Perfume Review: Haus of Gloi's Queen Mother 2013

Purchased

Herald in the autumn with an exquisitely aged blend from Haus of Gloi

When I first started dabbling with indie perfumes, I joked that there were parallels between how people talked about wine and how people talked about perfumes. To someone who's inexperienced in both, listening to someone talk about a wine's dryness or a perfume's top notes seems almost like a different language. There's even an entire glossary of wine tasting descriptions! That being said, when I heard about Haus of Gloi's fancypants "Queen Mother" release this autumn, I imagined that a wine enthusiast must feel a similar level of excitement upon learning about an aged bottle of their favorite wine.

Read more »