Explosion of Flowers

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100% Natural, Etsy, Floral, Floral Gourmand, floriental, Full Bottle Wishlist, Indie, Liz Zorn, Loreto Remsing, Mandy Aftel, Natural Perfume, Niche, Noses, Perfume, Perfume Review, Season, SF Bay Area Perfumers & Artisans, Sharra, Spring, Tom Ford, Trish McEvoy, Wishlist

April showers bring May flowers! My mini-review of randomly chosen floral scents in my sample collection…

Violets in Bloom

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Almond, Amber, ambrette seeds, Antoine Maisondieu, Bergamot, black cumin, bulgarian rose otto, Camille Goutal, carnation, cedar, centifolia rose, Chypre, Cinnamon, civet, cloves, cocoa beans, concrete, Dark Amber, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, Favorite Flowers, floriental, fresh turned soil, gaïac wood, Gourmand, hay, heliotrope, incense, Indie, iris, Isabelle Doyen, jasmin, Labdanum, Laurie Erickson, Leather, Lemon, Liz Zorn, Loreto Remsing, magma, March Violet Series, Men's Fragrances, meteorite, mimosa blossoms, Musk, myrrh, Niche, Noses, Oakmoss, olfactory snapshots, opium, ozone, parma violet, Patchouli, plum, powdery orris root, purple violets, rainwater, Reality Scents, Rose, Sandalwood, Series, Sharra, star anise, sweet clover, tonka bean, Turkish Rose, Vanilla Bean, Vetiver, Violet, violet leaf, violet petals

8 samples of violet perfume have been sitting in my collection for a year now.  I never got around to them for some reason or another.  Now that it is the first day of Spring, I thought this would be a good time to dust them off and give them a sniff…

L’Aromatica: Kulfi

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All Year, Cardamom, Coconut, Date Night, Etsy, Foodie Fumes, Full Bottle Wishlist, ice cream, Indian cuisine, Indie, Kulfi, Loreto Remsing, madrone, Occasion, Review, Saffron, Sandalwood, Season, Series, SF Bay Area Perfumers & Artisans, Vanilla Bean, Wishlist

I am falling more and more in love with Loreto Remsing’s fragrances.  (Loreto Remsing is the nose behind San Francisco indie perfumery, L’Aromatica).  Out of the 50 some odd samples I own, I always find myself reaching for L’Aromatica the most. I just bought the full size bottle of Madrone and I wear it almost every day. Her perfumes really speak to me. 

L’Aromatica: Madrone

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100% Natural, amyris, Artisan, Autumn, Backyard Series, beeswax absolute, bitter orange, dragons blood resin, dry grass, Etsy, exotic indian spices, Fig Extract, floriental, Full Bottle Wishlist, Graveyard, indian summer, Indie, l'aromatica, Limited Edition, Loreto Remsing, madrone, Natural Perfume, Oriental, parajita flower, Perfume, Review, Rosewood, San Francisco, Scentimental Value, Season, Series, SF Bay Area Perfumers & Artisans, spicy, Thanksgiving, vegan, Wishlist

It’s that time of year again here in Northern California!  Californians know it’s the start of Autumn when the oppressive, blistering hot Indian Summer draws to a close and the temperature has dropped significantly.  You step outside and notice that everyone has traded in their shorts and tank tops for their warm long coats and toasty sweaters.