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My musky stench: Serge Lutens Muscs Khoublai Khan (1998)
Musk. Musky. When you consider these words and how they are used; as euphemistic substitutes – ‘the musky smell of his/her (supply word)’ in erotic fiction, the etymological origins of the word (muska...
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THE DANDY
Charles Baudelaire categorized the dandy as a man who has ‘no profession other than elegance….no other status but that of cultivating the idea of beauty in their own person. The dandy must aspire to...
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Carpets; tapestries: RAJA MUSK and BLACK ROSE by ILLUMINUM (2011)
When I lived in North London I used to go to a very eccentric cafe called The Raj. Up some flights of the stairs in the Highgate Village was what seemed to be some kind of dilapidated,...
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PSYCHOLOGIES: : : : : : : : MEMENTO MORI by AFTELIER PERFUMES (2016)
Perfumer Mandy Aftel has a very unique and unusual signature. And it is often also a very carnal one. From the sex-in-vats-of-chocolate of the suggestively edible Cacao; the...
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THE ANODYNE ANONYMITY :::: :::: ‘LES EXCLUSIFS DE CHANEL’ 1957 (2019)
As I waited for the assistant to spray some of the new Chanel at the boutique in Yokohama’s Takashimaya ( for a more in depth ‘introduction’ to the themes and concepts of the perfume I would have...
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ALL OVER MYSELF ::::::::: CRISTAL Pour Homme by AMOUAGE
On Monday morning at Strawberry Fields in Kamakura I had a naughtyish splurge on a cache : for sixty pounds sterling, a vintage 30ml Opium parfum, a No 19, a Caron Fleurs De Rocaille extrait, but...
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