INFO Marshmallow Addiction by Zara 100ml EDT HOW DID WE GET HERE? I was shopping with friends in Zara and this rainbow bottle caught my eye. When I saw the name of the fragrance I assumed I would be experiencing a dupe of Kilian’s “Love Don’t Be Shy”. Boy was I wrong! HOW DOES THIS …
INFO Alf Zahra Wa Zahra by Ard Al Zaafaran 100ml EDP HOW DID WE GET HERE? This fragrance was recommended to me by a fellow fragrance fanatic. She knows that I love a good woody floral so I decided to take the blind-buy plunge. HOW DOES THIS FRAGRANCE MAKE ME FEEL? This is an absolutely …
INFO Si by Giorgio Armani 50ml EDP HOW DID WE GET HERE? I was reading an issue of Vogue during the pandemic, there was an ad for this fragrance with a “peel and sniff” sample. For the first time in my life, I was compelled to make a purchase solely because of a magazine advertising. …
INFO Unusual Gourmand by Zara 90ml EDP HOW DID WE GET HERE? I was queuing to pay for some clothes in Zara and the name of this scent caught my eye. I love all things gourmand so I was curious to find out exactly what would make this fragrance so “unusual” compared to everything else …
INFO Woman by Ralph Lauren 50ml HOW DID WE GET HERE? I absently-mindedly sprayed this fragrance while I was on my way to start my shift at my workplace at the time. By the end of the month I was responsible for a 75% reduction in the volume of the store tester bottle because I …
INFO Twilly d’Hermès Eau Poivrée” by Hermès 30ml EDP HOW DID WE GET HERE? I was shopping in Hermès (EDIT: Typing out the previous phrase made me cackle. Please note that this was a once-a-decade scarf purchase and I do not come from wealth, I am very much a middle-class pedestrian). I decided to smell …
INFO “Hipster Oud” by Zara 80ml EDP HOW DID WE GET HERE? Full disclosure: I am not the biggest fan of oud as a note. So when I heard people were complaining that Zara’s new oud collection did not have any oud I was more inclined to give it a try. The first time I …
INFO My Way Intense by Giorgio Armani EDP 50ML HOW DID WE GET HERE? I was severely underwhelmed by the original My Way when I first smelt it. However, I have noticed that I tend to like the “intense” flankers of most “original” fragrances. Once the tester was available at Selfridges I decided to give …
INFO “Crystal Noir” by Versace 50ml EDT HOW DID WE GET HERE? You will rarely find a YouTube, Instagram or TikTok list of “Top Sexy Fragrances for Women/To Drive Him Wild/To End Up Pregnant Yesterday” that does not include this fragrance. The girlies were going cuckoo for coconuts and many were raving that the EDT …
INFO “Libre Intense” by YSL 50ml EDP HOW DID WE GET HERE? I smelt the original Libre and was very underwhelmed. I didn’t have high expectations for the Intense version but was pleasantly surprised by this flanker. This is the fragrance that taught me that I will usually prefer the intense version of a scent …