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There\u2019s a shop in my town that sells perfume oils. The shop is styled to the minimalist, folksy, yet highly curated \u201cKinfolk\u201d vibe that\u2019s so popular now: raw wood furniture, bleached ceramic bowls, a 1960s credenza, a bearded salesperson sipping a latte from a mason jar and wearing a Ramones tee shirt he bought on eBay for $80.<\/p>\n
Uh oh. I feel Grouchy Angela coming on.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre these all oils?\u201d I asked when I visited the shop.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah,\u201d the sales guy said, glancing at me and probably assuming I limited my perfume consumption to Jo Malone<\/a> and that crazy bottle of Nicki Minaj<\/a> I picked up after one too many mimosas out with the girls at brunch. (Anyone who knows me will snort at this.) \u201cThe oils stay closer to the skin and wear longer. We like them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Sure<\/i>, I thought. They\u2019re also a lot less complex technically, and they smell like it. They\u2019re thick but flat, silky but textureless. They don\u2019t evolve. You can have them.<\/p>\n The reason I bring this up is because Aroma M<\/a> made its name with perfume oils referencing Japanese culture. (The house\u2019s founder, artist and certified aromatherapist Maria McElroy, lived seven years in Japan.) Aroma M Voluptuous Nostalgia, although not an oil, feels like an oil.<\/p>\n Voluptuous Nostalgia\u2019s notes include muguet, gardenia, amber, tonka and violet. Aroma M\u2019s description calls up mid-century Rome, with all its Roman Holiday<\/i> glamour and charm. The fragrance starts with a sepia-toned citrus lead-in to a quiet, violet-heavy floral. The fragrance is mesmerizingly pleasant with its shady, faraway flowers \u2014 no strident gardenia or cavity-sweet amber here \u2014 and touch of crushed stems. It smells like it\u2019s full of natural materials. It\u2019s easy, seductive. And flat.<\/p>\n Voluptuous Nostalgia lacks texture. There\u2019s no space in the fragrance to feel tingly or tannic or vaporous bits. Plus, there\u2019s little evolution to interest me. The fragrance lacks that deliciously orchestrated transition through the rush of the initial spray to the heart\u2019s woven pattern to the sympathetic foundation that an engaging perfume puts forth. As the fragrance fades, its floral layers fall away within a few hours, leaving a soft, barely woody dry amber that holds close to the skin for three or four hours longer.<\/p>\n In short, Voluptuous Nostalgia is viscous, smooth, lush, and highly telescoped. As an inexpensive roll-on, I\u2019d love it, and I\u2019d go wild for a Voluptuous Nostagia scented candle or soap. (Yes yes yes to the candle.) But at the perfume\u2019s hefty price tag, I\u2019ll find my retro floral goodness in Annick Goutal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Do you think about texture in perfume? What do you think of perfume oils?<\/p>\n Aroma M Voluptuous Nostalgia is $225 for 50 ml of perfume wrapped in hand-dyed velvet. For buying information, see the listing for Aroma M under Perfume Houses<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s a shop in my town that sells perfume oils. The shop is styled to the minimalist, folksy, yet highly curated \u201cKinfolk\u201d vibe that\u2019s so popular now: raw wood furniture, bleached ceramic bowls, a 1960s credenza, a bearded salesperson sipping a latte from a mason jar and wearing a Ramones tee shirt he bought on eBay for $80.<\/p>\n Uh oh. I feel Grouchy Angela coming on.<\/p>\n \u201cAre these all oils?\u201d I asked when I visited the shop.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah,\u201d the sales guy said, glancing at me and probably assuming I limited my perfume consumption to Jo Malone<\/a> and that crazy bottle of Nicki Minaj<\/a> I picked up after one too many mimosas out with the girls at brunch…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[75],"class_list":{"0":"post-134906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-aroma-m","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Related...<\/h2>\n
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