True origins of perfume, Africa and not just Egypt

In my search for vintage scents, I came across a great article written about the exploration of perfumery starting in African countries other than Egypt. Is Southern Africa the Cradle of Perfumes I particularly enjoyed the description of dry perfumes, excerpt below; Both the Himba and the San makes a dry perfume for personal use. The Tsumkwe (Namibia) San women not only know many different species...

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Vintage Fragrances have finally arrived!!!

This post is a little late, because I was busy researching my new (old) fragrances.  Today is part one in my six part review of what I bought on Ebay, see Duking it out on Ebay for background. Fragrance 1Countess Maritza Silent Night Toilet Water To start off, this is the toilet water version of the fragrance and has a high alcohol to perfume ratio and thus smells heavily of alcohol....

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Was Coco Chanel a Nazi Spy? New book explores connections.

"Sleeping with the Enemy, Coco Chanel's Secret War", by Hal Vaughan explores Coco Chanel's connections to a Nazi military intelligence agency as well as a relationship with a dangerous Nazi agent. The real question for me is this -  I am positive this is not a new revelation. There are many modern day brands that had Nazi connections(VW).  Is it our ability to forgive a person for their personal biases if they make a good enough product or is it the amazing ability of media gatekeepers...

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Perfume Saga - Episode 1 - Duking it out on Ebay

Its Friday night and I decide what perfume goodies, might I find Ebay?  Seeing as I don't have much of a budget, I went to see what low cost gems I could sneak a bid on at the last minute. First attempt - A vintage bottle of JOY, in its original box with about 1/3 of the perfume left in it.  It had 4 bids and was at $18.50.  I decided to employ my patent pending, sure way of winning...

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Perfume Snob in the Making

I like to research any endeavor that I am going to put my time and energy to which includes this blog and its contents.  Like a good blogger I have checked out the other scentastic(yeah, I just did that) individuals reviewing perfumes, providing discontinued scents and purveyors of vintage memorabilia.  I came to the rude awakening that I am a perfume novice.  There is a whole other world of fragrance and perfume that I have not even begun to explore.  Basically I know nothing. Swarovski...

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My Personal Collection Part 2 of 2 - Recent and Present adventures in Perfume

Recent Past and Present Dolce & Gabbana Poure Femme BCBGirls Star Coco Mademoiselle Chance Cashmere Mist Lolita Lempicka Dolce and Gabbana Blue Narcisso Rodriguez For Her Hugo Deep Red Roma Laura Biagiotti Uomo Infusion D'Iris Love and Luck 7:15 AM in Bali Christian Dior, Gucci, Prada, Fendi, Chanel, Versace, Burberry, Coach, Theory, Valentino, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu, Chloe, Armani; authentic...

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Vintage Perfume Bottle Showcase

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