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Perfume shopping online

Posted by Robin on 23 January 2007 Leave a Comment

Deal at b-glowing: Spend $65.00 or more and get a full size L'Aromarine Vanille Eau de Toilette using coupon code sweets, expiration date unknown.

Deal at luckyscent: get free shipping on pre-orders of The People of the Labyrinths A.Maze with coupon code AMAZE, expiration date unknown.

New at neimanmarcus: Michael Kors Island Hawaii.

Davidoff Silver Shadow Altitude ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 23 January 2007 2 Comments

Davidoff Silver Shadow Altitude fragranceDavidoff will launch Silver Shadow Altitude, a new variation on their Silver Shadow fragrance for men, in March:

The juice is a blend of spicy and hesperidic notes. It opens on a burst of freshness courtesy of juniper berry, grapefruit and green pepper, leading to a spicy heart composed of cumin, curcuma, cardamom, lovage and white cedar…

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Parfums de Nicolai Balkis & Balkis Light ~ fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 22 January 2007 17 Comments

Parfums de Nicolai Balkis perfume

Balkis was launched by Parfums de Nicolaï in 2003, and the notes include raspberry, Turkish rose, black pepper, coffee extract, iris, benzoin and vanilla.

Balkis starts out as a boudoir, pin-up girl sort of rose, along the lines of Frederic Malle’s Lipstick Rose. The raspberry is jammy-sweet (although there is nothing candied or child-like about it) and the iris lends a fair dusting of powder, and the whole thing is very creamy and uber-feminine. It would be out of the question (for me, that is) were it not for the coffee and pepper, which temper the sweetness (marginally, mind you) and lend some bite to what would otherwise probably be too prissy-girly for my taste…

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Curve Kicks for women & men ~ new fragrances from Liz Claiborne

Posted by Robin on 22 January 2007 7 Comments

Curve Kicks fragrance for womenLiz Claiborne has launched Curve Kicks fragrances for women and men:

Curve Kicks for Women [shown] begins with top notes of mandarin, watery pear, melon, and cassis. Mid notes of passion fruit, peony, freesia and muguet rest atop creamy base notes of vanilla, peach, sandalwood, vetivert and cedar.

Curve Kicks for Men begins with top notes of aquatic rush, effervescent ginger, chilled anise, wild mint, thyme, bergamot, mandarin and tangerine. Mid notes of spike lavender, cardamom, cedar leaf, labdanum, and idigo amber lead to masculine under tones of skin musk, cashmere woods, patchouli, oak moss, sandalwood and white vetiver.

Both fragrances are available now at ulta.

Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 22 January 2007 Leave a Comment

Deal at b-glowing: spend $100 or more and get a free Kai perfume roll-on using coupon code kai, offer good while supplies last. New items include Antica Farmacista home fragrances.

New at luilei: The Different Company line.

New at nordstrom: Valentino Rock 'n Rose.

New at sephora: the Lavanila line.

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