Fragrantica and the unhinged poetry of perfume reviews

26 Feb

“To all those who would refer to [Schiaparelli’s] Shocking as a ‘grandma fragrance’ – your grandma is a whore. Please give me her number, I want her to be my wing woman.” This review, so poetically written by user ‘fanonlamb’, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the weird, wonderful and bonkers assessments of fragrances that are available to us on Fragrantica. The website, described as an online perfume encyclopaedia, lets users post their own reviews of practically every perfume imaginable, from the mainstream celeb-promoted fare that you see in airports, to the avant-garde experimental scents worn by connoisseurs only. And the Fragrantica users don’t hold back – from happily sharing the most intimate details of their...

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17 Aug

How politicians use perfume to assert power and influence

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Beauty, Featured

How politicians use perfume to assert power and influence

In a move reminiscent of adolescent bravado, 47-year-old Emmanuel Macron reportedly applies “industrial” amounts of Dior Sauvage – to such an extent that his aides in the Élysée Palace can smell him coming. According to a new book by French journalist Olivier Beaumont, this inclination to wear the cologne “at all hours of the day” is a way “almost of marking his territory. It is a sign of one thing: that the president is in the building.” Politicians have a lot of tricks when it comes to the ‘non-verbal communication’ they use to secure and assert power. They can dress up to exude authority, or dress down to show solidarity with financial difficulties (as in the case of Greece’s Alexis Tsipras)....

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27 Apr

Introducing the Recent Women’s Perfume | LOUIS VUITTON

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Fashion

Introducing the Recent Women’s Perfume | LOUIS VUITTON

The brand new women’s perfume. In an ode to visionary Louis Vuitton women, Master Perfumer Jacques Cavallier Belletrud dedicates his latest creation to those that seize the day with trailblazing energy, embodying a free-spirited boldness as they make their mark on the world. Explore the composition at http://on.louisvuitton.com/60002gNUy #LVParfums #LouisVuitton Subscribe to Louis Vuitton on Youtube ► http://on.louisvuitton.com/60062cXZ6 ABOUT LOUIS VUITTON Since 1854, Louis Vuitton has placed fashion within the context of culture bringing unique designs to the world, combining innovation with style and uncompromising quality. Today, the Maison stays faithful to the spirit of its founder, Louis Vuitton, who invented a real “Art of Travel” through luggage, bags and accessories which were as creative as they were elegant and practical. ...

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3 Jan

The perfume designer translating your personality DNA into fragrance

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The perfume designer translating your personality DNA into fragrance

Born in London, but moved to India when she was just two years old, Azzi Glasser grew up surrounded by the wealthy smells of nature - the beach, the ocean air, the echoes of a monsoon. When she returned to England, it was the smell of rain on earth that greeted her. Other smells she recalls from her childhood are those associated together with her mother - a lipstick, her old powder compact cases after she had finished with them, and her perfume. “I'd watch my mother preparing for evening events,” Azzi says. “She would placed on her false eyelashes, throw on her fur coat and spray her perfume on before going out with my father, which was very often....

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