Lipstick traces!?!

Another fantastic posting by The silver fox over at A scent of elegance.

Yet another feast in the form of a two part-er. Part 1 a retrospective look at master perfumer Bertrand Duchaufour creations.

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Part. 2 a mah-veh-louz review of L'Artisan Parfumeur's Traversée du Bosphore, latex, turkish delight, sugar, apples, spices....... and a few other oddities thrown in for good measure, have a gander, read and follow. TdB is one of my favorite Duchaufour fragrances also.

Up top for me is Penhaligon's Amaranthine launched in 2009, a symphony of white and cream, lace and leather. An ambushed Jasmine accord which is over ripened with clove oil and a synthetic "condensed milk" accord (I interpret this note as more of a "warm milk in a copper pan" than a tooth aching condensed milk note). A hedonistic lover.