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October 13, 2010 | Plum by Mary GreenwellTell me: what lengths have you gone to, to get your hands on a fragrance…? Continents scoured…? Begging letters sent…? Pilgrimages made…? Well, so consumed was The Scent Critic with the desire for Plum by Mary Greenwell – the debut fragrance from one of the world’s top make-up pros – that yesterday, she left behind [...]  September 5, 2010 | Fresh Love (from Eat, Pray, Love fragrance collection)One day, once Steve Jobs figures out how, you’ll almost certainly be able to smell perfume reviews. (It may take till 2050, but hey.) If you could smell this review, you would also smell a background note of paint drying – because by declaring this Eat, Pray, Love fragrance week, The Scent Critic has slightly [...] August 12, 2010 | Tauer Perfumes Lonestar MemoriesThe world is divided into those who love smoky scents, and those who really seriously don’t. Now, let me start by saying that The Scent Critic is a Lapsang Souchong tea fanatic. My beloved, by contrast, has not only banned me from brewing it in communal teapots, but from making a pot of Lapsang (or [...] July 30, 2010 | Tom Ford Azure LimeTom Ford, as we all know, is a gay man who just adores women. He’s created sexy clothes, sexy sunglasses – and sexy fragrances, which were his first post-Gucci foray into Tom Ford branding. He’s done it because he’s clearly passionate about perfumery. And because he’s a total polymath, who can turn his hand to [...] June 15, 2010 | Paul & Joe BleuPossibly the highest compliment that I can pay to a perfume is that it is ‘Guerlain-esque’. Which is certainly true of this, one of two fragrances from the delectably boudoir chic make-up brand Paul & Joe, created in 2003 by Peirre Bourdon. (The other is Paul & Joe Blanc.) So: if you love Shalimar but [...] June 6, 2010 | YSL Rive GaucheRive Gauche is one of two ‘default’ fragrances that I switch between for summer when I am not working my way through all the most recently-launched scents – the good, the bad and the indifferent, but probably 250 in an average year, which gobbles up a lot of scent-wearing days. The black, blue and silver [...] |
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