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Miller Harris Un Petit Rien Reviewed
Many of us may wish to get our hands on an Hermès Birkin bag – and most of us are going to be disappointed on that front. But since British perfumer Lyn Harris launched Miller Harris L’Air de Rien in...
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The 12 Scents of Christmas No. 7: Hermès 24 Faubourg
I suspect that if you blindfolded 1,000 people, wafted a 24, Faubourg-drenched spill under their noses and asked them to tell you where this honeyed floral fusion hailed from, they’d chorus: ‘Paris’....
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Nez à Nez Atelier d’un Artiste
Once upon a time, in her slightly misspent youth, The Scent Critic was an artist’s muse. (She is now slightly at that oh-heck-I’d-better-buy-up-all-those-nudes stage in life, but since the artist went...
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Christian Dior Ambre Nuit
And so we come to the end of what’s turned into ‘Christian Dior Week’ on The Scent Critic. After today, I still have seven more of the Collection Privée to work my way through (and they are all worthy...
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Bottega Veneta
‘Never apologise, never explain.’ So: no long-winded justification for The Scent Critic’s hiatus; she’s simply throwing herself headlong into reviews again, before the 2012 launch season gets up a...
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Caron Tabac Blond
First of all, I’d like to point out that despite the fact this fragrance harks back to the era of fur tippets and flapper dresses, no chinchillas were harmed in the photography of this bottle. (The...
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Puredistance M
Puredistance M photographed at Kettner's by Jo Fairley on a slate tabletop Perfume doesn’t bite. It won’t kill you. So at fragrance press launches The Scent Critic is eternally gobsmacked, frankly,...
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