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More shopping news…

Posted by Robin on 9 June 2005 2 Comments

Beautycafe will be adding the Maître Parfumeur et Gantier line.

Luckyscent is now shipping to Canada.

Lusciouscargo now has the L'Artisan Charmer Trio for men, and Anne Pliska in parfum. Also several coupon codes: PAPA for 60% off Demeter, Korres and Elizabeth W, PATER for 40% off Dinner by Bobo and A Touch of Ivy, and DADDY-O for free domestic shipping on orders over $30. First 2 codes good until 6/17, free shipping code good until 6/15.

Update!! More codes, all thanks to Katie:

At parfum1: for 10% off, use code FDAY2005BPX44444, limited time only.

At 99perfume: for 10% off, use code EXTRA10, limited time only.

At Jeanne Arthes: a Father's Day special with discounts on select men's fragrances.

At perfumania: Use code 59PLUS for free shipping with orders of $59 or more, through 6/15.

At florislondon: Spend $75 or over and receive a 10% discount off your order.

Fragonard to cease distribution in the US

Posted by Robin on 9 June 2005 2 Comments

Fragonard confirms that with the exception of some of the bath & body products, they will no longer be distributing their products to retailers in the United States. Customers may still order directly from their website. Let's hope they are planning to run more reduced cost shipping specials...

Update: by 2009, Fragonard was once again available in the US, see the listing for Fragonard under Perfume Houses for retailers.

He Says/She Says: Creed Royal Water

Posted by Robin on 8 June 2005 36 Comments

Creed Royal Water fragrance

Some time ago Marlen, one of the moderators on the basenotes forum, dissed my new favorite, Ormonde Jayne Isfahan, in a post on the men’s fragrance board. To provide another viewpoint, he included a copy of my review from this blog in his post. We thought it might be fun to see what else we disagreed about, hence this review of Royal Water, which was released by Creed in 1997 as a tribute to Princess Diana. It features notes of mandarin, bergamot, peppermint, cumin, basil, juniper berry, and musk…

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Cerruti 1881 Collection ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 8 June 2005 2 Comments

Cerruti 1881 Collection fragranceCerruti will launch Cerruti 1881 Collection in France this August:

The 1881 Collection juice, packaged in a burgundy-hued version of the original’s oval, salmon pink-colored bottle, was developed by Rodrigo Flores-Roux and Yann Vasnier of Quest International…

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New book from Mandy Aftel

Posted by Robin on 8 June 2005 4 Comments

Thank you to Natalie and Anya for finding this article in the San Francisco Chronicle about Mandy Aftel, whose next book, Scents and Sensibilities, is due out this month.

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