Some of my favorite blogs on different topics: perfume, food, beauty, art and more.
Emergency Backpack (not updated)
Fragrance Bouquet (not updated)
La Gardenia nell’Occhiello (Italian)
Legerdenez (rarely updated)
Pieces of Paper, Squiggly Lines
David Lebovitz: Living the Sweet Life in Paris
Slap of the Day (not updated)
Welcome to Bois de Jasmin! I'm a writer, journalist and professionally trained perfumer. On these pages I explore the world of senses through art, literature, and history. - Victoria
Muriel, I too am answering an old post, but since I have been wearing Jicky since the 1960’s I’m somewhat familiar. Over the years there have been several reformulations. The… June 18, 2019 at 9:12pm
as i read these descriptions, i kept wanting to click a “like” button. thank you June 18, 2019 at 12:09pm
It’s a bit strange, but I have some sharp olfactory memories of my grand-parents’s (and even great-grand-father’s) houses, but not so much of my own childhood house… On my father’s… June 18, 2019 at 8:09am
John Luna in Scent Diary : In Search of Lost Time: There is that wonderful line in the mesmerizing opening sequence of Paolo Sorrentino’s movie, The Great Beauty, when the narrator mentions his childhood fascination with, “the smell of old peoples’… June 19, 2019 at 1:26am