Dawn Spencer Hurwitz

Dawn Spencer Hurwitz is a genius. The only reason she isn't a worshipped Niche Parfumiste in the line of By Kilian, etc. is that she's a woman, she doesn't charge a ton, and for years she worked...

My. God. Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Vanilla Chantilly is exactly what I've been looking for. I had been searching for a comforting milk-vanilla scent, and this just fits the bill without any...

Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Au Lait is nice, sweet, and clean. It's heralded in various online fragrance community as THE milk scent, and I do get notes of condensed milk and vanilla; on me, this is more...

This is a lovely vanilla-cream scent that stays close to the skin. It is a gourmand for sure, but it smells like a perfume, not a dessert. The vanilla is pure and woody, and the sweetness comes...

Based on an aged oil sample, I love this! Warm and cozy, like Christmas baked goods being baked for you . Vanilla, but in an aged wooden cask. And there's a musk base I find unique to DSH

Tuberose isn't even an identifiable note, nor is DSH's Winter particularly floral. It smells like a softer, warmer, more subtle Youth Dew. I'm not a 'Dude hater; sometimes I positively crave the...

I'm on my second dram of this and love it. But I also love Cardamom and the Kylphi notes are just enough for this scent to be well rounded. I don't just get the cardamom note on my skin, but...

Nope. The hunt for the best gardenia continues and this one didn't even come close. Very plasticky and artificial-smelling to me - more like a cleaning product than a flower.

Dawn Spencer Hurwitz truly captures the olfactory equivalent of the taste of chocolat with pepper. While I find peppered chocolat very decadent and yummy, I find this scent even more so. I want to...

Cimabue is a soft spicy saffron scent. I adore it. Period. I adore it and should have bought a larger bottle. I did the Smell and Tell personal consultation with Dawn this summer, which was one of...