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Tom Ford Azure Lime
Tom Ford, as we all know, is a gay man who just adores women. He’s created sexy clothes, sexy sunglasses – and sexy fragrances, which were his first post-Gucci foray into Tom Ford branding. He’s...
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Fresh Eat (from Eat, Pray, Love fragrance collection)
The Scent Critic is pretty over-excited at the prospect of Eat, Pray, Love bursting onto our screens shortly. (And yes, The Scent Critic would probably have cast Julia Roberts in the starring role,...
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The 12 Scents of Christmas No. 8: Carthusia Ligea ‘La Sirena’
For a fragrance confected by monks – yes, monks – Ligea is pretty darned sexy. Airy and sugary all at once: all baby powder, mandarin orange, bergamot and an iced Limoncello on the side, wrapped up...
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Strange Invisible Perfumes L’Invisible
Let me start by paying homage: the Strange Invisible Perfumes store on too-cool-to-live Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, Ca., is almost worth a 6,000 mile (carbon-offset) trip in itself. Indeed, The...
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Yardley London April Violets
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but something scary has happened to the price of fragrance in the last couple of years. It’s not just raw materials increases, although those are set to soar further:...
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Jo Malone Sweet Lemon Cologne
It’s a while since those of us in Beautyland got to preview Jo Malone’s Tea Collection, and I had forgotten my absolute instinctive reaction to Sweet Lemon – the fourth I’ll be reviewing, out of this...
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Christian Dior Vétiver
It’s downright weird how one fragrance can lead you to another, like a sort of olfactory tennis-elbow-foot game. The Scent Critic would have put money on Dior’s Vétiver – the second in the Collection...
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Roja Dove Danger
Roja Dove Danger photographed by Jo Fairley against a vintage silk sari The Scent Critic doesn’t quite know how Roja Dove has secured some of the raciest fragrance names ever for his signature...
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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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Mary Greenwell Lemon
Mary Greenwell plum photographed by The Scent Critic on a background of unwaxed organic lemons Mary Greenwell, how do I love thee…? Let The Scent Critic count the ways. First, Mary is one of the most...
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