Top 10 Best Perfumes Of 2022

Here we go... the #Top10 best #perfumes of 2022, as selected by yours truly.

Around twelve months ago, when I was composing my end-of-year post, I wrote that most perfume brands played things safe in 2021. Little did I know that 2022 would cause me to reconsider what I mean by playing it safe. No doubt because of the ongoing, long-term effects of the pandemic, as well as the political situation in Europe and the worsening financial crisis around the world, the overall…

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Les Abstraits La Douleur Exquise, Belle Ame, Givenchy Foudroyant, Goldfield & Banks Island Lush and other reviews - 2022

One of the final reviews of the year... and it features a bona fide gem. #perfume

It’s not every day that a member of our fragrant community sets up their own brand. It’s even less common for the brand to be worthy of attention. But this year, we’ve been treated to one of these rare occurrences in the form of Les Abstraits, the perfume house founded by Eugen Nizic (of the U Smells Good channel). It already has two scents under its belt, and I reviewed both of them, as well as…

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U Smells Good, Eugen Nizic, Les Abstraits Live Interview

How does a perfume vlogger start his own brand? -- my chat with Eugen Nizic of Les Abstraits and U Smells Good

As I discovered while interviewing him, this person really didn’t need an introduction. But for the sake of the one or two of you out there who don’t know him: Eugen Nizic is the Canada-based perfume critic behind the U Smells Good YouTube channel. More importantly, as far as my recent video was concerned, he is the man who has crossed over to the production side of the industry by founding Les…

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