archive June 2011

Paris Parfum

June / 30 / 2011

Paris Parfum. The Fragrance Guide to Paris is a little reference book for perfume lovers who visit Paris. The stores are sorted by Paris’ five most important arrondissements for perfume houses. Next to the description of the stores you will find tasty addresses where you can have a coffee and dainties to deepen your olfactory [...]

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Mr. Hulot’s Holiday // CB I hate perfume

June / 20 / 2011

Who doesn’t know the clumsy Mr. Hulot from Jacques Tati’s famous movie from 1952? An eccentric with a hat and pipe who causes trouble everywhere, no matter what he does. Whether driving a car, playing tennis or just listening to jazz. What would a perfume of the same name smell like? There’s talk of a [...]

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Marrakech // Aesop

June / 02 / 2011

Close to my apartment is a beautiful store for oriental stuff. The owners also sell small oriental perfumes, that smell really strange – completely different to what we usually call oriental. Based mainly on spices, these scents smell exactly like a bazaar, in all its facets. I once bought one, I think its name was [...]

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