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Scent | Old Books by The Perfumer’s Story and Inflorescence by Byredo
I’m an introvert. When I was a kid in after-school care, the aides always joked with my mom that I was a terror and they couldn’t control me—because I would literally sit in the corner with a book until she … Continue reading
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Tagged Byredo, Cleopatra, elemi, floral, frankincense, freesia, incense, inflorescence, jasmine, lily of the valley, magnolia, Merz Apothecary, myrrh, Old Books, olibanum, patchouli, The Perfumer's Story by Azzi, Tocca
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History of Personal Scents | Ysatis
Givenchy’s Ysatis, which I wore in college, was my first “grown-up” scent—i.e., one that I bought for myself at a department store, not a drugstore. I cannot re-create the exact scent in my mind, just that it was complicated and … Continue reading
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Tagged chypre, floral, giorgio, Givenchy, history of personal scents, oriental, Ysatis
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