Ha! Love your articles when they celebrate a perfume I don’t have, as I am always curious to smell it (especially Jezebel, and what a ride that is) and your articles criticising perfumes I have (sometimes I agree, other times not) but there is an especial pleasure in your articles in appreciation of perfumes I have. I shall go and find my travel size of Bee and wear it and enjoy it today. My notes on it include its resemblance to Halcyon by Soma Perfumes, which was a very early favourite in my perfume journey.
I recently obtained a small bottle of Heaven Can Wait so I of course revisited your Jean Claude Ellena article - it adds to and amplifies the pleasure of testing to have your words to read alongside. I also got my sample of Woodcut and a bunch of other Olympic Orchids samples and it has been a joy discovering those.
Great article! I appreciate the perspective that we have to have the patience to wait out a scent, in order to fully experience it. I have often regretted passing on samples that I should have spent more time with.
I have also discovered, after taking the time to expose myself more, that I don’t hate ALL Cassis and black current perfumes. It’s been a note I vehemently avoid. But I had fallen in love with Malle’s Un Fleur de Cassie. Go figure.
I adore several of Ellis Brooklyn’s scents. Sweet, Salt, and Bee being my favorites. I don’t care for all of the recent fruity releases.
Treating an animalic like a gourmand- flashbacks to the milk essay. Interesting how much potential these notes have when you don’t consign them to the ethyl maltol/vanilla drives men wild/compliment getter bin.
Last summer I ordered a sample of Zoologist Bee to go with my bee costume for a music festival. It was too heavy and sleepy for hot weather, I wish I’d known about EB Bee!
Ha! Love your articles when they celebrate a perfume I don’t have, as I am always curious to smell it (especially Jezebel, and what a ride that is) and your articles criticising perfumes I have (sometimes I agree, other times not) but there is an especial pleasure in your articles in appreciation of perfumes I have. I shall go and find my travel size of Bee and wear it and enjoy it today. My notes on it include its resemblance to Halcyon by Soma Perfumes, which was a very early favourite in my perfume journey.
I recently obtained a small bottle of Heaven Can Wait so I of course revisited your Jean Claude Ellena article - it adds to and amplifies the pleasure of testing to have your words to read alongside. I also got my sample of Woodcut and a bunch of other Olympic Orchids samples and it has been a joy discovering those.
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This post’s banger phrase.
“…For me it is like suffocation in a bottle…”
Great article! I appreciate the perspective that we have to have the patience to wait out a scent, in order to fully experience it. I have often regretted passing on samples that I should have spent more time with.
I have also discovered, after taking the time to expose myself more, that I don’t hate ALL Cassis and black current perfumes. It’s been a note I vehemently avoid. But I had fallen in love with Malle’s Un Fleur de Cassie. Go figure.
I adore several of Ellis Brooklyn’s scents. Sweet, Salt, and Bee being my favorites. I don’t care for all of the recent fruity releases.
Treating an animalic like a gourmand- flashbacks to the milk essay. Interesting how much potential these notes have when you don’t consign them to the ethyl maltol/vanilla drives men wild/compliment getter bin.
Last summer I ordered a sample of Zoologist Bee to go with my bee costume for a music festival. It was too heavy and sleepy for hot weather, I wish I’d known about EB Bee!
I am a big honey hater when it comes to perfume but I trust you so I will get my nose on Bee!
Gotta say, I’ve actively disliked every fragrance from Ellis Brooklyn… but interested in smelling Bee now 🐝