Sasha Varon Soulgasm: The Soulgasm Report

About the actual perfume called Soulgasm. Certainly a perfume is always about your personal vibe of the moment, how it resonates with your chemistry, mood, hormones, the desired “message” one wants to give out. If you like a sweet fruity floral *pop* with a sexy vanillic musky ambery base I say try it! I did and it is fun, lively and joyful.

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Profumi del Forte Versilia Platinum: Glowing Like The Metal On The Edge Of A Knife

Early in the song “Paradise By The Dashboard Light”, Meat Loaf sings this line, “and we’re glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife”. I’ve always found that to be a wonderfully descriptive phrase of both the simultaneously brilliant shine of the razor-sharp edge of a switchblade. I never thought it would be appropriate to describe a fragrance. Then I wore the eleventh fragrance by Profumi del Forte, Versilia Platinum and experienced a fragrance with a number of brilliant sharp edges which left me exhilarated.

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Jo Malone Cologne Intense Collection: Christine Nagel At The Bat

When a baseball player hits a single, a double, a triple, and a home run, in one game, that is called “hitting for the cycle”. It is nothing short of extraordinary and shows the versatility of the hitter to be able to hit safely in every way. Jo Malone’s new in-house perfumer, Master Perfumer Christine Nagel has accomplished a similar feat in the newly released four fragrance collection for Jo Malone, Cologne Intense. Mme. Nagel has fashioned four different fragrant hits and at the same time shown her versatility as an artist. Each one of the four fragrances has a distinct personality and at the same time feels as if they are also part of the Jo Malone collection of fragrances.

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Soivohle Waterflower: Spanning The Spiritual And The Carnal

Liz Zorn is an iconoclastic wonder; by now, she is becoming more widely known and appreciated. I’m so glad…
I find Lizzie- and her work – to be a marvelous amalgam of tender and tough, sweet, sassy, and spicy.
Waterflower is one of my favorite parfums- spicy, earthy, floral, and intricately nuanced.
Profoundly spiritual, and deeply earthy.
According to Liz, she was inspired by her own lily pond and the transcendent philosophical aspects of the lotus blossom.
It was a true labor of love, and we can clearly sense that.

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Montale Patchouli Leaves: The Patchouli Preciousssssss!

The last thing most of us need is to be nasally assaulted by Eau de Cheap Headshop Harvard Square, vintage 1972!
Migraine-inducing, monster-sillage, in-your-face hippie-dippy roll-on abomination.
For many, this is the only patchouli they’ve ever known; no wonder it has such a vile reputation…
Montale Patchouli Leaves is a fine choice for either men or women, perfectly suited for all seasons; it blooms in the heat, and comforts in chillier climates.
It is patch perfection, a Preciousssss that is affordable, even in these times.

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