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2006 / Browsing by date: August 2006

Online perfume shopping

Posted by Robin on 14 August 2006 Leave a Comment

Deal at beautycafe: get free shipping on orders of $50 or more, good through the end of August.

Deal at luckyscent: markdowns on Miller & Bertaux no. 2, Florascent Mimosa, Jala St Barth, and more.

New at macys: Lucky Number 6 for men & women.

New at neimanmarcus: Sisley Soir de Lune, Guerlain Insolence, Badgley Mishka.

Perfume books ~ The Perfume Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide by Nigel Groom

Posted by Marcello on 12 August 2006 Leave a Comment

The Perfume Companion by Nigel GroomThe smallest coffee-table book in my collection is Nigel Groom's Perfume Companion. It has the shape and size of a travel guide, which makes it a handy companion indeed: you can bring it along to the dentist, the hair salon, the nail studio, or the gym. But let's assume you have no intention to do that. What other advantages does a compact guide like The Perfume Companion have over ordinary coffee-table books? To answer that question, let's see what this “Connoisseur's Guide” has to offer.

The Perfume Companion consists of two parts. Part one is essentially a quick guide to perfumery, featuring a brief historical overview of the industry…

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Anya's Garden Riverside, Pan & Fairchild: new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 12 August 2006 3 Comments

Anya's Garden Riverside, Pan and Fairchild fragrances

Anya McCoy has launched her own line of natural perfumes, Anya’s Garden. There are three fragrances, Riverside, Pan and Fairchild:

Riverside is an homage to the gardens of the University of California, Riverside and includes notes of pink peppercorn, citrus, Turkish rose otto, neroli blossom, petitgrains, vanilla Bourbon, Tahitian vanilla, beeswax, distilled soil (mitti), Vanuatu sandalwood, tonka bean and musk seed…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 12 August 2006 Leave a Comment

New at aedes: Serge Lutens Chypre Rouge.

New at b-glowing: Kai Eau de Parfum.

Deal at fragrancesandmore: get a free Nightlight candle and free shipping with your order of Kai Eau de Parfum.

New at nordstrom: John Varvatos Vintage, Guerlain Insolence.

New at parfum1: S de Scherrer.

Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely Liquid Satin, Esprit Horizon, Guerlain Lights of Champs Elysees: new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 12 August 2006 14 Comments

Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely Liquid Satin fragrance

Sarah Jessica Parker will launch Lovely Liquid Satin, “an alcohol-free, silicone-based sprayable scent”, in September:

Liquid Satin has top notes of mandarin, rosewood, lavender and apple martini; a heart of patchouli, paperwhites and orchid, and a drydown of cedar, white amber and musk…

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