archive July 2011

Santal 33 // Le Labo

July / 18 / 2011

How did they get the horse into the bottle? No joke, sometimes I can smell this horse barn note also in Kelly Calèche by Hermès. It is something about the leather that produces this effect I think. Highly subjective, of course. Santal 33 was inspired by the American myth of the Marlboro Man, sitting by [...]

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Vitriol d’oeillet // Serge Lutens

July / 04 / 2011

I don’t know what happened to Monsieur Lutens but I feel that something has changed. I’ve first noticed it with Bas de Soie. The perfumes are getting more floral, transparent, less oriental, less spicy. They feel more and more French, loosing its Moroccan or let’s say oriental background. Vitriol d’oeillet (Vitriol of Carnation) is very [...]

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