An “Allergic Reaction” to Perfumes for Babies

There is nothing in the world that smells as beautiful as a baby, (after changing) although I am childless, I try to sneak a sniff of every family and friend’s infant or toddler by kissing their head, just for the odor. It is the one aroma that I wish a perfumer can capture, but I don’t believe they can, nor ever will.

That is why I don’t understand the point of drenching your toddler, or infant with Mandarin-Orange, bergamot and Vanilla Milk Moss

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L’Osmotheque at Esxence 2011: What’s Past Is Prologue

I have never made the trip to Versailles to visit the L’Osmotheque but it has certainly been on my perfumista bucket list and while it still is; I got the next best thing at Esxence 2011 in Milan the traveling version of L’Osmotheque. As part of their mission to let this fragrant history be experienced by the greatest number of people they have made a traveling version and within two hinged wooden cases the fragrant world’s masterpieces beckoned to me.

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