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Budget Options: Liz Claiborne Mambo for Men

Generally, my Budget Options pick will be a fragrance I like. This week, I review something that isn't a personal favorite: Mambo by Liz Claiborne.
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Parfum d’Empire Ambre Russe: Review

In writing a review of Parfum d’Empire Ambre Russe, I felt I should consider the overall impact of amber (ambergris, ambrette) and how it influences the fragrance experience. I’ve reviewed a couple of Amber-keynote scents — Tom Ford Amber Absolute, Bond No 9 New York Amber — and there are several derivative scents that tend to use [...]
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Safari by Ralph Lauren (Review): A trip down memory lane

This isn’t as much a review as a walk back through time to a slightly different period and an ever-so-slightly different piece from the period. After some research and reading, I acquired Safari for Men by Ralph Lauren, one of their pieces from the early 1990′s. And my search was about more than 90′s vintage [...]
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Must de Cartier Pour Homme (Review)

For people who collect fragrance, there’s always that bottle that lingers in the back of the collection and tends to be forgotten because new things are being added all the time. Then as you spend a few minutes going through what to wear, you happen across a bottle that makes you remember and wonder, “I [...]
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Byredo Accord Oud (Review)

As many mentions as I’ve given Byredo’s small but noteworthy collection of fragrances, I realized that I’ve never devoted a full review to any specific one other than a brief mention. It’s time to correct that. Byredo is a relative newcomer to the niche perfume market, its fragrances being available only in the high-end retail [...]
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Guerlain Habit Rouge (Review): Timeless or past its prime?

Leather tends to exist almost exclusively in the domain of male fragrances. Only with the passing of time and much experimentation, as well as curiosity about incorporating elements that transcend gender have we come closer to a better example of unisex fragrance that isn’t simply citrus/floral/aquatic/oriental. Nowhere is this better seen than in the niche [...]
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