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Donna is a gardener and longtime Portland resident. An insurance professional and a guest writer on a popular perfume blog, she has also been a “perfumista” for many years. Contact Donna at Patoufan1@gmail.com.

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Donna's holiday all-stars– In the mood for the season

Monday, December 7th, 2009 · 3 comments

This column is part of a special Holiday collaboration among myself and the other Fragrance Examiners – please check out their holiday...
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Real deals: Holiday fragrance gift sets you really want to give – or receive

Saturday, December 5th, 2009 · 2 comments

Everyone has seen them – the sad gift sets that appear at holiday time, the overstocks and has-beens of the perfume world, repackaged with the...
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Sumptuous holiday scents for the home

Friday, November 27th, 2009 · 1 comment

During the winter holiday season, people love to have their homes filled with the aroma of cooking, baking and winter greenery to evoke the expansive...
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Vintage Corner: My Sin is a fabulously sensual and aptly named fragrance

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Montale Sweet Oriental Dream is for lovers of perfumed confections

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As the blustery days of late fall are telling us, it’s time for those warm and sweet perfumes that are just impossible to wear in summer heat....
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Fragrance 101: The relationship between perfume and fashion

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In the book Perfumes: The Guide, writer Tania Sanchez recounted how a man who was learning some basics about fragrance with her partner and co-author,...
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Long-awaited fragrance releases have finally arrived for the holidays

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It must be time to think about holiday shopping, because some of the new perfumes that have been creating buzz are finally available, along with some...
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Black Widow perfume spins a spicy web of intrigue

In my recent Halloween special column, I mentioned Black Widow perfume. Not many people have heard of it since it is only available by mail order as...
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Perfumista All-Stars: Donna' s Halloween Top 10 Ball

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Who would you invite to a masquerade ball on All Hallows’ Eve? To whom would you bar the door? For your Halloween perusal, may I present the...
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Vintage corner: Madame de Carven, an elegant floral gem

Anyone under the age of thirty could easily be forgiven for thinking that Ma Griffe was the only perfume from the house of Carven. It’s the only...
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