A Man On Fire: Kerosene and The Launch Of A Rising Star + Sample Set Draw

February 6, 2012

One of these young reviewers on YouTube, who has been posting under the name kerosenetrewthe since 2010, decided it was time to see if he could create scents of his own. Kerosene, also known as John Pegg, has no formal training in perfumery, so he just dove in, using mood, weather, instinct and passion as his inspirations.I sent for a sample of Kerosene’s first fragrance via his Facebook page and was intrigued. Hearing that he was releasing two more scents, I knew I wanted to review the line.

New Fragrance: Bond No.9 Central Park West

February 2, 2012February 2, 2012

Bond No.9 debuts its seventh ode to New York’s City great Parks for Spring 2012—Central Park West— which was inspired by two-and-a-half mile length of the City’s greatest urban grassland, just across the street.

NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW Roca Perfums Nuvol di Llimona (Lemon Cloud) “Cooking Up A Fragrance”

January 30, 2012January 30, 2012

In Spain at a Michelin three-star restaurant named El Celler de Can Roca fragrance plays a co-starring role in pastry chef Jordi Roca’s creations. With a dessert called Lemon Distillation he included a fragrance meant to enhance the citrus notes of the dessert. After a number of requests to buy the perfume Sr. Roca has bottled it and under the Roca Perfums label released Nuvol di Llimona (Lemon Cloud).

FRAGRANCE REVIEW Mary Greenwell Plum “Scarcity Makes The Heart Grow Fonder?” + 3mL Mini Draw

January 29, 2012

I just got to try Mary Greenwell Plum. Mary Greenwell Plum was an exclusive release to the House of Fraser in the UK. It was released there in October of 2010. It was described as a “contemporary chypre”. It was the first fragrance by “Award winning makeup artist Mary Greenwell”. It was being composed by Francois Robert of Les Parfums de Rosine fame. It was unobtainable and most everyone that encountered it waxed rhapsodically about this is how it is done. Then in December of 2011 it became available in the US, and to me. Is it the second coming of chypre for the twenty-first century?

NEW FRAGRANCE REVIEW Odin 07 Tanoke “To Sur With Love”

January 27, 2012January 27, 2012

I’m not one to care about the gender of my perfume. This is why I am such a big fan of the fragrance line from Odin New York. They seem to be creating their fragrances with a man as their target audience. This is why I was looking forward to trying the latest release 07 Tanoke.

A Dream, Life, Joy, and Love: The Odes of Yves Rocher

January 24, 2012

An ode is a poem or prose that sings the praises of someone or something. In the early years of the twenty first century Yves Rocher released four perfumes (and a few flankers) that were truly above and beyond the quality and style of most direct marketing companies and attempted to capture these four very intangible ideals.