented Musketeers:Top Musk Fragrances
- The Chypres
- The Jasmine
- The Leathers
- The Orange Blossom
- The Saffron
- The Vetiver
- Top Rose Fragrances & Products
- Top Vanilla Fragrances & Types
- Top Violet Fragrances & Types
HOW TO GUIDES
- How Scent Colour Affects Purchase
- How to Best Apply Perfume
- How to Calculate How Much Perfume is Left
- How to Choose a Wedding Fragrance
- How to Choose Fragrance for a Gift
- How to Choose Perfume to Wear to Bed
- How to Get Free Fragrance Samples
- How to Get Over a Discontinued Fragrance
- How to Get to Know Fragrance Notes
- How to Make Perfume Last
- How to Match Perfume with Zodiac Sign
- How to Open a Stuck Perfume Bottle
- How to Pick Different Editions & Date Vintage
- How to Remove Unwanted Odors
- How to Safely Buy Perfume Online
- How to Season-Rotate your Fragrances
- How to Seduce with your Perfume
- How to Successfully Do Fragrance Layering
- How to Trust Your Nose
- Pairing Lipstick & Perfume
- Perfume Concentration: EDT,EDP,PDT,extrait etc.
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Helg!!!!
ReplyDeleteADORE the DIVINE Ertha!
I saw her in concert when she came to Australia and she would have been in her late 60's or early 70's and she was WONDERFUL!!
Would love to know what Ertha's perfume fav was!!
Hope you are having a great Christmas :)
Isn't she AMAZING? Would have loved to see her live; such gorgeous legs too!
ReplyDeleteWishing you LOTS of happy days ahead in 2011 and that you're spending quality time with loved ones (I know you do!)
Lovely Eartha!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely fabulous!! And very sexy. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnd to think that formidable woman got to know discrimination inside her own milieu as being "lighter/yellower" than her adoptive family. What a shame (and an irony)!
SUPERB!!!
ReplyDeletea Classic!!!!!