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Susanne Lang Cashmere dry oil

Posted by Anjali on 16 November 2005 8 Comments

Susanne Lang Cashmere dry oil perfumeSusanne Lang's Cashmere is a light oriental fragrance, a scent of milky-caramel sweetness accented by a slight perfume accord which does indeed evoke the enveloping and cozy experience of being wrapped up in a cashmere sweater. Many have compared it to Calvin Klein's Sheer Obsession, and I myself find it very similar to Yosh's Temperare #3, but either way, it is a lovely fragrance that I wear frequently during the fall and winter months. As with all the Susanne Lang scents in the Ready To Wear line, it comes in Eau de Parfum spray, roll on, body lotion, shower gel and dry oil spray.

The jojoba-based dry oil is a superb product which is wonderful for layering …

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Givenchy Very Irresistible for men fragrance review

Posted by Marlen on 15 November 2005 23 Comments

Givenchy Very Irresistible Homme fragrance

Givenchy’s 22nd (yes, that’s right, I wrote 22nd) men’s fragrance is the masculine companion to 2003’s Very Irresistible for Women. Though I can’t say that the women’s scent left any kind of impression on me (other than the fact that Liv Tyler IS lovely to look at), this men’s version by perfumer Pierre Wargnye definitely caught my attention. With notes of grapefruit peel, mint, sesame seed, mocha, hazelnut wood, and Virginia cedar, Givenchy offers its first men’s gourmand fragrance…

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Perfume news: David Beckham Instinct & scented cell phones

Posted by Robin on 15 November 2005 Leave a Comment

David Beckham's new fragrance, Instinct, is selling like hotcakes in the UK (link to article no longer working, sorry!).

Wish your cellphone would emit an odor whenever you got a phone call? Done.

La Perla Charme, and new fragrances from Loewe & Jean Charles Brosseau

Posted by Robin on 15 November 2005 10 Comments

La Perla Charme perfumeLoewe I Loewe You perfume

La Perla has launched Charme (shown above left) in Italy, and will expand distribution to other countries in February of next year. The ambery floral fragrance was created by perfumer Alberto Morillas…

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Laura Tonatto Plaisir, with an aside on Sage Pearl

Posted by Robin on 14 November 2005 28 Comments

Laura Tonatto PlaisirLaura Tonatto PlaisirLaura Tonatto Plaisir

Italian perfumer Laura Tonatto has been creating fragrances since the early 1980s. In addition to the scents marketed under her own name, she has developed fragrances for Carthusia and Kerastase, among others. Her own line, which includes Plaisir, has recently been streamlined and repackaged. The notes for Plaisir are orange, pink grapefruit, rose, cinnamon, patchouli, vanilla, amber and musk.

The first few minutes of Plaisir are dominated by sharp citrus notes…

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