Fragrance Families Reviews
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Crabtree & Evelyn Sevillian Neroli Eau de Cologne
Part of the Heritage Fragrance Collection, I’m a little in love with Crabtree & Evelyn Sevillian Neroli Eau de Cologne. I’ve been wearing this on and off since Christmas and have found it so safe yet so unusual and so familiar yet so unique. It’s undoubtedly unisex with enough lighter top notes to lift it…
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Ferrari Leather Essence Eau de Parfum
Created in 2013 by Alexandra Carlin, this is something fabulously luxurious that I was really not convinced would be anything more than a cheap brand let-down but at £79 I also didn’t think it would be a 007 disaaaaster. With top notes of bergamot, bitter orange and cloves; a warm heart of leather, tonka beak…
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Victorinox Swiss Unlimited ENERGY
This is masculine, I mean, damn, the guy in the commercial not only has a surfboard, but he rides to the beach carrying the surfboard on a freakin’ skateboard! That’s Energy for you (he says sat slumped at his keyboard covered in the crumbs of a Christmas tin of Cadbury’s Fingers). You may have read…
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Jo Loves Green Orange & Coriander Bath Cologne
I wanted to create a product that looked and felt the same as pouring cologne into the bath. After two years of trying, I have finally pioneered and perfected an entirely new luxury bathing experience. I wanted to sit writing this fresh; feeling fresh and with the Jo Loves Green Orange & Coriander Bath Cologne…
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Clinique Chemistry for Men Eau de Toilette
Launched three years after I was born, this is one of Clinique’s hidden gems and you’ll find it tucked away at the bottom of your local Clinique counter’s Skin Supplies for Men display. The fact they’ve not updated the Clinique logo on the packaging (it’s the old bold logo) always made me think it was…
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Tom Ford Noir Eau de Toilette
A quick one for Sunday but something I think you’ll love and with 2 shopping days left, you might decide to run out and grab it for that special someone (i.e. yourself). Tom Ford Noir Eau de Toilette is a new variation on the original Tom Ford Noir Eau de Parfum. It’s not that different from…
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Thierry Mugler A*Men Pure Malt Creation 2013
Introduction, blah, blah. Right, here are the notes, get a load of this: Coffee, caramel, honey, patchouli, vanilla, milk, benzoin, amber, musk, malt whiskey, fruits, lavender, mint, lilly of the valley and jasmine. It’s out of this world. A*Men Pure Malt Creation 2013 is a limited edition for 2013 and created using patented techniques that…
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Victorinox Swiss Unlimited Eau de Toilette
I really wanted to hate this. I saw it and thought, “OK, the Swiss-Army knife people have made what they think is a fragrance, maaaww!” Well shut me up, it’s damn good! It puts big fragrance houses, Ara *cough!* mis *cough*, to absolute shame. The bottle is stupid and annoying/fiddly but I get it, it…
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L’Occitane Cèdre & Oranger
Well overdue and apologies that even though this has been sat in my pile for a couple of months, I’ve omitted to share it with you. Part of La Collection de Grasse, you may remember my interview with the collection’s creator Karine Dubreuil who sneaked a clue that for Christmas 2013, there’d be a targeted…
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Tom Ford Private Blend Tobacco Oud
When I was moving to Manchester for University at 18, the second week in, my mum came to visit and we went shopping at Selfridges Exchange square (my first shopping trip in Manchester and my first ever trip to Selfridges). We came across the teeny-tiny Tom Ford Private Blend counter and we discovered a range…