It’s like when you’re on a roller coaster ride. You know that moment where you go quickly over a peak in the ride, and you feel that weird sensation in your stomach? Then you plunge. In that moment, you’re weightless, free of anything pushing or pulling you, it’s exciting and challenging at the same time.… Continue reading Etruscan Water/ Francesca Bianchi Perfume Review
Eyes closed, I dream about traveling to places near and distant, familiar ones greeting me with a smile, unknown ones calling my name. Travel broadens our mind and expands our hearts, yet there’s something soothingly rewarding in – returning. To yourself. I know well where my safe harbor is. Your Ithaca, my Ithaka – they… Continue reading Ithaka, Always In My Mind: Mendittorosa Perfume Review
This year one perfume influenced our (my?) decision where to spend our family vacation, Part I – Etruscan Water by Francesca Bianchi Perfumes. Ergo, the Etruscan Coast, what else? The rest of the team didn’t mind. Anyway, if he couldn’t talk you into visiting his birthplace, I don’t know who could: Just kidding (and not).… Continue reading Travelogue: The Etruscan Coast-Tuscany / Mission: Etruscan Water
Bien–etre. The moment I thought about this phrase, sweet memories surfaced quickly: just last Summer we were getting bucketloads of bien–etre while cruising along winding roads of Côte d’Azur, and the region of Provance–Alps Maritimes…Grasse included, of course! (if you want to find out more about things to do in Grasse, you can find my… Continue reading Postcards&Letters from Cote d’Azur: The Riviera Collection/Atelier des Ors
There are perfumes that make me smile immediately. Just like that, one spray, and that inner feel-good spark brightens up my day. I feel then like hugging that perfume, hugging myself and the whole World – to share that feeling, and make you feel the same. This happened while I was running like crazy around… Continue reading Menta y Menta Perfume Review / Miller et Bertaux
You are surely familiar with that feeling when somebody just mentions a song (or says just one word), and you instantly hear this song in your head, playing on repeat, sticking around for hours, if not days while you catch yourself humming it? This happened to me while I was talking with Olentia Nasus…That old… Continue reading Perfume Review: Royal Blue by Olentia Nasus
Atlante. I remember it struck me as „interesting“ while I was sniffing and testing literally hundreds of perfumes at Esxence Milano earlier this year. I noticed then and there that quite a few „aquatic“ fragrances were released, and I do plan to bring you closer the ones I’ve picked out. What was it that caught… Continue reading Perfume Review: Atlante by Sarah Baker Perfumes: Dive Beneath the Surface
I made a mistake. Read reviews, discussions, pros and cons, meaningless video acclamations or words of disagreement, so that’s why I avoided sampling it until now: Jungle Jezebel from Artist Edition Collection, by Sarah Baker Perfumes, created by Miguel Matos. Ok, if you don’t like your perfumes to provoke – don’t. If you don’t like… Continue reading Insta Perfume Review: Jungle Jezebel/Sarah Baker Perfumes
Ah…Summer! No, you won’t be seeing any „SummerTop 10“ or whatever lists here, simply because I believe that you can wear any fragrance you please – anytime you want to – if it feels good and makes you happy! Isn’t it fun to sometimes step out of your comfort zone, change your daily routine and… Continue reading Sex and the Sea (With or Without Neroli) Review/Francesca Bianchi
Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief of ÇaFleureBon asked me to write about my fragrant awakening, and I accepted the challenge. I am grateful to her for pushing&enabling me to write my story down in 800 words, and spill my heart out. It was painful and liberating at the same time to write about this, let… Continue reading ÇaFleureBon: My Fragrant Awakening
