Perfume Reviews Index by House

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The reviews solely reflect the personal opinion of the author and are not sponsored in any shape or form. 
Work in progress!


Aftelier
Haute Claire
Secret Garden

Agent Provocateur
Agent Provocateur (short review)
Agent Provocateur (original & short description of flankers)

Amouage
Epic for men
Epic for women
Gold for women
Jubilation 25
Honour for Man
Honour for Woman
Library Collection Opus I, Opus II, Opus III
Library Collection: Opus V
Ubar

Annette Neuffer
Avicenna

Annick Goutal
Eau de Fier
Grand Amour
Heure Exquise
Le Jasmin
Le Mimosa
Musc Nomade (Les Orientalistes)
Passion
Quel Amour
Rose Absolue
Rose Splendide
Sables
Songes
Un Matin d'Orage

Anya's Garden
Fairchild
Kewdra
Light
Moondance
Pan
Riverside
Starflower

Apivita
Earth

Aqua di Parma
Gelsomino Nobile
Magnolia Nobile

Atelier Cologne
Vanille Insensee

Ayala Moriel Perfumes
Fete d'Hiver
Film Noir
Gigi
Sahleb
Vetiver Racinettes
Yasmin
Zohar

Arabian Attars
Arabian attars from Yemen

Aramis
Aramis (short review)

Armando Martinez
Benefactor
Maquillage
Pillow of Flowers

Armani
Attitude for men
Armani pour Femme original
Bois d'Encens (Armani Prive)
La Femme Bleue (Armani Prive)
Mania (vintage, original edition)

Ava Luxe
Madame X
Midnight Violet
Pearl Musk

Ayala Moriel Perfumes
Fete d'Hiver
Film Noir
Gigi
Sahleb
Vetiver Racinettes
Yasmin
Zohar

Baccarat
Les Larmes Sacrées de Thèbes
Un Certain été à Livadia
Une Nuit Etoilé au Bengale

Balenciaga
Cialenga
La Fuite des Heures (Fleeting Moment)
Michelle

Balmain
Jolie Madame
Miss Balmain

Barbara Bui
Barbara Bui Le Parfum

Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs
Snake Oil

Blood Concept Fragrances
Blood Fragrances

Bond No.9
Andy Warhol Silver Factory
Coney Island

Bottega Veneta
Bottega Veneta Eau de Parfum (2011)

Boucheron
Boucheron pour Femme

Bulgari/Bvlgari
Black
Jasmin Noir
Voile de Jasmin
Omnia Green Jade

Burberry
Burberry Body
Burberry London for men (2006)

By Kilian
Cruel Intentions
Incense Oud
Liaisons Dangereuses

Cabanel
Alahine
Early Roses

Cacharel
Anais Anais
Eden
Loulou
Noa, Noa Fleur & Noa Perle (comparison)
Scarlett

Calvin Klein
Beauty
Secret Obsession
Obsession for men (short review)

Cartier
Baiser Vole
Roadster for men
Santos (short review)

Caron
Alpona
Coup de Fouet
Narcisse Noir
Nuit de Noel
Or et Noir
Parfum Sacre
Poivre
Tabac Blond
With Pleasure

Carven
Ma Griffe
Vetiver

Chanel
28 La Pausa (Les Exclusifs collection)
31 Rue Cambon (Les Exclusifs collection)
Antaeus
Antaeus Sport
Bel Respiro (Les Exclusifs collection)
Beige (Les Exclusifs collection)
Beige vintage (info)
Chance Eau Tendre
Coromandel (Les Exclusifs collection)
Cuir de Russie
Cuir de Russie (Les Exclusifs collection)
Eau de Cologne (Les Exclusifs collection)
Gardenia (comparison of vintage & Les Exclusifs)
No.18 (Les Exclusifs collection)
No.19
No.19 Poudré
No.46
Pour Monsieur
Sycomore (Les Exclusifs collection)

Chantecaille
Le Jasmin

Chloe
Chloe (distrubuted by Lancaster): old version vs.new edition

Christian Dior
Diorama
Diorella
Diorling
Dior-Dior
Eau Fraiche
Eau Sauvage (short review; info on hedione)
Fahrenheit 32
Hypnotic Poison Eau Sensuelle
Jules
Miss Dior
Patchouli Imperial
Poison (short review)
Poison Hypnotic (short review)
Poison Tendre (short review)
Poison Pure (short review)
Poison Midnight (short review)
Poison Elixirs: Poison Hypnotic Elixir, Poison Pure Elixir, Poison Midnight Elixir (short reviews)

Clinique
Aromatics Elixir

Comme des Garcons
888
Avignon
H&M by Comme des Garcons
Kyoto
Laurel by Monocle x
Man 2(short review)
Ourzazate

Costes
Costes by Hotel Costes

Cote Bastide
Fleurs d'Oranger (short review)

Coty
Chypre de Coty

Crazy Libellule & the Poppies
Encens Mystic

Creative Scentualization
Perfect Veil

Creed
Angelique Encens
Jasmine Emperatrice Eugenie
Royal English Leather
Spice & Wood

Dawn Spencer Hurwitz
Cimabue
Musk Eau Natural

DelRae parfums
Debut

Deneuve Catherine
Deneuve

Diane von Furstenberg
Diane by Diane von Furstenberg

Different Company, The
Jasmin de Nuit

Diptyque
Do Son

Essence of John Galliano
Jardin Clos
Opone (short review)
Opopanax

Dolce & Gabanna
The One (for women) Eau de Parfum

Donna Karan
Gold

Elie Saab
Elie Saab Le Parfum

Estee Lauder
Azuree original (1969) (short review)
Azuree Soleil
Beautiful Love
Bronze Goddess
Bronze Goddess Soleil 
Pleasures Delight
Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia
Wild Elixir
Wood Mystique

Etat Libre d'Orange
Archives 69
Bijou Romantique
Fils de Dieu du Riz et des Agrumes
Secretions Magnifiques 

Etro
Gomma
Messe de Minuit
Shaal Nur
Vetiver (short review)
Via Verri

Fath
Iris Gris

Floris
Vetiver

Frederic Malle
Carnal Flower

Dans tes Bras
Iris Poudre
Lys Mediterranee
Musc Ravageur
Vetiver Extraordinaire

Fresh
Pink Jasmine

Gianfranco Ferre
Ferre by Ferre (short review and comparison)

Givenchy
Ange ou demon
Givenchy Gentleman
Vetyver

Gres
Cabochard

Guerlain
Ambre de Guerlain
Angelique Noire
Aqua Allegoria (all fragrances, short reviews)
Aqua Allegoria Bouquet No.1
Arsene Lupin Dandy
Attrape Coeur
Atuana
Chant d'Aromes
Carnal Elixirs/ Elixirs Charnels (Gourmand Coquin, Chypre Fatal, Oriental Brulant)
Chamade
Coque d'Or
Cuir de Russie by Guerlain
Delice de Peau body cream
Cologne du 68
Cologne du Parfumeur
Cruel Gardenia
Cuir Beluga
Derby (short review)
Djedi
Fleur de Feu
Guet Apens
Habit Rouge
Idylle Duet (Rose-Patchouli)
Insolence Eau de parfum
Iris Ganache
Jasminora
Jardins de Bagatelle
La Petite Robe Noire no.2
L'instant Magic
Liu
Mitsouko
Nahema
No.68 Limited edition
Ode
Parure
Pour Troubler
Rose Barbare
Samsara
Shalimar
Shalimar Eau Legere & Shalimar Light
Shalimar Parfum Initial
Sous le Vent
Tonka Imperiale
Vega
Vetiver pour homme and Vetiver Glacee
Vetiver pour elle
Vol de Nuit
Vol de Nuit Evasion

Halston
Halston by Halston

Haramain
Al Nabha (short review)

Haydria Perfumery
Harem Girl
Tainted Love


Hermes
24 Faubourg
Bel Ami (short review)
Doblis
Eau d'Hermes
Elixir des Merveilles
Eau de Merveilles (comparison between concentrations and Elixir)
Iris Ukiyoé (Hermessences)
Kelly Calèche
Poivre Samarkande (Hermessences)
Santal Massoia (Hermessences)
Un Jardin apres la Mousson
Un Jardin sur le Toit
Vanille Galante (Hermessences)
Vetiver Tonka (Hermessences)

Hilde Soliani
Anemone
Bell'Antonio
Conafetto
Iris
Mangiami dopo teatro (short review)
Margerita
Ortensia (short review)
Sipario(short review)
Stecca (short review)
Tulipano
Vecchi Rosetti

Histoires de Parfums
Colette 1873

Honore des Pres
Vamp a NY
Bonte's Bloom, Chaman's Party, Nu Green, Sexy Angelic

Illuminated Perfume Roxana Villa
Hedera Helix
Lyra
To Bee
Q
Notes for all Roxana Villa perfumes

Indult
Tihota

Ineke perfumes
After my Own Heart
Balmy Days and Sundays, Chemical Bonding, Dering Do, Evening edged in Gold (short reviews)
Evening Edged in Gold (short review)

I Profumi di Firenze
Zagara (short review)

Jean Couturier
Coriandre

Jean Louis Scherrer
Jean Louis Scherrer I (green)

Jean Paul Gaultier
Fleur du Male (for men)
Ma Dame

Jo Malone
Honeysuckle and Jasmine
Orange Blossom
Tea Collection: Assam & Grapefruit, Earl Grey & Cucumber, Sweet Milk, Sweet Lemon, & Fresh Mint Leaf

Kenzo
Power

Knize
Knize Ten

Krizia
Teatro alla Scala
K de Krizia

La Maison de la Vanille
Vanille Noire de Mexique

Lancome
Cuir de Lancome re-issue (short review)
Cuir de Lancome re-issue & vintage Revolte (full review & comparison)
Kypre de Lancome
La Valee Bleue
Magnifique
Miracle Forever
O de Lancome
O de l'Orangerie
Poeme

Lanvin
Rumeur
Scandal

L'artisan Parfumeur
Fleur de Narcisse 2006 (Harvest series)
Fleur d'Oranger 2005 (Harvest series)
Havana Vanille
La Haie Fleuri de Hameau
L'Ete en Douce/ Extrait de Songe
Mandarine
Passage d'Enfer
Safran Troublant (short review)
Traversée du Bosphore
Thé pour une Ete
Timbuktu
Vanille Absolument
Vetiver (short review)
Voleur des Roses

Laura Tonnato
Amir

Le Labo
Aldehyde 44 (Dallas exclusive)
AnOther 13
Baie Rose 26
Gaiac 10 (Tokyo exclusive)
Musc 25 (Los Angeles exclusive)

Poivre 23 (London exclusive)
Santal 33
Vanille 44 (Paris exclusive)

Les Nez
L'antimatiere
Let me Play the Lion"
Manoumalia
The Unicorn Spell
Turtle Vetiver Exercise 1
Turtle Vetiver Front

Lolita Lempicka
L de Lempicka

Lorenzo Villoresi
Incensi
Vetiver (short review)

Lubin
Idole (short review)

Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier
Jardin Blanc
Route du Vetiver (short review)

Marc Jacobs
Amber Splash
Bang
Blush
Daisy
Daisy Eau so Fresh

Maria Candida Gentile
Cinabre
Exultat
Hanbury

Michael Kors
Island Hawaii

Mihov Konstantin
Alice in Wonderland

Miller Harris
Jasmin Vert
L'air de Rien

Missoni
Missoni Aqua

Molinard
Une Histoire de Chypre for Aedes

Montale
Jasmin Full

Montana
Parfum de Peau
Suggestion trio: Eau d'Argent, Eau d'Or, Eau Cuivree

Nasomatto
Absinthe
Duro
Hindu Grass
Narcotic Venus
Silver Musk

Narciso Rodriguez
Essence

Narciso for Her & comparison of all concentrations/versions

Nobile 1942
Anonimo Veneziano

Pontevecchio M for Him
Pontevecchio W for Her

Norma Kamali
Incense

Oscar de la Renta
Esprit d'Oscar
Oscar Violet

Oriflame
Amethyste Fatale
Chiffon

Ormonde Jayne
Frangipani Absolue
Ormonde Woman
Sampaquita
Ta'if (short review)
Tiare
Tolu
Zizan

Paco Rabanne
Calandre
La Nuit de Paco Rabanne

Paloma Picasso
Paloma Picasso Mon Parfum

Patricia de Nicolai
Kiss me Tender
Vetyver (short review)

Parfumerie Generale
Corps et Ames (short review)
Praline de Santal

Parfum d'Empire
Aziyade

Parfums MDCI
Ambre TopKapi
Peche Cardinal

Patou
Adieu Sagesse
Amour Amour
Caline
Chaldee
Cocktail
Colony
Delices
Divine Folie
Joy
L'Heure Attendue
Moment Supreme
Normandie
Que sais-je?
Vacances

Penhaligon's
Amaranthine
Castile
Juniper Sling
Sartorial

Piguet Robert
Baghari (new vs vintage)
Bandit
Calypso (vintage)

Pontevecchio
Anonimo Veneziano
Pontevecchio M for men
Pontevecchio W for women

Prada
Candy by Prada
L'Eau Ambree
Infusion d'Iris
Infusion de Fleur d'Oranger
Infusion d'Homme
Infusion de Tubereuse

Profumo.it/La Via del Profumo
Angelica Water
Chocolate Amber
Frutti Paradisi
Green Blossom
Grezzo d'eleganza
Samurai

Revillon
Detchema

Rochas
Femme
Moustache
Rochas Man

Satellite
A la Figue
Ipanema

Serge Lutens
Arabie (short review)
Bas de Soie
Boxeuses
Clair de Musc
Chypre Rouge
De Profundis
Douce Amere
Encens et Lavande
El Attarine
Fleurs d'Oranger
Jeux de Peau
Iris Silver Mist
L'Eau de Serge Lutens
L'Eau Froide
Nombre Noir
Mandarine Mandarin
Sarrasins
Serge Noire
Tubéreuse Criminelle
Un Lys
Vetiver Oriental
Vitriol d'Oeillet

Shiseido
Inoui

Nombre Noir

Solange
Cosmic

Sonoma Scent Studio
Ambre Noir
Champagne de Bois
Encens Tranquille
Jour Ensoileillee
Fig Tree
Fireside Intense
Lieu de Reves
Nostalgie
Opal
Sienna Musk
To Dream

Sonia Rykiel
Belle en Rykiel
Sonia Rykiel Woman-not for men! (Eau de parfum)

Tauer Perfumes
Carillon pour un Ange
Dark Passage (Tableau de Parfums Snapshots, LE)
Eau d'Epices 
Hyacinth and a Mechanic (unreleased ~"bottle on a journey" project)
Incense Extreme
Incense Rose
L'air du desert marocain
Miriam (Tableau de Parfums line)
Orange Star 
Pentachords: White, Auburn, Verdant
Reverie au Jardin
Rose Vermeille 
Une Rose Chypree
Vetiver Dance
Zeta

Thierry Mugler
Eau de Star
Innocent
Womanity

Tom Ford
Arabian Wood (Private Blend Collection)

Black Orchid
Bois Marocain (Private Blend Collection)
Champaca Absolute (Private Blend collection)
Grey Vetiver (Private Blend Collection)
Japon Noir (Private Blend Collection)
Jasmin Rouge
Italian Cypress (Private Blend Collection)
Santal Blush
Violet Blonde

Tommi Sooni
Tarantella

Trussardi
Bianco
Trussardi Uomo (original) (short review)

Ulric de Varens
Ulric pour Elle

Valentino
Valentina de Valentino

Van Cleef & Arpels
First (short review, info on hedione)

Vera Wang
Look

Vero Profumo
Kiki (extrait)
Onda (exrait)
Rubj (extrait)
Kiki, Onda, Rubj in Eau de Parfum concentration

Viktor & Rolf
Spicebomb

Washington Tremlett
Black Tie (short review)

Yves Saint Laurent
Belle d'Opium

In Love Again
Kouros
L'homme
Opium
Paris
Rive Gauche
Saharienne
Y by Yves Saint Laurent
Yvresse (previously "Champagne")

Articles/ Discussion index

2007 fragrances round-up: what makes for the popular vote?
2007 and 13 honest & cynical musings
Allergies and Perfume: Your Scent is giving me the hives/allergies/a migraine/asthma
A perfume for Sirens
Art by Women: an Equal Opportunity Manifestation?"
Art Revered for the Sake of Reverence?
Art in perfumery: an essay
Art in perfumery part deux
Average Person vs. Perfumista
Back to the Future (of Fragrance this time)
Beautiful Bottles in time for Christmas 2006
Best of the next: what lies ahead
Chic: perfumewise, that is!
Colour of the juice: delivering more hints than you thought
Continuing the saga: what future of perfumery?
Cult of the Celebrity scent: fragrance history
Dirty Secrets of the Grey Market and Fakes
Eau Flirt: Can a Perfume Make you Appear More Attractive?
Economic Crisis? What Economic Crisis?
End of Ebay sales
Experiement to put an itchy rash on the butt of science
Famous people on the wedding day and their scent: Eva Longoria
Gimmick or Innovation and at what price?
Givaudan iPerfumer application:  Cutting-edge or demystifying?
Glorious Stink: why smelling dirty is not as you imagined
Hope for the average perfume buyer (still)
How far can one's allegiance to a brand go? (vis a vis the Galliano/Dior case)
How many of you have been wearing less than a dollar perfume?
How much can the niche fragrance market bear?
Is Perfume Political? You bet!
"It smelled so good and now I'm not loving it as much!": on Perfume Reformulations
It's the end of the world as we know it
Jacques Polge for Chanel
La Parfumeuse Chauve (the bald perfumista): a play in three acts
Lies and Misdemeanors
Luxury Market amidst the Recession & Other Bedtime Stories
Mitsouko death...
"Noir" in Fragrances: The Power & the Mystique
Old Lady vs. Older Woman: the Perfume Wars
Perfume appreciation and the Quest for objective beauty
Perfume and the Perfumed: When Icon& Fragrance delightfully clash
Perfume in Public Places: etiquette or paranoia?
Perfume preferences & How Body Chemistry can Affect Fragrance
Perfumery Restrictions and Why Everything we Say in Public Matters
"Put all the perfume you want on a smelly beggar, it will spoil the perfume" Seriously?
Powdery and Dry in relation to Perfume
Rich people: what do they smell of?
Quest for the great dry citrus
Rest in Peace Jacques Helleu
Sally sells sea "sel" at the sea shore
Season specific fragrance wardrobe and Rotate your fragrance so you don't stop smelling it: Fact/fiction?
Sex and the parfum
She's only got 2 and a half expressions for Pete's sake!
Should we or shouldn't we say "You Stink!"
Signature fragrance: Its indefinable allure
Soapy Fragrances: More than Just a Matter of Clean
"Stop Dousing with Musky Perfume" (from Facebook)
Take it back
The Guerlain Conundrum
The Origins of the Olfactory Theory of Shape?
The politics of perfumery: Jean-Paul Guerlain makes a faux-pas
Top 13 Worst Perfumes? Come again?
Too Many Launches? Some perfume history
Romancing the Scent: part 1, part 2
Valentine's Preparation: Movie and a Fragrance
War of the worlds: natural vs. synthetics
When someone usurps your signature fragrance
What fragrance would these Oscar winners wear?
What type of perfume collector are you?
Who are we wearing perfume for, really?
Who is questioning the Guide?
Why crusading against perfumery restrictions is an exercise in omphaloscepsis
Why do perfumes smell the same?
Why do French (and Europen) people grow up to love scents,  while Americans don't (social anthropology)
Yes, but is it original?

Fragrance History Articles Index

Click the appropriate links. (Please report broken links)

Coty and the beginnings of modern perfumery:
Coty and his Chypre
Coty Chypre : packaging and advertising

Chypres:
The Origins of the Chypre perfume family: Lost in Antiquity ~everything you wanted to know
Chypre fragrances and their chronology: historical relevance of olfactory vogues related to chypres

Crossing Oceans of Time to Bottle Antiquity: David Pybus and his museum projects

Cult of the Celebrity scent: an historical approach to the phenomenon of celebrity endorsed fragrances

From the history of the house of Chanel:
Beige (vintage)
Cuir de Russie

From the history of the house of Christian Dior:
Miss Dior (1947)
Diorama (1949)
Eau Fraiche (1953)
Diorling (1963)
Diorella (1972)
Dior-Dior (1976)

From the history of the house of Guerlain:
Pour Troubler (1911)
Shalimar (1925)
Djedi
Liu (1929)
Sous Le Vent (1933)
Vol de Nuit
Vega (1936)
Fleur de Feu (1948)
Atuana (1952)
Ode (1955)
Vetiver (1956)
Chant d'Aromes (1962)

Little known facts: fragrance trivia you might not know

Romancing the Ripe: historical evidence on the lure of "dirty/skanky"

Space Odyssey: Ten Monoliths Ten moments in the history of scent that changed everything

The Different Company: history of a niche line

Vetiver in historical fragrances: the iconic references
Vetiver and gender: the history of a miscalculated note

Perfume Houses Links

The following links are not sponsored/affiliated in any way.

A
Acqua di Parma
Aftelier Perfumes
Agent Provocateur
Agraria
Alberta Ferretti
Alexander McQueen
Amouage
Anna Sui
Annick Goutal
Antica Farmacista
Antonia's Flowers
Aqaba
Aroma M
Artemisia Perfume
Attar Bazaar
Azzaro

B
Balenciaga
Balmain
Barbara Bui
Benetton
Bijan
Blumarine
Bobo
Bogner
Bond no 9
Borsari di Parma
Boucheron
Burberry
Bvlgari

C
CB I Hate Perfume
Cacharel
Calypso
Caron
Carthusia
Castle Forbes
Caswell-Massey
Caudalie
Chanel
Chopard
Christian Dior
Christian Dior Homme
Christian Lacroix
Clarins
Clinique
Comptoir Sud Pacifique
Costume National
Coty
Courrèges
Crabtree & Evelyn
Creative Scentualization
Creed
Czech & Speake
Céline
Côté Bastide

D
Des Filles à la Vanille
Detaille
Diptyque
Divine
Dolce & Gabbana
Donna Karan
Dorissima
Dragonfly Blue

E
E. Coudray
Ebba
Elizabeth W
Escada
Estée Lauder
Etro

F
Fendi
FlorisFragonard
Fresh
Frédéric Malle Editions de Parfums

G
Galimard
Gianfranco Ferré
Giorgio Armani
Givenchy
GucciGuerlain

H
Helmut Lang
Hermès
Hierbas de Ibiza
Histoires de Parfums
Hové Parfumeur
Hugo Boss

I
I Profumi di Firenze
Issey Miyake

J
Jacomo
JAR Parfums
Jean Patou
Jean Paul Gaultier
Jil Sander
Jo MaloneJohn Varvatos

K
Keiko Mecheri
Kenzo
Korres
Krizia

L
L'Artisan Parfumeur
L'Erbolario
L'Occitane
L'Oréal
La Perla
Lalique
Lancôme
Lanvin
Laura Biagotti
Laura Tonatto
Le Jardin Retrouvé
Les Bains du Marais
Lise Watier
Lolita Lempicka Parfums
Long Lost Perfumes
Lorenzo Villoresi
Lothantique

M
Marc Jacobs
Martine Micallef
Matthew Williamson
Mauboussin
Maître Parfumeur et Gantier
Miller Harris
Miller et Bertaux
Molinard
Montale
Moschino

N
Nanadebary
Narciso Rodriguez
Nina Ricci
Norma Kamali

O
Ormonde Jayne

P
Paco Rabanne
Parfums 06130
Parfums Delrae
Parfums Grès
Parfums de Nicolaï
Pascal Morabito
Patyka
Paul Smith
People of the Labyrinths
Prince Matchabelli

R
Ralph Lauren
Robert Piguet
Roberto Cavalli
Rochas

S
Sage Machado
Sali Oguri
Salvatore Ferragamo
Santa Maria Novella
Serge Lutens
Shiseido
Sisley
Slatkin
Sonia Rykiel
Stella Cadente
Strange Invisible Perfumes
Strenesse
Susanne Lang

T
The Different Company
Thierry Mugler
Tiffany
Tommy Hilfiger
Trish McEvoy
Trussardi

U
Ulrich de Varens
Ungaro

V
VIP Room
Valentino
Van Cleef & Arpels
Vera Wang
Versace
Vivienne Westwood

Y
YOSH
Yardley
Yohji Yamamoto
Yves Rocher
Yves Saint Laurent