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Poor patchouli, how misunderstood you are! It seems that you are destined to be that one member of the perfumery family that will never outgrow its bad reputation; forever doomed to be inextricably associated with long-haired, tye-dye wearing hippies. So where did the unholy union of patchouli and hippy come from? Patchouli has been used…
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Since 1760, Creed has created fragrances that delight and beguile, but perhaps none has garnered as much love and success as Aventus. Launched in 2010, Aventus is already Creed’s bestselling fragrance of all time and has become somewhat of a legend in the world of perfume aficionados. But what is it that has led to…
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Close your eyes and imagine a garden in the future. A place where modern technology and nature meet in a strange harmony of plants, metal, plastic and rubber. A place of strange flowers , vivid colours, flashing motherboards and glittering microchips; where steel-framed structures reach like skyscrapers into the night sky, covered in climbing vines and…
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In 2015, when I heard that Christian Dior was bringing out a new men’s fragrance, I was very excited. Not only am I a great admirer of Dior’s current perfumer, Francois Demachy, but as designer fragrances go, Dior tends to be quite daring and generally sets trends. Just think of Dior homme with its, then…
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