tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37923933429627962532026-04-14T11:19:52.564+01:00Perfume ShrinePerfume Shrine is a perfume, beauty & art blog devoted to fragrance reviews, scent discussion, perfume history & science, comparisons between modern & vintage scents, interviews with perfumers
& insiders of the fragrance industry as well as travel memoirs, food, cinema & musings about anything scented.Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.comBlogger3076125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-61527597725695218552026-04-06T15:00:00.001+01:002026-04-06T15:00:00.119+01:00Springtime Incense: Santa Maria Novella Incenso (short fragrance review)photo borrowed via pinterestIncense scents are a beloved genre that reads well in springtime for me. Santa Maria Novella's Incenso is one such.
In Incenso, we have a great fusion of personal introspection and pleasurable outward accountability; the composition reads as both zen for a spiritual mood, but not too ecclesiastical or sombre. Beginning with a dense myrrh and rosy-spice mélange that isPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-83754222283006329722026-04-03T09:56:00.000+01:002026-04-03T09:56:25.479+01:00PerfumeShrine in the Top Blogs on Feedspot
photo via pinterestAnother welcome distinction for PerfumeShrine and my work here. Feedspot alongside its readers chose PerfumeShrine for the top blogs distinction on its populated platform. Hurray! At its core, FeedSpot is a content reader that consolidates everything you want to follow into one organized space. Free of charge and practical for its users, the platform includes Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-35587133036686416032026-03-17T11:01:00.000+00:002026-03-17T11:01:08.519+00:00Oscars (Academy Awards) 2026 beauty commentary 2026 ACADEMY AWARDS were a blast and everyone is talking about them, I suppose, now that the awards, the speeches, the missing speeches and the red carpet gowns have set in in our minds. The looks were very tastefully done this year, I think, and the quiet glamour enhanced the performers' inherent attributes, whether that was sheer talent, sultry warmth, cool elegance or sensuality and comePerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-40608160930401705402026-03-03T09:59:00.002+00:002026-03-03T10:01:53.559+00:00GranadAroma 2026: indie artisanal perfume exhibition in Granada, Spain One of the pleasures of communicating with artisan creators is the warm rapport. Ricardo Ramos, of the Perfumes de Autor brand invited me to Granada in Spain for the upcoming GranadAroma 2026. "Right now I'm in the final stretch of GranadAroma, preparing a series of activities for the perfumers and the guests I'll be hosting this weekend, we will visit La Alhambra, have wine tastings, Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-62897138403645564732026-01-13T10:07:00.000+00:002026-01-13T10:07:23.997+00:00Estee Lauder Cinnabar: fragrance review & notes on inspiration Cinnabar by Estée Lauder needs no introduction, really. It's well known at least by name to most perfume collectors. Its magical name accounts for much of its mystique, but the scent, bold, spicy, dense, plush is also cause for its reputation. photo borrowed via pinterest This is a perfume inspired by the natural pigment made from high-purity cinnabar mineral (HgS, Mercuric Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-64403429665714647982026-01-09T16:38:00.001+00:002026-01-09T16:38:00.117+00:00Macademia Nuts: the New Nut Trend in The Body Shop Macademia Nut & Cheirosa 71 Nuts were huge this past year. The perennial almonds, the hip pistacchios and the richly baklava-reminiscent walnuts...How about macadamia nuts, oily and neutral in terms of sweetness, but deliciously, mischievously salted, rendering their slightly bitter nuttiness into a rich aftertaste? For this effect there is the appropriately named The Body Shop Butter me Up which takes nut Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-86082564101721917762026-01-08T16:54:00.001+00:002026-01-08T16:54:00.125+00:00Top Fragrance Trends to Watch in 2026 Forecasting is always a question of insightful reading of what is going on in any given industry, as well as a good instinct on how the public responds to what is going on. Therefore to predict the top fragrance trends to watch in 2026, I need to point out what we noticed in 2025 first. And then give you my predictions. Let's see at the end of this year whether I was right or wrong. Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-27394416575946784552026-01-07T16:37:00.010+00:002026-01-07T16:37:00.112+00:00Oriflame Sublime Tonka: short fragrance review Sublime Nature Tonka Bean by Oriflame is a fresh interpretation of tonka beans. The fragrance is positioned in the Premium branch of the cosmetics giant, and is composed by Nathalie Lorson, a woman who knows how to produce smooth, elegant compositions in the register of soft. Sublime Nature Tonka Bean is a rather mono-thematic fragrance, focusing on how the wrinkled black beans Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-35015724189464366282026-01-06T12:04:00.020+00:002026-01-06T15:27:16.465+00:00Happy New Year 2026 and best perfumes of 2025 It is always a validation counting yet another year piling in one's life; not everyone manages to do so, alas. It is also a pleasure counting successes and work relations with the very best people. It's something earned, not just happening. In light of aromatic escapades and collaborations in the realm of perfumery, 2025 has been satisfactorily full, and I wish for 2026 to be just as Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-81829810034764130942025-12-09T11:26:00.006+00:002025-12-09T11:26:45.445+00:00Almond, marzipan and Tonka Latte by Dusita Marzipan, the almond paste soft enough to mold into shapes, on the other hand, has known commercial success long before hazelnut became a household name. viaThere is Hypnotic Poison of course to thank for that. a staggering success across all age brackets, to the point that for many this is the archetypal Poison (especially millennials who did not recall the original Poison from the Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-57892925047637044252025-11-03T08:54:00.005+00:002025-11-03T08:54:21.570+00:00Elena Vosnaki: I am being interviewed on Skai.grJournalist Myriam Kiassou and radio-tv media group Skai.gr proposed an interview which we conducted in two parts. Below the direct links (in Greek) Mου παίρνουν συνέντευξη στο Skai.gr, η δημοσιογράφος Μύριαμ Κιάσσου, σε δύο μέρη (στα ελληνικά), κάτωθι οι απευθείας σύνδεσμοι. Roman alabastra This is the first part, where I talk about the Business side of perfume and perfumery in Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-22459848136289928352025-10-03T09:20:00.001+01:002025-10-03T09:20:56.332+01:00Annick Goutal Nuit et Confidences: fragrance review
Nuit et Confidences is the most typically sensual, sweet, and stereotypically "evening" of the series originally named Oiseaux de Nuit and later renamed Les Parfums de Géraldine, after the moniker Annick Goutal took in her 1970s modelling years. Nevertheless it is not the darkest one -that is rightfully Tenue de Soirée which I reviewed here.via pinterestDrunk (as in intoxicating, for lovers) Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-31116801842866040092025-09-26T15:00:00.001+01:002025-09-26T15:00:00.126+01:00Annick Goutal Etoile d' une nuit: fragrance review Étoile d'Une Nuit is the delicate "boudoir fragrance" that the viewer of period TV series fantasizes about - fragile, nostalgic, sometimes stuffy. However, Goutal does not plan to join the banality and convenience of ready-made "cosmetic powder" perfume bases, which are precisely the ones that risk anesthetizing the noses of the unfortunate males who will come into contact with them. Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-86470094006510116802025-09-25T06:54:00.002+01:002025-09-25T07:07:26.400+01:00Annick Goutal Tenue de Soiree: fragrance review Goutal Paris has been through a few changes in the last few years, which we have been following with the rapt attention of someone journaling a favorite artist's track. From changing hands to redirecting their aesthetics, the Goutal brand has surprised fans with its rebranding, but also disappointed some of the acolytes of its distinct style. A quartet of their fragrances, of which Tenue dePerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-23419453299713366252025-07-23T11:02:00.001+01:002025-07-23T11:02:14.215+01:00CLEAN Soft Laundry: fragrance review Perhaps philosophically speaking, clean sheets and laundry scents bring on a sense of control, and maybe this is what lured me into CLEAN Soft Laundry. We yearn for control in so many areas of our lives that it seems tidying up the house and doing laundry is an occasion where that control can be exerted without much resistance. Visiting a spa is another association: fresh warm towels, Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-23062091479092280682025-07-16T08:43:00.002+01:002025-07-16T08:44:12.754+01:00Guerlain Vetiver Parfum: short fragrance review Vetiver Parfum by the historical house of Guerlain is another success by perfumer Delphine Jelk, after Habit Rouge Parfum. She managed to bring something new in a classic by the venerable French house. Their older classic version of Guerlain Vetiver has been the reliable fall-back-upon fragrance in summer of many generations of men and discerning women. Women? Yes, besides Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-26415682243706688802025-07-10T15:00:00.001+01:002025-07-10T15:00:00.332+01:00Lancome Poeme: fragrance review & musings Even after thirty years since the launch of Lancome's Poême ads in glossy magazines, those images with poetic lines and the expressive face of actress Juliette Binoche (well known from The Lovers on the Bridge, Three Colors: Blue, The English Patient and the adaptation of Wuthering Heights), as shot by Richard Avedon, are etched into memory and continue to produce sighs of elation from Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-78910254774179176112025-07-09T15:00:00.001+01:002025-07-09T15:00:00.228+01:00Guerlain Habit Rouge Parfum: short fragrance review Making a successful flanker — or rather, a more concentrated form of Guerlain's classic for men — is a Herculean feat. Still Delphine Jelk made it possible in Habit Rouge Parfum. I might be excused for including it here in the summer, since it launched in late 2024, but it arrived on our shores after New Year's day, so it had to be mentioned sometime afterwards. Despite it being in thePerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-28316420646032078462025-07-08T09:14:00.001+01:002025-07-08T09:14:16.010+01:00Yves Rocher Pur Desir de Gardenia: fragrance review The now discontinued Yves Rocher Pur Desir de Gardenia (i.e. pure desire for gardenia) is perhaps the most lamented true gardenia discontinuation in perfumery, barring the one by Estee Lauder (Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia). via pinterest Tom Ford's Velvet GardeniaPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-16040303855253287082025-06-17T07:16:00.003+01:002025-06-17T07:19:44.487+01:00Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Aegea: fragrance review Estée Lauder just launched a new limited edition flanker to its popular 2008 fragrance Bronze Goddess named Bronze Goddess Aegea. The name suggests inspiration from the feeling of an island escape on an island in the Aegean Sea. Following last year's Bronze Goddess Flora Verde, the new version differs from the tropical suntan lotion of coconut and ylang that most summer flankers of that Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-52649192564636438632025-06-11T15:13:00.003+01:002025-06-11T15:14:29.036+01:00Perfume Photography: Dior Dioressencephoto copyright by Elena Vosnaki Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-40772487163477426912025-05-31T09:29:00.003+01:002025-05-31T09:29:44.250+01:00Annick Goutal Paris Folie d'un Soir: fragrance review & photography If Halfeti (Penhaligon's) and Encens Mythique (Guerlain) were to have a hypothetical child, it would inherit facets apparent in Folie d'un Soir by Goutal Paris. It is the bittersweet myrrh, the hidden but omnipresent rose oil with its most oriental notes, and a patchouli aftertaste like that of Coromandel by Chanel. photo by Elena Vosnaki In short, a fragrance that pleases, Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-64059751325898108462025-05-13T07:40:00.000+01:002025-05-13T07:40:23.076+01:00Histoires de Parfums 1826: fragrance review Spicy stuff is usually reserved for wintertime because it so often appears in heavier compositions such as spicy oriental fragrances, a genre many of us love but that people around us find a bit retro and therefore not always pleasant. Rejoice then for a spicy citrus and oriental musk blend from a very worthwhile niche company that has retained its integrity and pedigree in an era of easy Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-56657899935034997262025-05-05T15:00:00.001+01:002025-05-05T15:00:00.120+01:00Ex Nihilo Iris Porcelana: fragrance review In January 2022, Ex Nihilo introduced a new women's fragrance, Iris Porcelana. The inspiration for its creation was fine porcelain that came to Europe from the East, as well as a perfume material called Pallida iris.
The perfumer is Dalia Izem (of Givaudan), a young perfumer from Dubai. The fragrance joined the main collection of the brand named Initiale, which already includes bestsellersPerfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3792393342962796253.post-35800927252373674992025-05-02T14:30:00.001+01:002025-05-02T14:30:00.334+01:00Balmain Carbone 2024: fragrance review Les Éternels de Balmain perfume collection, which the new Carbone is part of, is the house’s first offering since officially launching Balmain Beauty in September. Several classics by Balmain are re-introduced, such as Vent Vert (a modernisation of the couturier's first legendary green fragrance from the 1940s and the favourite fragrance of the then young Brigitte Bardot), Ivoire (1979), Perfumeshrinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06222733129203280662noreply@blogger.com2