For the holiday season, Yves Saint Laurent is releasing limited edition bottles of its three fragrances, Cinéma, Opium et Opium pour Homme.
I am Victoria Belim-Frolova, a Ukrainian-American author, ISIPCA professor and perfumer. My work weaves together stories of scent, memory, and resilience.
Through books, fragrance, and teaching, I explore how beauty can heal and restore us.
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NEW Perfume Classes
Luca and Victoria Perfume Seminar
Recording of a seminar.
Luca and Victoria speak for 1.5h on topics included, but not limited to: vintage perfumes, our favorite fragrances, trends we hate, industry gossip. No one will be spared. All will be entertained. Funds will be used to support charity projects in Ukraine.
Perfumery with Christophe Laudamiel (recording)
Recording of our session on the future of perfumery.
Price: €50
Beauty as Resistance: Ukrainian Perfumery
Recording of my seminar with Olga Gritsenko on Ukrainian perfumery.
Price: €50
Studio Class: Vintage Perfumes and Stories
Class location: Brussels
Date: February 9th, Sunday, 11-13:30 CET
Class duration: 2.5 hours
200€/per person (50€ to be paid as a reservation deposit, the rest is payable in person on the day of the class)
Please contact me for other available dates
About these Lectures
Students of all levels of interest in perfumery will find much to learn in this series of lectures. The lecture is designed to sharpen your sense smell and improve your enjoyment and appreciation of scents. You will learn professional smelling techniques and receive personalized tips. You will learn how to smell complex aromas and about the main criteria of a well-made fragrance–and how to look for them.
Online and in-person classes are available.
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What a lovely selection of spring blooms you’ve captured the season’s lighter, fresher side beautifully! I’m always hunting for new floral and green scents this time of year, and I… June 11, 2025 at 12:36pm
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I came to this old post after searching for Avon reviews. Last week I spied a beautiful bottle in a flea market and picked it up to inspect. It was… June 7, 2025 at 1:05pm
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I came to this old post after searching for Avon reviews. Last week I spied a beautiful bottle in a flea market and picked it up to inspect. It was… June 7, 2025 at 12:51pm
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Late to the party, but have been very much enjoying getting acquainted with your blog recently, Victoria. Thank you! As a man currently wearing Dior Poison Esprit de Parfum I… June 3, 2025 at 7:18am
3 Comments
Marina: I love that parfum bottle too, love its color and the tassle…it’s a shame that I can’t pull off wearing the juice itself. September 15, 2005 at 9:26am
BoisdeJasmin: Marinocka, I am there with you. I do like it, but I cannot wear the parfum, only the EDT once in a blue moon. I do like it though. September 15, 2005 at 10:25am
sean: Not sure if this is a comment but more a question! Where exactly does one buy these items, I live in England and to my knoweldge no one in the country had the mens limited edition in stock! Not even Harrods! Please help! July 31, 2006 at 3:37pm