An index of rydra_wong's perfume intros

[kaberett]

... which I have been meaning to do for a while, and might as well go here. :-) And so, in chronological order...

• Any perfume geeks on DW? -- which appears to be roughly where this whole thing kicked off again.
  
• Perfume: get your geek on is an introduction to perfume-as-a-fandom
  
• Perfume: the leathers
  
• Perfume: lavenders
  
• a pointer to a discussion about hyperosmia
  
• Perfume: vanillas
  
• Perfume: the "spicy oriental"/mellis perfumes -- part I
  
• Perfume: the "spicy oriental"/mellis perfumes -- part II

There is also the perfume-related requests post, which links onward to Kafkaesque's Beginners' Guide To Perfume.

I will attempt to keep this up-to-date with the highlights, but I haven't linked to everything - rydra_wong also posts little snippets of reviews and has been curating linkspams of perfume reviews. Highly recommended. :-)

Black Baccara Perfumery Reviews

[undomielregina]

A couple notes before I start: I don't have the best nose for this sort of thing. I can rarely smell more than one or two notes at a time. I also have really weird skin chemistry, so scents sometimes behave very oddly on me, especially florals.

( Eleven reviews under here. )

Black Baccara is closing down April 21st, so if any of these sound good, orders should probably be made asap. There should still be time to buy sample vials and get a full-size order in after testing.

Reviews & a recommendation request!

[owlectomy]

( Reviews: Serpent from Patch NYC, Arsenic from TokyoMilk, Croquet and The Forest Reverie from BPAL )

Finally, I would be very happy for some recommendations! I've tried very little perfume outside of BPAL but I'm open to just about anything. I tend not to like strong florals (except for jasmine), strong leather and tobacco notes, and I think there's something around clove or cumin that I have a problem with. I'm especially interested in herbaceous and woody notes, perhaps something similar to the wet green note in Arsenic.