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Xtreme Scents - Ticket to elbow candy - part two

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:20:01 EST

Chris Peterson's Xtreme Scents takes a further look into whether there really is a fragrance that would turn any ladies head.

Xtreme Scents - July 2007 - Ticket to Elbow Candy

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:17:01 EST

In the seven years Basenotes has been running, one of the most common questions we get asked is variants on 'which fragrance will make girls want me'. Chris Peterson finds out if there is an answer to that age old question

I like a big stink!

Thu, 01 May 2003 00:00:01 EST

It's always struck me as odd that perfumes and fragrances have tried to smell good. Think of the huge, whole range of smells that the world and the universe have. Think of it as a pie chart-all the smells that can possibly be conceived of being smelled, making up one single whole pie-graph. Think of the good scents being at the top of the pie, and the vile smells at the bottom. Then think of the small, small piece of that pie that represent the scents manufactured for men and women

The Sin of Too Much Scent

Sat, 01 Feb 2003 00:00:01 EST

What's all this yakkity-yak I hear about the sin of wearing too much fragrance? This is a problem that is simply overblown. Seems like you can't get away from the "wearing too much" issue whenever the subject of cologne comes up. Sometimes people are so afraid of "too much" that it's the only thing they talk about regarding scent