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Fragrance review: Lorenzo Villoresi Musk

Posted by Marlen on 25 November 2005 8 Comments

Lorenzo Villoresi Musk perfume

Of all the Villoresi fragrances, Musk is by far my favorite. Perhaps the least astringent, and one of the easier to wear fragrances, Musk by Lorenzo Villoresi has notes of galbanum, flowers, cardamom, geranium, rose, musk, amber, sandalwood, rosewood and oakmoss.

Musk begins with nearly all of its key players present — I can immediately detect the floral notes juxtaposed against a warm woody base, highlighted by the sandalwood and musk, and sweetened by a touch of amber. What sets this scent apart from other musk fragrances is the following: 1) I don’t get that hairspray effect as I do with many other musk scents, 2) this is not an animalic musk — no fecal, cumin or civet notes, and 3) the floral notes (especially the rose) create a rather bright and soft top bouquet that is quite unusual in a musk composition…

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Perfume shopping

Posted by Robin on 25 November 2005 Leave a Comment

Get free shipping plus 4 samples from gloss through 11/29.

New at imaginationperfumery: Burberry Brit Gold.

Get free shipping with a purchase of $100 or more, plus your choice of a free gift (see selections here) at perfumebay.

New at scentiments: Dior Homme testers.

New & upcoming fragrances: Cher Michel Klein, Liz Claiborne & Ellen Tracy

Posted by Robin on 25 November 2005 4 Comments

More on the new release from Michel Klein, Cher (shown at right): it was created by nose Olivia Giacobetti and features powdered rose, iris and sandalwood. Available in France at colette and ccb-paris. (via absolufeminin)

Coming in 2006 from Liz Claiborne: Curve Chill, two new fragrances under the Lucky line, and a new fragrance from Ellen Tracy. (via moodiereport)

Giving thanks

Posted by Robin on 24 November 2005 36 Comments

Today is Thanksgiving, the day the United States commemorates the three-day feast held by the Pilgrims in 1621 to celebrate the bountiful harvest. Members of the local Wapanoag tribe attended, but their descendents are wondering if they would have been better off if they had not cooperated with the Pilgrims.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, the Citizen of the Month blog has called for a Thank Your First Commenter Day. Blogging without comments would be dull to say the least, so I would like to give a big shout out to both of the lovely ladies who commented on my first day: Pillowcase and Annieytown…

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Perfume news and shopping

Posted by Robin on 24 November 2005 2 Comments

New at aedes: A duo from Escentric Molecules (do go read the description!) and L'Artisan Poivre Piquant & Piment Brulant.

The School of Continuing and Professional Studies at New York University is offering a course this spring called Scentsuality: Food, Aroma, Flavors, and Fragrance (link no longer working, sorry!).

Marian Bendeth, owner of Sixth Scents, talks about how to choose a fragrance in the Toronto Star (link no longer working, sorry!).

Sean Combs talks about his new fragrance, Unforgivable, in the New York Times.

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