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I Sniff Before I Sleep (Damiana) 🌼
@isniffbeforeisleep.bsky.social
Fragrance writer. Academic editor. Perfume, books, book podcasts, cinema, theater, food, travel. Author of isniffbeforeisleep.com ✍🏻🌷 Words also in Basenotes, Ifragrance, and The Scent Strip Magazine. 📰🪻
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Hello, everyone! I’m Damiana, author of the blog I Sniff Before I Sleep www.isniffbeforeisleep.com 🌼
I Sniff Before I Sleep
Reflections of a Scent Collector
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Fragrances influenced by an artisan perfumer’s experiences in Oxford and the Cotswold 🇬🇧

Both are limited editions created by Erica Vinskie of HENNY FAIRE Co. 💐🌿

TEA ROOM 🫖🍰🫙🫐🍎

BODLEIAN 🏛️📚🪑📖 📜

Read my blog article and interview with Erica (2021):

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December 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This 28 ml bottle contains the amber fullness needed for a chilly but sunny day. ✨☀️

Krazy Krizia was created in 1991 by Dominique Ropion for the Italian fashion house, Krizia, and it’s a grossly underrated #vintageperfume. 👗🩳

Full blog review 🔗⬇️

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December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Page 29 by Francesca dell’Oro is a multilayered creation that encloses different smells, sensations, textures, images. ✨

Dense, voluptuous, and one of my favorites for the cool weather. 💖

Read my previously published blog post. ✍🏻🌟⬇️

#perfumesky

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Francesca dell’Oro Page 29 - I Sniff Before I Sleep
Francesca dell’Oro Page 29 is a multilayered perfume that encloses different smells, sensations, textures, images. I first tried the fragrance in early 2019 but did not purchase it straight away. As t...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
More fragrant and decadent pleasures for the holiday season. 🍽️🍂🥮

Dama Koupa by Baruti Perfumes isn’t a literal gourmand but an orris-filled amber with a gourmet twist of almond macaron rounded out by beeswax. I also perceive it as a bit boozy and not especially sweet.

🟤⚪️🟣🔴🟠🟢

#perfumesky
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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On the Unquiet Things blog today, travels, and trolls, and other tidbits. unquietthings.com/lil-tidbits/
Lil Tidbits
I am feeling a little self-conscious about everything I wrote yesterday (although I really appreciate everyone’s comments! It’s both weirdly depressing and heartening to know there&#821…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Decadently sweet and pleasing gourmand fragrances to celebrate #travelsizetuesday and the upcoming holidays. 🍽️ 🍬🥘

Artisan perfumers know what they’re doing with gourmands! Their delectable creations are everything but cloying or trivial.

See any you like?

🧁🍰🍚🍪🍫
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Yesterday was a rainy day, and I spent the late afternoon leafing through The Art of Darkness by S. Elizabeth @mlleghoul.bsky.social
and wearing Wednesday’s Evermore by dgrayi. ☔️📖🌼🪦

Thank you for this beautiful book that explores the dark, the eerie, and the macabre. 🖤🔮

#perfumesky #fragrancesky
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Other Side of Me (TOSOM) by the artisan brand La Fleur By Livvy is a walk in the damp countryside at dawn, filling your nostrils with the scent of fallen autumn leaves, the dense and mossy undergrowth, and peppery herbs. 🍂🪾🪴

Read my blog article:

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November 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Fragrances that evoke cats or cat fur.

🐱 🐈 🐈‍⬛

🐾 Ma Bête by @erisparfums.bsky.social

Maggie the 🐾 Cat’s Alive, I’m Alive by @marissazappas.bsky.social

🐾 Furever by A House on the Moon Perfume

🐾 Pas de Chat by Odette Parfum Co.

🐾 Kitten Fur by Demeter
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It’s finally cool enough to wear my patchouli “scarves”.🧣

Here’s a selection of some of my favorite patchouli-heavy fragrances! 🤎

See any you like? 👀

Want to guess which one I’m wearing today?

#perfumesky #fragrancesky
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A recent discussion on personal writing practices made me think how blogging and other forms can rekindle a creative spark. ✨

In the spirit of creativity, engagement, and connection with our audiences, I went back my very first blog review: ✍🏻 🌟

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Blocki Saharet - I Sniff Before I Sleep
Saharet by Blocki was once described on me as “oil paint on canvas”. The remark was more than appropriate considering where I was at the time, but it added much more meaning to my appreciation of the ...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Fleur Japonais by Shalini synthesizes elements of autumn and spring, my two favorite seasons. 🍂🌸

I can smell the warmth and stark quality of incense and sandalwood first 🤎🪵 and the fresh, green, and slightly sour floral essence of cherry blossom next. 🌸

#perfumesky #fragrancesky
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
In my latest blog article, I highlight the discovery sets and samples I enjoyed trying this autumn. 🍂

Enjoy the marathon! ✍🏻🌟

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#perfumesky #fragrancesky #perfumesamples
Autumn 2025 Sampling - I Sniff Before I Sleep
Being part of the fragrance community (or many fragrance communities, I should say) fills my life with delightful scents, incredible discoveries, and many opportunities to be thankful. I enjoy getting...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Today is Halloween but also Scorpio season.

Scorpio Rising by @erisparfums.bsky.social is the perfect fragrance to celebrate both. ❤️🖤

Mysterious, foggy, and utterly cinematic, Scorpio Rising is all about spices, leather, and smoky incense.

Have you tried it? ♏️ 🦂

What are you wearing today? 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A retro-inspired, boozy, feral treat for Halloween or any other autumn night. 🍎🥃🍂

One to pair with a Hitchcock movie. 🎥👠

Foxy 🦊 by @dshperfumes.bsky.social is my pick for #travelsizetuesday and one of my favorites by the amazingly talented Dawn Spencer Hurwitz. ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
House of Matriarch Violet Flame - Concocting a potion in a garden filled with toxic violets and herbs. 🌿

Heretic Parfums Nosferatu - Visiting a gravestone adorned with wilting lilacs on a dreary night. 🧛🏻‍♂️

Ormonde Jayne Woman - Gathering hemlock, its viscous poisonous sap on your fingers. 🌳
October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Introducing the artisan perfume house, A House on the Moon 🏠🌙 on this #travelsizetuesday

Thoughts about each perfume oil in comments ⬇️
October 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The latest volume of The Scent Strip, 📰 (Spellbound Edition) and Magie Noire, also my #sotd 🪄🖤✨

Well done, again, @immortalperfumes.bsky.social! ✍🏻

Highlights include perfumed spells, Tarot musings, autumn soups, scented exhibitions, and Jen’s most recent fragrance, Swanstone Reverie. 🦢🪨
October 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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A beautiful glimpse into the past:
a 19th-century French mechanical perfume caddy.

Antique Early 19th C. French Perfume or Scent Caddy, Mother of Pearl Shells, Ormolu, 3 Flasks - Palais Royal
#PerfumeSky #FragranceSky
October 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Feral roses:

🥀Rosa de Bolero by @witandwest.com is entwined with bitter herbs in a garden of poison flowers. ☠️🌿

🥀 Dirty Rose by PK Perfumes is darkened by smoky, animalic oud gunk.🪾🖤

🥀 Attar by Isabell is a combination of disintegrated roses and the thick dust from an ancient tomb. ⚰️🪦
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
One of my blog classics for spooky October! 🎃💀🔮

Some are my personal picks for witches, ghosts, and infamous villains, while others evoke spooky ambiances and unsettling atmospheres, bring the surreal to mind, or blend the cute and the creepy. 🧙🏻 👻🤡🔥😈🏚️

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My Guide to Halloween Fragrances - I Sniff Before I Sleep
When October begins, my desire for deeper and richer scents soars. However, the fall mood wouldn’t be complete without fragrances that nicely match the dark and playful Halloween spirit. Below is an e...
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October 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Gorgon by @forstrangewomen.bsky.social smells like smoldering ruins, carbonized wood, ancient tombstones, and a touch of moss and funeral flowers. 🪦💐🪨🌿

The book is inspired by the nightmarish and misunderstood Medusa, the gorgon from Greek Mythology and quintessence of female body horror. 📖🖤
October 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The return of Boudoir by Vivienne Westwood reminded me of my precious bottle of the original fragrance from 1998.

It also had me thinking about the fragrances conjure a “boudoir”—an old-fashioned bedroom or private area (traditionally belonging to a woman). 🛌🪞🛋️🪶💄✨

More in the comments… ⬇️
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Pleased to introduce Aysha Hansen Fine Fragrances, a newly discovered artisan brand from Australia. 💚💛❤️

My favorite of the three is Ghost Lover 👻, a full-bodied, dark, and slightly medicinal amber. Truly opulent and addicting.

More in the comments…
October 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My experiences in a some fragrance stores are always enjoyable, even if I tend to prefer sampling through discovery sets.

Do you enjoy browsing freely or would you rather receive assistenza from store staff? I like freedom but always enjoy a good conversation. 👃🏻🔖

Recently sampled fragrances. ⬇️
September 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM