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Review: MDCI Invasion Barbare
Notes: grapefruit, bergamot, violet leaves, white thyme, cardamom, lavender, ginger, cedarwood, vanilla, musk. MDCI stands for Marchal Design & Créations Indépendantes, after Claude Marchal,...
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Where to start? Part 1 (Creed)
I’m often imposed with the simple (yet loaded!) question of “where the hell do I start!?” when a budding enthusiast is looking to dive head first into the world of niche fragrance. With an overwhelming...
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Where to start? Part 2 (The Gourmands)
Tom Ford- Tobacco Vanille Notes: tobacco leaf, spicy notes, tonka bean, tobacco blossom, vanilla, cacao, dried fruits, woody notes. Throw in Tom Fords brazen swagger, some near ostentatious projection...
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Where to start? Part 3 (Entry level luxury)
One of the key components to the word “niche” is availability. Both Amouage and Chanel, although “niche” in the traditional sense, veer slightly towards commercial territory, since they’re both quite...
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Where to start? Part 4 (High-end Luxury)
Now we steer course towards the pinnacle of high-end luxury niche brands and the ostentatiously crass bravado which is Clive Christians obnoxious marketing shtick of “The worlds most expensive...
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Where to start? Part 5 (10 Modern niche classics)
Now we come to “modern niche classics” and it must be noted that there are an astounding number of fragrances which could be considered “classics”. The following suggestions are merely a direct...
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Where to start? Part 6 (10 Masculine Classics)
Through the golden ages of perfumery, a time when quality and timelessness was favored over fads, gimmicks and quickly passing trends. I give you the Mount Rushmore of classic/timeless masculine...
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Where to start? Part 7 (10 Old world classics)
Now we travel back in time to take a look at some of the aristocratic “old guard” of classical perfumery. Legends of their time and legends today in that they’re still considered a benchmark of true...
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Where to Start? Part 8 (10 of the weird & wonderful)
Would could have so very easily become the Comme des Garcons show, I give you 10 fragrances of the weird and wonderful: Le Labo- Patchouli 24 Notes: patchouli, birch tar, styrax, vanilla Arguably...
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Where to start? Part 9 (10 classic/modern designers)
10 modern/classic designer fragrances well worth their salt and staples in many a wardrobe. Chanel-Egoïste Notes: Sicilian tangerine, Brazilian rosewood, coriander, Damask rose, sandalwood, vanilla,...
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