As I try and make Basenotes last for another 25 years, I'm making some changes to how the forums work. This is about getting back to what made the forums valuable in the first place: …

This was a decant from a reader and fellow Basenotes friend, as I would never be anywhere near the income bracket to buy a $3000 perfume, let alone the first edition of one that is probably …

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Jan 11, 2021 · I'm anosmic to musks, especially the 'white' musks. Over the last year, I've been training my nose and been making some progress. The three big ones that I still cannot detect …

May 21, 2023 · I've been collecting demo formulas for perfumery materials. So far, the list contains products from Bedoukian (most of these formulas are available on TGSC too), …

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