Thanks to Ina for passing on the news that theperfumeshoppe in Canada now has Serge Lutens Cèdre in stock and ready to ship. Shoppers, ready your credit cards. And if you're ordering, do comment so I will know where to beg a sample.
Are you influenced by fragrance packaging?
Does packaging matter to a real fragrance addict?
I love a beautiful bottle, but I tend to think that it has little or no influence on my purchasing habits. First, I “meet” most new fragrances in the form of a plain glass sample vial. Even if I have already seen a picture of the bottle, it isn’t right in front of me creating temptation.
It also helps that my perfume bottles are not on display. They used to be on my dresser, but my collection long ago outgrew the limited space there, and they are now in a cabinet in my office.
Another factor is that I really don’t buy that many bottles. A large part of my collection is in the form of decants, obtained by swapping or on ebay…
Online fragrance shopping
New at beautyhabit: Comptoir Sud Pacifique Vanille Peach.
Specials at lacremebeauty: Use code summer to get 10% off any purchase of $75 or more, good through 7/22. Also, markdowns on Ile de Reves, Tipton Charles, Norma Kamali, Flowerbelle, Zabete, and Tocca candles.
Alessandro Dell' Acqua Woman in Rose, Guess for women ~ new fragrances
Alessandro Dell’Acqua has released Woman In Rose in Italy, and will launch the fragrance worldwide starting in October:
The scent is described as a fresh/floral combination. The juice opens on notes of bergamot, pink pepper and an exotic Caipirinha accord. The heart is a blend of sambac jasmine, freesia and mint…
Perfume of the day: Gobin Daude Seve Exquise
Gobin Daudé Sève Exquise is one of the five perfumes released by Victoire Gobin-Daudé in 2002. It has notes of orris, poplar bud, liatrix, and vetiver.
Sève Exquise is another green fragrance, but it is a completely different take on green from yesterday’s Sous Le Buis. If Sous Le Buis is the dark, almost bitter, late-summer green of leaves, shrubs, and twigs, Sève Exquise is the bright, pale green smell of tender shoots in spring. It has a milky-sweet quality, almost like syrup, and a subtle spicy-earthy undertone…