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2006 / Browsing by date: December 2006

Annual holiday sale at Aftelier in Berkeley

Posted by Robin on 8 December 2006 Leave a Comment

Aftelier is holding its annual holiday sale this weekend, December 9th and 10th from 10 am to 6 pm:

Please take this opportunity to visit Aftelier's private studio, normally closed to the public. Find one of a kind items, hydrosols, and our Chef's Essence Kit for your holiday shopping needs. New solid perfumes in Chocolate Lotus, Muse and Fir will be available in antique and nickel plated compacts. We also have a new body oil, Fresh Ginger and Lavender, and Lumiere, a new EDP spray…

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Ormonde Jayne revamps bath line

Posted by Robin on 8 December 2006 2 Comments

Ormonde Jayne bath & body lineOrmonde Jayne has spent over a year reformulating their bath and body line. The new range is available in seven fragrances: Ormonde for women, Frangipani Absolute, Osmanthus, Ta'if, Tolu, Sampaquita and Champaca. Products include:

Essential Bathing Oil with orchid oil extract, vitamin E and 15% pure essence in a glass decanter 100 ml, £48.

Replenishing Body Lotion with added vitamin E, shea butter and water lily extract 200 ml and 3% pure essence, £34…

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Penhaligon’s Lily & Spice ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 7 December 2006 14 Comments

Penhaligon's Lily & Spice fragrance

Lily & Spice is the latest fragrance release from Penhaligon’s; it includes notes of lily, saffron, patchouli and musk. It is meant to herald the “return to the essence of Penhaligon’s identity of traditional English perfumery”. (via princesssquare)

Lily & Spice is a rather forthright take on lily, miles away from the embellished approach of Serge Lutens Un Lys or Donna Karan Gold…

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Shopping for perfume online

Posted by Robin on 7 December 2006 Leave a Comment

Deal at beautyhabit: with your order of $50 or more, get free ground shipping with coupon code GIFTSHIP; with your order of $100 or more, get a free Comptoir Sud Pacifique candle with coupon code CPSGIFT. Both codes valid through 12/15.

Deal at sonomascentstudio: all body creams are 15% off through 12/12.

Sarah Horowitz Joy Comes From Within, Pupa Flower in Red ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 7 December 2006 2 Comments

Sarah Horowitz Joy Comes From Within fragranceSarah Horowitz-Thran of Creative Scentualization has launched Joy Comes From Within…

…a festive and enveloping homage to the triumphant feeling of being confident in one’s own skin…Its spicy nutmeg top note, long revered for its ability to at once calm and revitalize, is accented with a sumptuous hint of almond. The fragrance’s single middle note of bright, euphoric orange blossom, like the dawning of a new day, rests gently on a warm, skin-enhancing base note accord of creamy vanilla, tonka bean and musk…

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