Offering books published by Eiderdown Press & hand-decanted perfumes from the personal collection of Suzanne Keller
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CURRENT SCENTS IN MY COLLECTION
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Amouage Epic Woman
Amouage Gold (ladies)
Amouage Jubilation 25
Amouage Lyric Woman
Amouage Ubar
Byredo Green
Caron Parfum Sacre
Caron Tabac Blond
Caron Yatagan
Cartier IV: L'Heure Fougueuse
Chanel Chance
Chanel Coromandel
Chanel Egoiste
Chanel No. 22
Coty Chypre
(Vintage 1970s)
Creed Fleurs De Bulgarie
Deneuve
Donna Karan Black Cashmere
Estee Lauder Private Collection
Frederic Malle Bigarade Concentree
Frederic Malle Carnal Flower
Frederic Malle Geranium Pour Monsieur
Geoffrey Beene Grey Flannel
Gucci L'Arte di Gucci
Hermes 24, Faubourg
Hermes Eau Des Merveilles
Hermes Hiris
Jean Desprez Bal A Versailles
Jean Patou 1000
Jil Sander No. 4
L'Artisan Parfumeur Nuit de Tubereuse
L'Artisan Parfumeur Tea for Two
Maison Francis Kurkdjian Absolue Pour le Soir
Molinard Habanita
Mona Di Orio Nuit Noire
Montale Black Aoud
Montale Boise Vanille
Odin 04 Petrana
Parfumerie Generale Un Crime Exotique *just added*
Parfums de Nicolai Sacrebleu
Parfums Delrae Amoureuse
Pascal Morabito Or Black
Profumum Roma Acqua Viva
Profumum Roma D'Ambrosia
Robert Piguet Fracas
Robert Piguet Visa
Serge Lutens Arabie
Serge Lutens Chene
Serge Lutens Chergui
Serge Lutens Muscs Koublai Khan
Serge Lutens Un Lys
Tauer Perfumes Lonestar Memories
Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb
What Is A Decant? 
Decanting is a method of transferring the contents of a larger container into a smaller one. A fragrance is decanted from its original manufacturer’s bottle into either a small glass sample vial or atomizer bottles of various sizes by one of several methods: either by transferring with a sterile pipette, or by pouring the perfume through a small metal funnel, or often by directly spraying the contents into the smaller container. Each fragrance is freshly decanted just prior to shipping or delivery.
Why Decant?
The reasons are many: it allows perfume aficionados to sample scents that aren't available in their area, or to "test drive" a fragrance and prolong the purchase of a full bottle until they know whether it clicks with them. Decanting allows a person to buy a small quantity of a pricey perfume that is otherwise unaffordable – and it’s great for the person who only wants, say, a quarter-ounce of a fragrance rather than a huge amount. For the truly scent-obsessed, decants make it affordable to have an entire perfume wardrobe and to enjoy sniffing a little bit of everything!
Image: 5-ml glass spray decant bottle (left side of photo) along with 1.5 ml spray sample vials (foreground and left) and packaging materials, including gift bag. Original manufacturer's bottles are in the background (these are the bottles I decant from). Photo by Suzanne Keller.
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Read the latest in Suzanne’s Perfume Journal
From the Library of You Know Who:
Tokyo Milk Ex Libris Parfum and A Sport and a Pastime
Tokyo Milk is a line of inexpensive fragrances of which I’m totally unfamiliar save for one—Ex Libris, a decant of which was sent to me by a reader (thank you, Karen). I was hesitant to review it at first, mainly because I can’t tell whether it’s a discontinued fragrance or not—the Tokyo Milk website lists it as “out of stock,” and though a cursory search seems to show it as being for sale at Amazon and another perfume discounting site, when I actually clicked on those sites it doesn’t appear to be available.
But if you can find Ex Libris, and if you happen to love cedar perfumes, then this is quite the steal: $28 for a one-ounce bottle of parfum concentration fragrance—which is primarily the reason I’m reviewing it. Tokyo Milk Ex Libris isn’t complex—or even unusual—and the brief list of notes that the perfume company advertises for this scent makes me want to heave a grumpy sigh (because they don’t list cedar, and this is predominantly a cedar scent with a bit of fig). But what I like about it is the fact that it basically upholds its creative premise while offering a pretty decent sillage and surprisingly good longevity for a very affordable price. If Ex Libris is representative of the Tokyo Milk line, then it seems to me that it’s a line worth checking out. »Click here to read article in its entirety
