Fans of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab will want to check out this article in yesterday's Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is a gothy, independent scent producer with an army of devotees. Known as BPAL to its followers, the Los Angeles lab sells scores of perfume oil blends with spooky names like Embalming Fluid, Dragon's Tears and The Hamptons.
Issey Miyake will launch a new limited edition for L’Eau d’Issey next March:
“Une Goutte sur un Pétale” (A Drop on a Petal) features a juice reworked with so-called “guest notes”, courtesy of Firmenich’s Alberto Morillas. These are mandarin orange zest, mimosa and amber…
I loved L’Artisan Parfumeur Dzing! from the moment I first smelled it, and even before letting the scent settle, I’d bought a bottle. I loved the caramelly leather and gasoline and the musky, animalic drydown. In the throes of enthusiasm, I raved to a good friend about Dzing! and sprayed it up her arm. She liked it, too. Before long, she’d bought a bottle and was telling me how often people complimented her on it.
Perhaps you are a bigger person than I am, and you would have been happy that the perfume brought her so much pleasure. Not me. When she told me she wanted to wear Dzing!, too, I was irritated. I encouraged her to try Bvlgari Black and tried to stack the deck in its favor by telling her she could buy it less expensively; it was a groundbreaking scent; I knew a really sexy guy who wore it; etc. She still wanted Dzing!…
Deal at b-glowing: With any purchase of $75 or more, get a full-size LaLicious Body Butter (assorted scents) using coupon code "LaLicious" under "Additional Comments" during check out, good through 11/21.
Deals & new items at beautyhabit: new scents include L'Aromarine Cherry Blossom, Tea and Fleurs Blanches, solid perfumes from In Fiore. With your $65 or more Red Flower purchase, choose from Hammam or Japan gift set packs; with any purchase of an EdP spray from Perfect Perfumes, get a perfume oil in the matching scent. And, with any purchase of $75 or more, get a 3.3 oz. Molton Brown Rose Granati Fine Liquid Hand Wash using coupon code MOLTONBROWN, good through 11/22 or while supplies last.
Deal at gloss: get free shipping and free giftwrap with purchases of $50 or more using coupon code SEASON2GIVE, good through 11/22.
Deal at jomalone: get free shipping and a sample of Amber & Laveder shower gel using coupon code NAPA, good through 11/19.
Deal at loccitane: get free shipping on orders of $40 or more, no coupon code needed, offer good this week only.
New at lusciouscargo: Calypso Mimosa parfum and Calypso Tangerine (formerly known as Calypso Homme).
Deal at nordstrom: get free shipping with orders of $100 or more using coupon code HOLIDAY06, good through 12/19. With any purchase of $50 or more from Philosophy, get a 2 oz Amazing Grace liquid soap (online only, no coupon code needed).
Kenneth Cole has launched Reaction Thermal, a new fragrance for men:
The scent, described as warm, comfortable and sexy, was inspired by the waffle-weave, body-hugging fit of a long-sleeved, cotton thermal pullover…