Annick Goutal L’Ile au Thé Perfumed Candle
I’ve never written a candle review before… I had wanted to many times in the past few years, and I’ve amassed quite a collection myself, but I never got around to writing them. For a long time, I found myself trapped in a self discovery journey, where I wasn’t quite sure what sort of scent […]
Enjoy A Fresh Romantic Spring with Diptyque Eau Plurielle
It is a tradition during Chinese New Year to visit your close friends and family, big gatherings are common to bring in liveliness, laughter, and warmth to the home. It is indeed nice to take time out to catch up, but sometimes in the midst of all the crowd and raucous festivities, it can get […]
Fragility bottled: Serge Lutens L’orpheline
Around the time I was starting to explore haute fragrances, a friend brought me around to test out some Serge Lutens, proclaiming the brand to be the best and most complex. In return, I brought him around to Tom Ford instead and sent him on a fragrance layering journey. That afternoon we both agreed there […]
Pharrell Williams Partnered with Comme des Garcons to Produce an Uncommon Girl
When I first heard that Pharrell Williams had launched his own fragrance titled “Girl”, I gave a yawn and dismissed it as yet another celebrity-endorsed mass market fragrance. Just to state upfront, I did not dislike “Happy” the first time I heard it, but it was one of those generic songs that gets overplayed to […]
Travel Around the World with Creed’s Acqua Originale Collection
Creed is an established perfumery that began by handcrafting uncommon fragrances for royal houses. Today, it is the only fragrance house that still relies on traditional infusion technique to capture the raw and rare materials of each perfume. I’ve long been admiring the scents from afar, but never quite found one that resonated with me. […]
Strolling through Diptyque’s Les Florales Collection
One thing I’ve noticed about fragrances, is that they take time to appreciate. Which is my excuse for being so tardy in reviewing these floral eau de toilettes from Diptyque’s Les Eaux Collection. I received vial samples of the entire collection shortly after their launch in July, but for some reason they did not quite appeal […]
Vanille Insensée by Atelier Cologne
There’s a new love in my life… one that is strong, sensual, manly. Unafraid to embrace the warmth of vanilla, but possesses the gravitas that demands to be taken seriously. This is Vanille Insensée by Atelier Cologne. Not your everyday plain vanilla of the cupcake variety, this is Vanille Insensée, literally vanilla out of its […]
Diptyque Do Son Eau de Parfum
I received a very lovely surprise birthday gift recently from my sweet Instagram family… these ladies have the most exquisite tastes, and know me better than I know myself sometimes! So timely, because I’ve been on a fragrance bent lately, and they gifted me with not just any everyday scent… but this precious bottle of Diptyque Do […]
