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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 5 December 2024 5 Comments

A lemming for anyone still looking for their perfect holiday gourmand, E Sempre Natale by Hilde Soliani: "...captures the essence of Christmastime cookies- warm, buttery biscuits rich in holiday spices- cinnamon, star anise, nutmeg- and sweet with the crystalline crackle of pure sugar. Indulge in a pure dose of childhood nostalgia with this Yuletime-perfect EDP- guaranteed to transport you to a crackling fireplace and the cozy comforts of Christmas no matter what time of year you spray it". $175 for 100 ml Eau de Parfum at Luckyscent.

I believe it to be a masterpiece

Posted by Robin on 19 March 2024 8 Comments

In Miss Tranchant, I found my fragrance. At first spray, it smells like a stick of Land O’ Lakes marooned on a beach at low tide. Over 10 minutes it mellows into a mesmerizing cloak of spicy vanilla with just a hint of sex-under-a-pier. I’ve received zero compliments on it and two pieces of forceful negative feedback. Miss Tranchant is perfume as not only a personal aesthetic experience but also apparently an indefensible one. The scent is diaphanous, nasty, transformative. I believe it to be a masterpiece.

— Molly Young on the Hilde Soliani fragrance. Read more in The Mad Perfumer of Parma at The New York Times.

Hilde Soliani Buonissimo ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 2 February 2018 13 Comments

Hilde Soliani Buonissimo

Italian niche line Hilde Soliani has launched Buonissimo, a new gourmand fragrances celebrating the 15th anniversary of niche fragrance boutique Luckyscent…

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Hilde Soliani Sweet Home & Il Tempo delle Mele ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Jessica on 10 August 2017 11 Comments

Hilde Soliani Sweet Home & Il Tempo delle Mele

As a follow-up to my review of two Hilde Soliani fragrances, Una Tira l’Altra and Conaffetto, I’ve been sampling two more offerings from this line: Sweet Home and Il Tempo delle Mele. Both are gourmand perfumes, and both were inspired by specific chefs and dishes that left lasting impressions on Soliani’s palate and nose.

Sweet Home is an olfactory tribute to a dessert Soliani enjoyed at Lido 84, Riccaro Camanini’s restaurant overlooking Lake Garda in northern Italy…

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Hilde Soliani Una Tira L’Altra & Conaffetto ~ fragrance reviews

Posted by Jessica on 3 August 2017 18 Comments

Hilde Soliani Una Tira L'Altra & Conaffetto

You know the whole “scent-is-memory” thing? Sometimes I get a little tired of hearing about it, science notwithstanding. I don’t even know whether it affects me, when we’re talking strictly about perfume. A specific fragrance can remind me of people and prior scenarios involving that same fragrance, of course — Guerlain Shalimar will always remind me of a certain eccentric aunt, and patchouli oil of a dear college friend — but there’s no memory to account for my love of roses and violets or my distaste for pear or indolic jasmine notes, for example.

Food and scent and memory, on the other hand — there you’ve got me. I realized again how susceptible I am to the combination of smell, taste and storytelling when I recently sampled a few scents from niche perfumer Hilde Soliani…

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