
As you may know, Nick Gilbert, my scented partner in crime and I run a perfumed Twitter project called ‘@Fragrantreviews’, in which we review fragrances in 140 characters or less. Well, if you didn’t you do now and you’re in luck because it’s that time of the month where we round up all of the reviews from the last 30 days. Without further ado, I bring you all of our reviews posted in June 2017! They range from the sublime to the disappointing, and all that’s in between!
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CHANEL Antaeus: What a delightfully impolite masculine: all sharp, astringent herbs, dirty leather & rough woods. Phwoar, he’d get it *****
— Fragrant Reviews (@fragrantreviews) July 6, 2016
Amouroud Oud du Jour: A smoky, cypriol-heavy oud with lots of metallic patchouli and pepper. Raspberry adds a sticky sheen. A good oud ****
— Fragrant Reviews (@fragrantreviews) July 8, 2016
Amouroud Midnight Rose: The juiciest macaron of a rose drenched in sparkling lychee juice. Weightless and delectably effervescent ****
— Fragrant Reviews (@fragrantreviews) July 8, 2016
Amouroud Safran Rare: Golden threads of saffron stitched neatly into the pleats of tanned leather. When car interiors get a bit sexy ***
— Fragrant Reviews (@fragrantreviews) July 8, 2016
Amouroud Dark Orchid: Tom Ford’s Black Orchid gets a touch of refinement. It’s still chocolate mushrooms but with smoke and amber too ***
— Fragrant Reviews (@fragrantreviews) July 8, 2016
Amouroud Miel Sauvage: Glistening, golden honey. Pure, translucent and sweet. Diluted and sparkling, but far from wan. Fun Honey ***
— Fragrant Reviews (@fragrantreviews) July 8, 2016
Amouroud Santal des Indes: The Marlboro Man of orientals. Butch woods, cinnamon spice & smoke. Sexy, badass and 1980s-style loud. Hairy ***
— Fragrant Reviews (@fragrantreviews) July 8, 2016
YSL Kouros: Tanned skin and rippling abs. The smell of fresh sweat, man musk and clean bathrooms. An olfactory depiction of the Adonis *****
— Fragrant Reviews (@fragrantreviews) July 9, 2016
GUERLAIN La Petite Robe Noire Intense: What’s intense here is the sugar. This is a breezy/sheer candyfloss fizzed up with blueberry jam ****
— Fragrant Reviews (@fragrantreviews) July 13, 2016
Stella McCartney POP: Watermelon flavoured bubble gum chewed with a transparent swig of tuberose. Fun, but perhaps a touch too sheer ****
— Fragrant Reviews (@fragrantreviews) July 17, 2016