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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. 📰🪻
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 brand is offering a special holiday gift with a purchase of both 30 ML and 50 ML bottles. 🎁

I don’t work for the brand. I like to support artisans and small businesses.
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 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:

www.isniffbeforeisleep.com/la-fleur-by-...
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
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
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
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
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
💄More fragrances (30 ml and above) that smell like or nod to different types of lipstick: modern, old-fashioned, flirty, edgy, punk, stale.💄

💄 See any you like or want? 👀

I’ll link 🔗 to full blog reviews of Incarnata and Bruise Violet in comments ⬇️

#perfumesky #fragrancesky
September 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Travel-size (5 to 15 ml) fragrances that smell like lipstick, contain lipstick accords, or look like lipstick.

💄 Spot any favorites? 👀

Which ones would you add to the list? 📝

Would you like to see my full bottle collection of lipstick fragrances? 💄

#travelsizetuesday #perfumesky #lipstick
September 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Vesevius by Coquillete is my fragrance of the day! 🌋🌼🌿💛

Full review on my blog ✍🏻:

www.isniffbeforeisleep.com/coquillete-p...
September 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The fragrances by @miskeoparfums.bsky.social are defined by understated sophistication, embodying cool composure and offering a sense of calm, nostalgia, and balance. They are refined, artistic, and uniquely complex.

Daim 🎩 👜

Èpices 🖤🪵

Feuille 🍅🥬

Pistil 🌼🌱

#perfumesky #sampleseptember
September 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Vintage miniature bottles by Atkinsons. You may remember them, especially if you grew up in Italy or other parts of Europe.

🖤❤️💙🩷💜💚

A family member gifted me Euforia, but not long after that, I decided I wanted all of them! The tin containers they came in were adorable. 🥰

#perfumesky
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A week in artisan roses. 💛💛💛

🌹Rose Mercurial by Vireo Perfumes
🌹Rose Face & Body Balm by Aftelier
🌹Queen by Eau de Boujee @perfumer-pia.bsky.social (Pia Long)

Discover more unique indie and artisan rose fragrances in my blog 🔗✍🏻🥀

www.isniffbeforeisleep.com/a-week-of-in...

#perfumesky
September 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Recent posts on other social media platforms about New West by Aramis made me think of revisiting my miniature collection by this designer. 💛💚🩵

Happy Friday! 💫✨

#perfumesky #fragrancesky #vintageperfume
September 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Travel Size Tuesday and Tuberose Tuesday!

Tragedy Perfume Oil by @marissazappas is an aloof and captivating tuberose and a perfect pairing for Tamara de Lempicka’s sharp, stylish, and sensual artistic style. 🖼️ 👗

Tamara de Lempicka
Spring, 1930

🔗 ✍🏻 ⬇️

www.isniffbeforeisleep.com/lempicka-and...
September 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
À La Mangue by Flairée features a pulpy, creamy note of mango 🥭 suggestive of a dreamsicle 🍨 (if dreamsicles were flavored with mango instead of orange 😉).

I tend to prefer greener mango scents, but I love how the fruity essence blends with the addictive, floral unctuosity of monoï oil here. 🧴
September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM