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2016

L’ENIGME DE L’ENCENS JAPONAIS…….SERGE NOIRE de SERGE LUTENS (2008)original ↗

15 Dec 2016

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire: CASTANA by ATELIER CLOON KEEN (2012)original ↗

13 Dec 2016

IN SHADOWS…………ALPONA EXTRAIT DE PARFUM by CARON (1939)original ↗

10 Dec 2016

NEA by JUL ET MAD (2015)original ↗

8 Dec 2016

BIRTHDAY TOP TEN original ↗

2 Dec 2016

ON THE ART OF JAPANESE INCENSE, AND ZEN BY SHISEIDO (2001)original ↗

27 Nov 2016

THE END OF THE EXPERIMENT original ↗

25 Nov 2016

BARKING AT THE MOON : : : CREPE DE CHINE by MILLOT (1925)original ↗

25 Nov 2016

O sweet fig : FLAGRANT DELICE by TERRY DE GUNZBURG (2012) (+ miniature figathon for Nina: L’Artisan Parfumeur Premier Figuier; Diptyque Philosokos; Miller Harris Figue Amere; Angela Flanders Figue Noire; Sonoma Scent Studio Fig Tree; Carthusia Io Capri )original ↗

23 Nov 2016

DUMBO DUMBO : L’ELEPHANT by KENZO (1996)original ↗

22 Nov 2016

THE FOREST original ↗

20 Nov 2016

NUIT ETOILEE by ANNICK GOUTAL (2012)original ↗

18 Nov 2016

A SAINT IN THE DESERT: : : : : L’EAU DU NAVIGATEUR by L’ARTISAN PARFUMEUR (1982)original ↗

16 Nov 2016

THROUGH THE FIRE: : : : : BAPTEME DU FEU by SERGE LUTENS (2016)original ↗

15 Nov 2016

The only consolation I have at present is the thought of all the thrilling Resistance Art and righteous expressions of humanity that will be appearing from now onwards. In some ways, creativity flourishes beautifully under anger and oppression: it is real fuel to the fire. And I will also thrust this cretinous ugliness, this thick, Caucasian carapace of stupidity, base simplification and blind hate from me, and be a thriving, intelligent, and furiously uncompromising part of that movement.original ↗

13 Nov 2016

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.original ↗

13 Nov 2016

COME HEALING: ANCIENT RESINS (for Leonard Cohen), by AFTELIER PERFUMES (2012)original ↗

11 Nov 2016

DEATH IN A GARAGE: SYNTHETIC SERIES by COMME DES GARCONS original ↗

11 Nov 2016

rescinding the reality membrane original ↗

9 Nov 2016

there are no words original ↗

9 Nov 2016

PLEASE, PLEASE DON’T VOTE A PIG IN FOR THE PRESIDENCY original ↗

7 Nov 2016

A LUSTY, MUSTY SELECTION OF PATCHOULI :: : : PATCHOULI by SANTA MARIA NOVELLA + PATCHOULI LEAVES by MONTALE + PATCHOULI NOIR by IL PROFUMO + PATCHOULI 24 by LE LABO + PATCHOULI by MOLINARD + PATCHOULI by LORENZO VILLORESI + PATCHOULY by ETRO + PATCHOULISSIME by KEIKO MECHERI + PATCHOULI by L’ARTISAN PARFUMEUR original ↗

5 Nov 2016

KASHMIRI TEAK: BLACK SAFFRON by BYREDO (2012)original ↗

4 Nov 2016

FIRST by VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS (1976)original ↗

2 Nov 2016

PERFUME AS BALM original ↗

1 Nov 2016

DECADENCE & MARC JACOBS’ ‘DECADENCE’original ↗

31 Oct 2016

STOLEN : THE SECRET CHANEL PERFUME AT THE HEART OF ‘BLACK SWAN’original ↗

27 Oct 2016

LES OISEAUX DE NUIT: : : : NOCTURNES by CARON (1981)original ↗

24 Oct 2016

Le refuge: : : APRES L’ONDEE by GUERLAIN ( 1906 )original ↗

22 Oct 2016

HEARTLESS: : : FRAGILE by JEAN PAUL GAULTIER (1999)original ↗

20 Oct 2016

L E T IT N O T H APPE N original ↗

19 Oct 2016

THE BLACK NARCISSUS GUIDE TO VANILLA original ↗

16 Oct 2016

TWO EXCELLENT SPICED COLOGNES : : : : L’EAU DE L’EAU by DIPTYQUE (2008) + + COMME DES GARçONS EAU DE COLOGNE (1994)original ↗

11 Oct 2016

AS WINTER APPROACHES, THE CARONS COME OUT original ↗

10 Oct 2016

But don’t look now………: HABIT ROUGE by GUERLAIN (1965)original ↗

8 Oct 2016

THERE’S SOMETHING NOT QUITE RIGHT….. SERGE LUTENS’ DATURA NOIR (2001)original ↗

6 Oct 2016

PSYCHOLOGIES: : : : : : : : MEMENTO MORI by AFTELIER PERFUMES (2016)original ↗

4 Oct 2016

REVOLUTION A VERSAILLES by JEAN DESPREZ (1989)original ↗

3 Oct 2016

I N T E R A C T I O N S original ↗

2 Oct 2016

THESE DAYS I CRY: : : : : THE ORPHAN by SERGE LUTENS (2014)original ↗

30 Sept 2016

DAY OF THE DEAD / CALACAS by LUSH (2013)original ↗

28 Sept 2016

APRICOT BARNYARD original ↗

27 Sept 2016

INTO THE LABYRINTH: : NOMBRE NOIR PARFUM by SHISEIDO (I98I)original ↗

18 Sept 2016

SOTN original ↗

17 Sept 2016

BELA LUGOSI’S DEAD…..D’HUMEUR A RIEN by L’ARTISAN PARFUMEUR (1994) and BLACK AMBER by AGONIST (2011)original ↗

14 Sept 2016

COLOGNE OF LOVE: : : EAU AIMABLE by LE COUVENT DES MINIMES (2015)original ↗

11 Sept 2016

THE TRANSFORMATION original ↗

10 Sept 2016

PERFUME MANIACS original ↗

8 Sept 2016

ENGLISH DAWN: : : :: ROJA DOVE ROSE PARFUM (2016)original ↗

6 Sept 2016

THE NEW CHANELS: : : : : : BOY (2016) + Nº5 L’EAU (2016)original ↗

3 Sept 2016

OBSESSION: : : LUMIERE D’AMBRE by LAURA MERCIER (2013)original ↗

22 Aug 2016

AN OPULENCE: : : : : ‘SECTION D’OR’ de SERGE LUTENS………CRACHEUSE DE FLAMMES + CANNIBALE + HALEINE DES DIEUX + SIDI BEL ABBES + RENARD LE CONSTRICTOR (2015)original ↗

20 Aug 2016

IRONIES : : MUGUET PORCELANE d’HERMES (2016) (and some other new releases)original ↗

14 Aug 2016

THE VEXING AND THORNY ISSUE OF HOW TO PRONOUNCE PERFUMES original ↗

8 Aug 2016

MY PRISTINE BEAU: VETIVER BABYLONE by ARMANI PRIVE (2008)original ↗

8 Aug 2016

I AM LOVE : : : : : MONA DI ORIO VANILLE (2011)original ↗

5 Aug 2016

what is forgiveness?original ↗

3 Aug 2016

A HATEFUL, INFURIATING DAY IN JAPAN TODAY SO I’M RE-POSTING THIS original ↗

3 Aug 2016

TUBEROSE IN THE FLESH original ↗

2 Aug 2016

FAME by CORDAY (1946)original ↗

30 Jul 2016

For happiness…………….. some Chant D’Aromes by Guerlain original ↗

27 Jul 2016

OFF FOR A LONG WEEKEND (AGAIN) AT THIS WEIRD LITTLE SEASIDE TOWN original ↗

22 Jul 2016

GUCCI ENVY FOR MEN (1998)original ↗

20 Jul 2016

a heady tisane original ↗

19 Jul 2016

BLENHEIM BOUQUET by PENHALIGONS (1902) + PARIS PARFUM by COTY (1923)original ↗

15 Jul 2016

2016 so far original ↗

13 Jul 2016

CARON INFINI (1970)original ↗

10 Jul 2016

THE EMPRESS OF MOSS: MITSOUKO by GUERLAIN (1919)original ↗

8 Jul 2016

GREEN DAY: What is cool and refreshing on a hot afternoon? (starring OMBRE HYACINTH by TOM FORD, from the JARDIN NOIR COLLECTION (2012))original ↗

6 Jul 2016

Cretan afternoon………GREY FLANNEL by GEOFFREY BEENE (1976)original ↗

4 Jul 2016

FOUR LILIES original ↗

29 Jun 2016

LONDON by GUERLAIN ( 2011 )original ↗

27 Jun 2016

CATHOLIC GUILT (THE DAVID CAMERON ASSASSINATION)original ↗

26 Jun 2016

‘La femme idéale’ : CRISTALLE by CHANEL (1974)original ↗

24 Jun 2016

MADAGASCAN JASMINE by GRANDIFLORA (2015)original ↗

21 Jun 2016

SALAD ON A SATURDAY : BAIME by Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier (2000)original ↗

18 Jun 2016

CORPSE FLOWER original ↗

17 Jun 2016

IRIS by SANTA MARIA NOVELLA (1901)original ↗

16 Jun 2016

ROCHAS ON A SATURDAY: : : MADAME ROCHAS (80’S EDITION) + LUMIERE (1984) + BYZANCE (1987)original ↗

14 Jun 2016

SHAMPOO, WASH & BLOW DRY……..THE JOY OF THE JAPANESE TOILET original ↗

11 Jun 2016

CELEBRATING THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: : : : : A MIDSUMMER DREAM……….. by ROJA DOVE (2016)original ↗

10 Jun 2016

LUXURY, LUXURY, LUXURY: : THREE BRIGHT NEW TOM FORD RELEASES FOR SUMMER: : : : NEROLI PORTOFINO FORTE (2016) + SOLEIL BLANC (2016) + ORCHID SOLEIL (2016)original ↗

7 Jun 2016

VERO PROFUMO :ROZY EXTRAIT (2014)original ↗

4 Jun 2016

a flash of fruit and the night was mine………….BLACK ANGEL, DEVIL IN DISGUISE and SLEEPING WITH GHOSTS by MARK BUXTON (2012)original ↗

3 Jun 2016

WHEN I INTERVIEWED THE MAN WHO CREATED COMME DES GARCONS EAU DE PARFUM original ↗

2 Jun 2016

AMERICAN SILLAGE : : : ESTEE LAUDER PRIVATE COLLECTION (1973) + PRIVATE COLLECTION TUBEROSE GARDENIA ( 2007 )original ↗

30 May 2016

a walk home from kamakura at dusk original ↗

28 May 2016

La Bohème: DIVA by UNGARO (1983)original ↗

27 May 2016

the smell of a demolished old japanese wooden house original ↗

26 May 2016

IN SEARCH OF : : : GOLD by AMOUAGE (1983) + PIRATES’ GOLD by HOVE PARFUMEUR (?) + HABANITA by MOLINARD (1921)original ↗

24 May 2016

SWAN FEATHERS: : : CHANEL Nº22 original ↗

23 May 2016

nice day for a …. white wedding original ↗

22 May 2016

JAVA by BLACK NARCISSUS ( 2014 )original ↗

20 May 2016

HONEYSUCKLE original ↗

19 May 2016

A rose, by my mate Keith original ↗

17 May 2016

ROMEO by ROMEO GIGLI (1989)original ↗

15 May 2016

REMIXED: : : SHALIMAR PARFUM L’INITIAL L’EAU : GUERLAIN (2012)original ↗

14 May 2016

D U N C A N original ↗

13 May 2016

THE FLOWERS I WAS WATCHING WHEN I FIRST ENCOUNTERED SONGES original ↗

12 May 2016

this is making me totally homesick original ↗

12 May 2016