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Nomenclature Fluo_ral ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 31 May 2019 17 Comments

If you’re already familiar with niche line Nomenclature, you know that their fragrances pay homage to various significant aroma chemicals, “clandestine infiltrators that spark off fragrant revolutions.” Nomenclature’s latest release, Fluo_ral, was developed by perfumer Nathalie Feisthauer to showcase the synthetic note Calone®. (I won’t be including that registered trademark for the rest of this review, but since Nomenclature uses it, there you go!) Additional notes include rhubarb, blackcurrant bud, tomato leaf, rose, pink pepper, Somalian incense and cedar.

Don’t be confused by the pun-ny name: Fluo_ral is not a floral perfume…

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Issey Miyake L’Eau d’Issey ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 17 June 2016 26 Comments

Issey Miyake L'Eau d'Issey

Last week I reviewed Room 1015’s Power Ballad, a fragrance inspired by memories of teenage love and rock clubs in the 1990s. I didn’t think it succeeded as an evocation of that decade, and many of you agreed with me. Ironically, although you (we) might have been listening to grunge or wearing Doc Martens and oversized flannel shirts in those days, there’s a good chance you were wearing a clean- and fresh-smelling fragrance. It might have been a body spray picked up at Bath & Body Works, or it might have been a splurge from a department store. (I personally went through several bottles of Kenzo Parfum d’Été.) It might have been Issey Miyake L’Eau d’Issey.

In 1992, Issey Miyake was already known for his sculptural-minimal designs, which reinterpreted traditional Japanese techniques of fabric-wrapping and origami in state-of-the-art synthetics and other unexpected materials…

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Hugo Element by Hugo Boss ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 12 March 2009 27 Comments

Hugo Element cologne for men

Since Hugo Boss has the sense to call Calone, Calone (and not “hydroponic melon,” “high tide accord” or “seaweed sorbet”) in the list of notes for their new Hugo Element, I wish they had gone a step further and called this product Calone Cologne — because that’s what Hugo Element smells like.

Hugo Element contains Limonene, Linalool, Citronellol, Geraniol, Citral, coumarin, and wisps of ginger, coriander and cedar wood, but Calone overpowers the other notes. For all of you who believe you may not be familiar with Calone: you ARE familiar with it…

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