Dior Vintage Miss Dior (EDT & EDC)

Vintage Miss Dior by Christian Dior is a fragrance loved by men and women alike. I finally understood why when I went back in time to try a 1950s/60s eau de toilette version. It was extremely different than the Miss Dior eau de toilettes that I’d tried in passing during the 1980s and 1990s. What an absolute stunner! It was a highly sophisticated, unisex, floral, smoky cuir de russie leather on me as much as a floral chypre

Oddly, however, when doing a comparative review with the same era cologne concentration, I had a dramatically different experience.

Vintage Miss Dior EDC, left, and Vintage Miss Dior EDT, right. Both from the same era.

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Pekji Zeybeck, Pekji Battaniye, and Pekji Ruh

A look at three fragrances from Pekji‘s first collection: Zeybeck and Battaniye, plus a mini review for Ruh.

Pekji Collection One sample set. photo: my own.

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Francesca Bianchi Under My Skin

Under My Skin by Francesca Bianchi Perfumes is a sexy musk perfume that surprised me. One reason why is that I’m not a fan of powdery fragrances and Under My Skin definitely has that element a lot of the times. However, it is also, personally speaking, the truest sort of intimate, quasi-erotic, semi-animalic body musk fragrance that I’ve encountered, the sort of thing that I’ve been looking for, and I might buy a bottle for myself. 

Under My Skin

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Francesca Bianchi Sticky Fingers

Sticky Fingers by Francesca Bianchi Perfumes is a unisex patchouli fragrance with tobacco, leather, ambery resins, dark muskiness, and sweet orris butter powderiness.

Sticky Fingers. Photo: Luckyscent

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