Author: damianachi

Inspired by the silhouette of a mysterious woman wearing high heels on Lexington Avenue as she begins her career in the beauty industry, Stilettos on Lex is the...

Many of us search for perfumes that are reminiscent of make-up accords because they evoke memories of sniffing and playing with lipsticks, creams, eye shadows, ...

I have loved chypre fragrances for as long as I can remember. I like how the kaleidoscopic orchestration of contrasting notes and accords – warm and cool, brigh...

I have always had a complex relationship with hesperidic (citrus) fragrances. I am drawn to their crisp brightness I often smell on others, but I am often disap...

Tobacco Rose, a creation by Papillon’s Liz Moores from 2014, was one of my favorite discoveries of 2019. As a rose fragrance lover, I knew early on there may be...

Saharet by Blocki was once described on me as “oil paint on canvas”. The remark was more than appropriate considering where I was at the time, but it added much...