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How To Spot Fake Creed Perfumes

French brand Creed has established itself as one of the most popular and prestigious niche fragrance brands on the market, with landmark releases like Aventus and Green Irish Tweed practically defining trends in fragrance as a whole.  But with great success comes inevitable imitation. Creed is without a doubt the most “cloned” fragrance brand on…

Who Was the God of Perfume?

Ancient peoples had a god or goddess for almost everything you could imagine.  There were gods of beer and wine, gods of lust and restraint, gods of blood and murder, gods of the kitchen and the hearth, gods of money and trade, gods of the wind and the sky, gods for everything great and small. …

What Are Gourmand Perfumes?

The amount of jargon to familiarize yourself with if you want to get into perfumes must seem overwhelming to the initiate.  Eau de toilette, eau de parfum, chypre, fougère, oriental, sillage…and that’s just scratching the surface.  And now gourmand! Just what is a gourmand perfume, anyway?  Just like the word “gourmet”, “gourmand” relates to food….

Eau de Toilette, Eau de Parfum, & Parfum: What’s the Difference?

The perfume world is sometimes pretty difficult to navigate. With new perfumes coming out seemingly every week, it can be hard to keep track of what’s what.  And the names! In French! A foreign language? Mama mia, all I know how to say is omelette du fromage!  What in tarnation is a pour homme?  Something…