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Boadicea the Victorious Exotic ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 3 December 2010 14 Comments

Queen Boadicea via wikimedia

Boadicea the Victorious is one of those perfume houses that I’ve managed to ignore for a while. It happens to be an easy line to ignore, because it has such limited availability; moreover, something about Boadicea has always irritated me. Maybe it’s the cumbersomely large range of scents (does anyone really need to start a new line with forty-plus fragrances?), the strenuous emphasis on “luxury” and “heritage,” or the single-adjective fragrance names that are hard to distinguish from one another as well as difficult to read on Boadicea’s small, black-on-black labels.

When I finally stopped by Henri Bendel to try a few Boadicea the Victorious fragrances, I was joined by a sales associate who turned out to be well versed in the line. After I had picked up a few bottles, spritzed a few paper blotters, and decided that neither Romantic, nor Inspiring, nor Delicate (which seems like a knock-off of Penhaligon’s Bluebell) were making any strong impression on me, the sales associate suggested that I try Exotic. Fragrances with the word “exotic” in their descriptive text rarely appeal to me, and I would not describe myself as “exotic” by any means, but I took the newly sprayed blotter from her and inhaled. Then I tested Exotic on my wrist, and I ended up savoring it for the rest of the afternoon; and when I later got my hands on a sample vial of Exotic, I enjoyed it all over again…

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Boadicea the Victorious Explorer ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 27 October 2010 36 Comments

Temple of Nikko, Japan

The pounding rains have arrived in Seattle, and the winds, blowing into town from the Pacific, are stripping the trees of their beautifully colored fall leaves. My poor house-bound cats don’t know whether to blame me, each other, or their nemesis — mean girl (cat) Donatella from next door — for the wet, slippery balcony, the absence of interesting birds to watch, and the non-stop twinkling of the tiny brass Thai bells that hang from each corner of my house. We’re all stuck inside: bored and feeling a bit soggy. We’re in a mood.

The cats are shifting their focus to the comforts of the indoors: finding warm, soft places to nap and stalking treats instead of birds, moths, spiders and falling leaves. Me? I’ll read more, listen to music, and perhaps…go through the 200+ sample vials of perfume in my “to review” box on my desk.

This week, I didn’t know what to write about…

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Boadicea the Victorious Invigorating ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 10 March 2010 59 Comments

Boadicea the Victorious Invigorating

Summer is: abundance, freedom, heat. Light citrus colognes are a “necessity” in hot, muggy weather, but it’s also good to have a big, brassy summer fragrance for cool nights, mild breezy days and body-numbing, overly-air-conditioned environments, a scent full of summer flowers, resins, as well as citrus. For me, that summer powerhouse scent is Boadicea the Victorious Invigorating.

When I read Invigorating’s list of notes, two notes in particular made me wince: dark chocolate and black licorice. I do NOT like chocolaty perfumes and licorice? Don’t put licorice in my food, drink or on my person, please. So, why is it that Invigorating has become one of my favorite fragrances?

Invigorating contains, apart from dark chocolate and black licorice, yuzu, bergamot, orange, rose geranium, jasmine, fir, rock rose and ambergris. The fragrance starts off with dense and sweet yuzu-orange “syrup.” After the rich and distinctive opening, Invigorating’s notes are well blended. I detect a touch of licorice, a hint of chocolate, but neither are big players in the scent…

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Top 10 Winter Fragrances 2010

Posted by Kevin on 29 January 2010 119 Comments

I take advantage of the cold-weather months and pour on amber-rich, resinous, incense-y, musky, and powdery perfumes (known as “gasp-inducers” in hot weather) but I also use perfumes to help me forget winter woes — my flowerless garden, chill-induced headaches, spark-filled hair, and dry-as-bone skin (citrus and florals…come hither). My top-ten list of winter fragrances is, of course, personal, and far from definitive; these are simply perfumes I’m enjoying this winter.

I usually wear “sharp”/herbal amber fragrances such as Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan and Tom Ford Amber Absolute, but it’s nice to have a classic amber scent handy as well. Enter Histoires de Parfums Ambre 114 (with notes of patchouli, cedar, sandalwood, tonka bean, vanilla, benzoin, and musk). Like many amber perfumes of its type, Ambre 114’s soft and sweet aromas transport me to a particular “scene” (a snowy twilight landscape viewed from inside a warm, dim room) and state of mind (contented…but nostalgic too). I suppose that means amber scents make me feel safe and comfortable and, perhaps, remind me of someone time has erased from my life.

Aesop Mystra is bold — and a bit severe…

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Boadicea the Victorious Warrior & Warrioress ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 23 June 2009 37 Comments

Boadicea the Victorious Warrior & Warriorress

UK niche line Boadicea the Victorious has launched Warrior and Warrioress, two new fragrances exclusive to Selfridges:

Warrior (shown above left) ~ “Transmits the rough-hewn masculinity of the professional pugilist with notes of leather, cedarwood and opoponax”. Additional notes include bergamot and spice.

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