Crystal Schwanke

When you’re learning how to find your scent, there are shortcuts you can use that don’t involve what I used to do–go to the store, spray one (okay, maybe two)–and wander around, sniffing your wrist, trying to decide whether it was worth buying or not. If I couldn’t decide, I’d have to go back another […]

The best personalized perfume services help you express yourself without saying a word. You can be as involved or hands-off as you want because of the range of services. Sometimes, you’ll just take a quiz and get a recommendation from a long list of designer fragrances. In others, the quiz is thorough and matches you

The best Scentbox alternatives offer you a variety of fragrances that you can use to express your personality or make a statement. You get to try on scents without committing to the full-size bottles, just like you can with Scentbox. You can even find more personalized options than you might find at Scentbox. As someone

I’ve found some of the best perfumes at CVS over the years. Sometimes, I’d think I needed to order online from a site I wasn’t sure about to try a fragrance, only to find that CVS carried it. I remember making a late-night run to the drugstore because I needed to try YSL’s Opium. Department stores, Ulta,

What’s better than an affordable, beautiful, and easily accessible fragrance? This Clinique perfume guide will walk you through the options available within the brand and help you choose the right one (or ones) for you. Clinique has a range of scents to satisfy any personality type, and they’re usually fairly easy to find, at (somewhat)

Guerlain’s Samsara isn’t just the fragrance you just spray on when you want to smell nice–it’s the one you spray on when you want to transform. In this Samsara perfume review, I’ll go over the pros and cons of this scent (as well as who should wear it, and when), but try to experience this

I am thrilled to write this Delina perfume review because it’s one of the most beautiful, complex scents I’ve ever tried–and I’ve tried a lot. I’m not a fruity-florals type of person, and though this one is considered a floral, there’s fruit there. When I read the description, this one was iffy for me. I expected

The best Santal 33 dupes can smell just as good, or even better (depending on preferences and how each fragrance wears on your skin), and save you quite a bit of money. Technically, you could get a tiny bottle of Santal 33 for about $100.00, but the 1.7 oz. bottle, average size, is over $200.00.

Since I just bought my third bottle of it, I thought it was time to do a Ralph Lauren Blue perfume review. I’ve enjoyed this scent since it came out in 2005, and I won’t stop until it’s discontinued.  It’s a dream vacation in a bottle, with white flowers intertwined with warmth and woods, dancing