Men's Fragrance Reviews
Reviews by Thom Watson, qualified beauty therapist, testing men’s grooming since 2011. About Thom
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L’Occitane Sorbet Verbena
Containing lemon, mint essential oils and an organic verbena extract, this beautiful new summer edition of the L’Occitane classic – L’Occitane Sorbet Verbena The two products I test drove were the Sorbet Verbena Fresh Mist and the Sorbet Verbena Exfoliating Shower Gel. The fresh mist is light and delicate but as it’s the mist rather…
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L’Occitane Candle For Sight
I’ve long since been a fan of L’Occitane’s beautiful candles, for both their amazing scents and great transportable tins. They’ve released a new addition to the line called ‘Candle for Sight’, raising money for the Royal National Institute of Blind People, which will go towards its Training Grade Scheme, providing professional training to partially sighted…
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Caravan Fragrancias en Supermercados Condis
[alert style=”green”]Este artículo también está disponible en ingles. This post is also available in English. [/alert] Puedes estar pensando, ‘¿Qué diablos es eso?’. Bueno, esta es una nueva línea de fragancias que están almacenadas por Condis Supermercados españoles. El envase no es nada especial, y de € 9.95, es apenas una etiqueta de precio de…
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Alvarez Gomez
A new arrival to the UK, Alvarez Gomez is one of Spain’s oldest and most famous perfumers and cosmetics manufacturers, being a family owned business celebrating 100 years this year. They have just made their range available right here in the UK and I was lucky enough to be able to try a selection of…
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Acqua di Parma Blu Mediterraneo Bergamotto di Calabria Review
An unbelievable variation on the already sublime Acqua di Parma. I have already decided that this will be my summer 2012 fragrance. As you can see, the bottle is in the style of the traditional Acqua di Parma but with a vibrant blue glass and lid, it looks incredibly striking among my other fragrances. The…
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Perfume Calligraphy by Aramis
Now if you read my Father’s Day fragrance round up on The Beauty Shortlist then you’ll know I’m already a fan of the original Aramis. If you haven’t read it, then click here. The fragrance is for both men and women and draws heavily on influences from the Middle East. You’re introduced to cardamon, lemon…
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Acqua di Parma Colonia Review
It took me a while to take a photo that I really thought captured the fragrance, and I think, well, I hope, I did it. This fragrance review was and will still be part of a collective round up of some of the world’s best heritage fragrances to get you set for Father’s day 2012,…
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Molton Brown Skin Firming Lipoamino Hydrator / Londinium
A good few months back, actually the beginning of easter, I was sent these two fabulous products through from Molton Brown who wanted to give me loads of time to live with the products before deciding if I’d like to write about them before their launch, this week. Needless to say, the products were superb…
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Museo del Perfume Barcelona
On my trip to Barcelona, I discovered the perfume museum. Well OK, I didn’t discover it, but I went there. Its located through the back of the prestigious Regia cosmetic store and plays host to many very very old perfumes as well as first editions of some of the modern world’s classics such as Chanel,…
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Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme
One of my favourite fragrances of all time has to be original Allure Homme by Chanel. Bought for me what I was 16, it was one of the most sophisticated fragrances I’d every owned. Now 6 years later, Chanel have released an updated and quite exciting version of the fragrance called Allure Homme Sport. On…