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Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Route du Vetiver ~ fragrance review

Posted by Robin on 17 July 2007 17 Comments

Route du Vetiver by Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier

The vetiver root, a plant originating from the Bourbon Islands, surprises with its raw strength and its warm, wooded scent.

Maître Parfumeur et Gantier unveils it in its most authentic state.

Hyperbole is generally a given in fragrance ad copy — no matter how dull the juice, we’ll be told a perfume sparkles with dazzling radiance, that it is exquisite, daring, sensual, luxurious, sublime and intoxicating. Maître Parfumeur et Gantier’s description of Route du Vetiver, quoted above, is that rare example of the opposite approach, “raw strength” being in this case something of an understatement…

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Online perfume shopping

Posted by Robin on 17 July 2007 Leave a Comment

Deal at blissworld: get free shipping on orders over $75, no coupon code needed, offer good through noon 7/18.

New at saksfifthavenue: Estee Lauder Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia.

Jacques Fath Green Water fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 16 July 2007 10 Comments

Jacques Fath Green Water cologne

Scorching weather has arrived — even in the usually temperate Northwest. Last week, the temperature in downtown Seattle hovered around 100 degrees Fahrenheit! During that heat spell I wore an old favorite fragrance: Jacques Fath’s Green Water.

French fashion designer Jacques Fath has been dead for over 50 years and few people recognize his name, but in his heyday in the 1940s and early 1950s, he was considered an innovative designer (and marketer) of women’s clothes. His designs were featured in films and his clientele included Greta Garbo, Rita Hayworth and Ava Gardner. Fath died of leukemia at the peak of his fame at age 42 and his fashion house never really recovered from his loss — no matter who owned it or designed for it. Jacques Fath perfumes were kept in production…

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Pierre Cardin Pour Homme & Pour Femme ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 16 July 2007 4 Comments

Pierre Cardin Pour Femme and Pierre Cardin Pour Homme fragrancesPierre Cardin will launch a new duo of fragrances, Pierre Cardin Pour Homme and Pierre Cardin Pour Femme, this coming September. Perfumer Benoist Lapouza developed both scents, which share a common note of Pink Lady apple.

Pierre Cardin Pour Homme features notes of bergamot, lemon, melon, pineapple…

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L'Occitane White Tea / The Blanc ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 16 July 2007 Leave a Comment

L'Occitane White Tea perfumeL’Occitane has launched a new limited edition fragrance, White Tea (Thé Blanc):

In early spring, the first leaves of the tea plant are picked. Dried naturally, they transform into silvery white tea leaves. A clear infusion of white tea is a source of both freshness and strength…

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