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Summer Scents | curated selection by @eaudemoi , part I ☀️ Wildflower fields: 🤍 Dandelion Butter by Clue Perfumery @clueperfumery 🤍 Orchid Mantis by Zoologist @zoologistperfumes 🤍 Tryst by Hiram Green @hiram_green 🤍 Le Grand Jeu by Voyages Imaginaires @voyagesimaginairesparfums 🤍 Dryad by Papillon @papillonartisanperfumes 🤍 Monkeyflower by Stora Skuggan @storaskuggan Tea-inspired fragrances: 🤍 Fig Tea by Nicolaï Parfumeur Créateur @nicolaiparfumeurcreateur 🤍 Nida by Gallivant @gallivant.stories 🤍 Imperial Tea by Kilian @kilianparis 🤍 Rain Tea by Chasing Scents @chasingscents 🤍 Serenity Blend by Roja Parfums @rojadoveperfumery 🤍 Infuse by Akro @akrofragrances Fresh air: 🤍 Yuma by Pernoire @pernoire.official 🤍 Suze by Boka @bokafragrance 🤍 Villa Nellcôte by 19-69 @nineteensixtynine_parfums 🤍 Hors-Piste by Bastille Parfums @bastille_parfums 🤍 Acqua Santa by Linari @linari_fragrances 🤍 Zeitgeist by J.F. Schwarzlose Berlin @schwarzlose_perfumes 📍Follow @eaudemoi for more fragrance recommendation

Diving into @akrofragrances olfactory universe ✨

Scent Story: Serenity Blend by @rojalondon | perfume review curated by @eaudemoi Despite drinking coffee every day, I still consider myself a tea person. Tea is an essential part of my life, and the ritual surrounding it has always carried something deeply philosophical for me. Recently, I attended a perfume event hosted by the @metropolitenbg team — an oasis of calm within a chaotic city. Everything revolved around the concept of a tea ceremony by @t.element.belgrade . Guests were welcomed with a drink matching the color of the fragrance, followed by a calligraphy workshop and a tea cocktail built around mate. Serenity Blend truly surprised me. First of all, there is a perfect harmony between the character of the fragrance and the color of the liquid itself. It’s an intelligent, elegant scent — soft-spoken, yet very present. A remarkably realistic green tea accord unfolds through shimmering floral nuances reminiscent of lilac, wisteria, and violet. The fragrance is built around a tea-inspired theme, but not in the usual transparent “tea cologne” manner. Here, the green tea feels cold, citrusy, refreshing, and light — yet simultaneously dense and full-bodied. It reminds me of over-steeped sencha: brewed for far too long, poured into cups as a strong bitter infusion, then softened with cold water. Serenity Blend opens with bergamot, lemon, and tea, followed by a floral-aromatic heart of jasmine, litsea cubeba, clary sage, rhubarb, chamomile, magnolia, gardenia, and violet. The base combines ginger, cardamom, black tea, mate, cashmeran, sandalwood, coumarin, tonka bean, vanilla, and musk, creating a warm, softly sweet, textured finish. It is a fragrance where canonical floral-green freshness collides with deep woody tannins, while the masterful interplay of ingredients creates contrasting temperatures within a single composition.

You Can Only Choose One… and this time we talk about gourmand fragrances. The kind of fragrances that melt into skin like warm light, soft cashmere, burnt sugar, spiced woods, vanilla cream, and late-night cocktails 🍹 At the heart of gourmand perfumes lie edible, mouthwatering notes — candied berries, crème brûlée, chocolate, cookies, apple pie, praline, fruits, coconut, and more 🥥 Today, perfumers are increasingly exploring new culinary nuances: cardamom, cinnamon, black tea, fresh greens, cream, licorice. The key shift in gourmand perfumery in recent years has been a move toward lighter compositions. As a result, modern fragrances often feature citrus brightness, milky accords, spices, and herbs 🌿 How do you feel about gourmand fragrances, and what was your first “perfume dessert,” if you’ve ever had one? And while we’re at it — let’s play a game. Choose just one fragrance from my selection 🍧 🤍 Myrrh & Tonka by Jo Malone London @jomalonelondon 🤍 Vanilla Skin by Phlur @phlur 🤍 Vanille Fatale by Tom Ford @tomfordbeauty 🤍 Tonkatonic by Morph @morphparfum 🤍 Apple Brandy on the Rocks by Kilian Paris @kilianparis 🤍 Stay Awhile by DIME @dimebeautyco 🤍 Chelsea Morning by Lush @lush 🤍 Tropica by Maya Njie @maya.njie.perfumes 🤍 Majaïna Sin by The Different Company @thedifferentcompany 🤍 Jeux de Peau by Serge Lutens @sergelutens 🤍 What About Pop by The House of Oud @thooperfume 🤍 Vanille Antique by Byredo @officialbyredo 🤍 Lait de Vanille by Chabaud @chabaud_maison_de_parfum 🤍 Jany by Sora Dora @sora___dora 🤍 Sekushi No. 7 by Lengling @lenglingmunich 🤍 Sugar Leather by Une Nuit Nomade @unenuitnomade 🤍 Unknown Pleasures by Kerosene @kerosenefragrance 🤍 Ascetic Vanilla by Filippo Sorcinelli @filippo_sorcinelli 📍Follow @eaudemoi for more fragrance recommendations

Scent Story: @akrofragrances hedonistic olfactory gallery | review by @eaudemoi Olivier Cresp launched Akro in 2018, a project he develops together with his daughter Anaïs and her husband, Jack Miskelly. The concept behind the brand is simple yet endlessly compelling: an exploration of addiction. With Akro, we are invited to experience how sweet sin can be. Good whisky, the scent of morning coffee after a sleepless night, artisanal chocolate from a master chocolatier, cigarette smoke lingering at 5 a.m. after a party — pure hedonism, not as excess, but as a way of slowing down, idealising everyday moments, and elevating them into something almost sacred; a way of noticing pleasure in life’s smallest details. My biggest favourites are Haze, Ink, and Smoke, as well as Infuse, Glow, and Rise 🫶🏼 Read my full review in this post, and tell me, which Akro fragrance is your favourite? ✨

Summer Scents | curated by @eaudemoi 🤍 During the warmer months, we naturally gravitate toward fragrances that feel light, airy, juicy, and refreshing. Scents that can lift the mood in the heat and bring pleasure on warm summer evenings. Citrus compositions, delicate florals, aquatic accords, fruity blends, and green fragrances are often considered the quintessential scents of summer. Rich, dense, spicy, and balsamic perfumes are usually reserved for colder weather, yet in reality, a summer fragrance can be absolutely anything, as long as it brings you joy. I’ve recently started a series of fragrance selections for different summer moods — and this is the second part: forest air, dark florals, aromatic spices, and citrus peels. Cabin in the woods 🌲 🤍 Space Rhapsody — Ideo Parfumeurs @ideoparfumeurs 🤍 All Black — Insenf @insenf_official 🤍 American Dream — Gravel @gravel_1957 🤍 Stone — Liza’s Kitchen @lizapittardstudios 🤍 Tell Me About the Forest (You Once Called Home) — Filigree & Shadow @filigreeandshadow 🤍 The Night King — Sucreabeille @shopsucreabeille Dark side of flowers 🖤 🤍 Flowerotica — Urania @uranialondon 🤍 The Dark Side Of The Water — Bruno Perrucci Parfums @brunoperrucciparfums 🤍 Vorrei — Venti4 @venti4_official 🤍 Flame & Fortune — Sarah Baker Perfumes @houseofsarahbaker 🤍 Paradise Soil — Areej Le Doré @areejledoreperfume 🤍 Angel’s Dust — Francesca Bianchi @francesca_bianchi_perfumes Herbs, citrus, spices 🍋 🤍 04. A Thousand Miles — Concreted @concreted.seoul 🤍 Pho Breakfast — D’Annam @dannam.parfums 🤍 No. I Float — Gabar @gabar 🤍 Honpot — Nomr @nomr_official 🤍 Handle With Care — Sanya @sanyazaheer 🤍 Garden Song — Racyne @racyneparfums Which atmosphere feels closest to you? 🌼

Alice in Fragrant Wonderland | a special presentation of @akrofragrances by @belodore_srbija ✨ We had dinner with @oliviercresp , the legendary perfumer and founder of Akro. Every fragrance we tried — from the refreshing Breathe to the opulent East — felt like a scene from an old grainy film: authentic, vivid, and full of life, as if you were part of the story itself. Gourmand compositions are complex and never overly sweet, with a very distinctive vibe. They give you that main character feeling — but in a good way. My favorites are Haze, Ink, Rise, Glow, and Infuse. Share in the comments which one you love the most 🤍

Perfumes I’ve Been Loving Lately | curated selection by @eaudemoi 🤍 Byredo @officialbyredo : Blanche Absolu, Mojave Ghost Absolu, Casablanca Lily 🤍 Le Labo @lelabofragrances : Santal 33, The Matcha 26, Eucalyptus 20 🤍 Sisology @sisology_official : L’Eau Delà 🤍 Baruti @barutiperfumes : Mono No Aware 🤍 Ephemeral Dyadic @ephemeraldyadic : Liquid Skin 🤍 Pierre Guillaume Paris @pierreguillaume_parfumeur : La Nuit de L’Orchidee, Dilshad 🤍 Etat Libre d’Orange @etatlibreorange : Jasmin et Cigarette 🤍 Visiteur @visiteurparfum : Cabaret Nocturne 🤍 Monom @monom_profumi : Florea, Chloride 🤍 MiN New York @minnewyork : Dahab 🤍 Atelier Materi @ateliermateri : Cédre Figalia 🤍 Diptyque @diptyque : L’Eau Papier 🤍 L’Artisan Parfumeur @lartisanparfumeur : La Cérémonie de l’Encens 📍Follow @eaudemoi for more fragrance recommendations #perfumetok #perfumelover #nicheperfume #fragrance #scent

If you could only keep one “paper” fragrance in your collection forever… which would it be? 📖🤍 The scent of fresh pages, warm ink, old libraries, envelopes, glossy magazines, photocopy paper, pencil shavings, typewriter ribbons, untouched notebooks. Some smell airy and musky like clean white paper, others feel dusty, inky, woody or almost metallic — like the atmosphere of a silent archive at midnight. Mine would probably change every week, but I still have a soft spot for fragrances that capture the feeling of books and paper in an abstract, almost tactile way. Which one would you choose? ✨ School — Rook Perfumes @rookperfumes Type Writer — Parfumerie Particulière @parfumerie_particuliere Paperplane — Costume National @costumenationalscents Palimpsest — Aftelier @aftelierperfume Paper Passion — Wallpaper* x Steidl @steidlverlag Papermaking — Le Goût de Peau @legoutdepeau_fragrance In The Library — CB I Hate Perfume @cbihateperfume Book Expressive — Commodity @commodity Ink — Akro @akrofragrances L’Eau Papier — Diptyque @diptyque Tome 1 La Pureté — Zadig & Voltaire @zadigvoltaire 📝 Follow @eaudemoi for more fragrance recommendations

Scent Story: @altraprofuture | perfume review by @eaudemoi In perfumery, I deeply value integrity; when form and content correspond to one another, create an intriguing conceptual contrast, and ultimately complement each other perfectly. Altra combines a futuristic aesthetic with a strong focus on natural ingredients. Inside these icicle-like bottles are harmonious, almost seamless compositions that reveal the full beauty and richness of natural materials: jasmine, mimosa, orris root, Buddha wood, Italian bergamot, mate tea, etc. It’s also a rare example of a collection where every fragrance is a strong player, each representing a distinct olfactory genre or family. Here, you can find the perfect skin scent, a tropical yellow floral, a smoky white floral with a gothic allure, and more. Altra’s bizarre floral universe evokes the Shimmer and the dreamlike aesthetic of Annihilation by Alex Garland. Observing their metamorphoses — both on blotter and on skin — is equally fascinating. But it is on the skin that the true magic happens, and the fragrances begin to reveal living, almost animate qualities. 📝 Read my full review, and write in the comments, which @altraprofuture perfume is your favorite?

Late spring scents: some of my personal favorites | curated selection by @eaudemoi , part II 🤍 Blanc Sada L’Entropiste 🤍 Apricot Uppercut Maie Piou 🤍 Risso Jorum Studio 🤍 Jest Andrea Maack 🤍 Topos Receptor 🤍 Liquid Skin Ephemeral Dyadic 🤍 Avant-Garde Yohji Yamamoto 🤍 Disko Disko Art Brüt 🤍 Talc IUNX 🤍 Covert Musk What We Do Is Secret 🤍 Ground Gabar 🤍 Porcelain Pulse Roan Fragrances 🤍 My Day La Perla 🤍 3007 Son Venïn 🤍 Lilac No.4 Universal Flowering 🤍 Klubwasser WienerBlut 🤍 Peach’s Revenge Sarah Baker 🤍 Camélia du Maroc Parfums Ciro 🤍 TESORO D:SOL MMXVI 🤍 Delphes L’Objet 🤍 Misiones Fueguia 1833 🤍 Paradise Moon Estée Lauder 🤍 Neo Eden Thomas de Monaco 🤍 Vanilla Planifolia Chloé 🤍 Iris Prima Penhaligon’s 🤍 Faux Rose Faux Rose 🤍 Les Cahiers Secrets Jouissance 🤍 Exultat Maria Candida Gentile 🤍 Fleurs d’Été Bienaimé 🤍 Apothéose Oriza L. Legrand 📍Follow @eaudemoi for more fragrance recommendations

Scent Story: @gabar fragrance collection and Galone perfume review | curated by @eaudemoi Gabar, named after the Burmese word for “world,” is a fragrance brand worth keeping on your radar. Its founders, Phway Su Aye and Susan Wai Hnin, combine strong visual identity with vivid, imaginative olfactory storytelling. The first collection introduced five urban scents designed to soothe and inspire. Their latest trilogy of neo-gourmands, The Deities collection, draws inspiration from folklore. Ingredients like Sichuan pepper, lemongrass, and roasted sesame pay homage to Southeast Asian culture. Every perfume feels not like a collage made of scattered fragments, but like a complete and fully realized story. Not patchwork, but a silk kaftan embroidered with golden threads, where every ornament carries meaning and symbolism. In this post, I review all eight fragrances (swipe through the pages 6-7), including my personal favorite, Galone (page 13). Read the full review and share in the comments which Gabar fragrance is your favorite. 📍Follow @eaudemoi for more fragrance recommendations