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Since its release, Bianco Latte EDP by Giardini Di Toscana proved to be quite the hit among fragrance lovers, and it’s not difficult to understand why. It’s a sweet, lactonic gourmand that’s easy to like, perhaps because it’s a universally familiar scent, one that especially appeals to our sweet tooth, which certainly is a happy association. It radiates simplicity and as such, is more approachable instead of alienating. This “friendliness” is only projected further through its presentation by employing a predominantly clean, white motif with minimal accents of sky blue and gold.

It’s been a little over a year since I got this, a little over a year since Guerlain released Habit Rouge Parfum . Naturally, I was curious because I adore the original Guerlain Habit Rouge EDT . It was love at first sniff and I regret not getting into fragrances sooner so I would have enjoyed that masterpiece longer. That said, I also missed the boat on its many flankers, which is why when I got wind of this 2024 parfum version, I got excited.

Teal is such a nice color, don’t you think? It goes well with a lot of colors: orange, yellow, gray, black, and more. Here I’m going with blue, which works just fine. Both sweatshirt and jeans have a relaxed fit, which my chunky pair of Nike Offline 3.0 complements well.

Our bottles of Commodity fragrances have unjustly suffered from neglect for so long. The brand has since folded up and has subsequently been revived yet we’ve still barely used ours, if at all. So today I’m bringing out Tonka EDP .

Throughout my so-called fragrance journey, vetiver has become a note I've learned to recognize and love. Because of how multifaceted it is, I've been enamored by it. Aside from being primarily earthy, I also love how, depending on the type of vetiver or its extraction perhaps, it can also be grassy, rooty, dusty, lemony, or woody. In the case of D.S. & Durga Cowboy Grass , it's a handsome combination of different traits.

The first and last time I wrote about a fragrance from this house was more than four years ago. That frag was Ormonde Jayne Sampaquita . We have quite a few bottles from this British house, so I guess I should wear them more and as such, post more about them. Let me start then with Montabaco Parfum , which is part of their The Four Corners of the Earth Collection . I understand there’s an EDP version of this and then Montabaco Intensivo  and a few other flankers but I haven’t tried any of those.