Deal from bliss: get a free full-sized lemon+sage body butter with any purchase of $75 or more using coupon code 027906, good through 3/5.
New at senteursdailleurs (Brussels): the Eau d'Italie line.
Update ~ deal at fragrancesandmore: get 10% off any order of $30 or more with coupon code LOVE10, good through 2/15.
Rose 31 is among the men's collection and bravely interprets a central note that had become dated and almost uniquely associated with women. Whether it's taken up by men or women, it remains a great modern interpretation of the rose.
— from Wallpaper magazine's 2007 Design Awards, which honor Le Labo Rose 31 with their best fragrance award. They have very good taste over at Wallpaper (last year's winner was Ormonde Jayne Isfarkand, another one of my favorites).
I used to like light, clean-smelling, marine scents--whatever was offered in the mass market--but now I have more of a love of the classics...
She got her hands on bottle 728 of the 1,000-bottle limited reissue of Hermes' 1955 fragrance Doblis, and once paid $900 for couture designer Shalini Kumar's fragrance Shalini in a Lalique crystal bottle.
— the first statement was made by Ina Prouty of Aromascope; the second is about Patty Geissler of Perfume Posse. Check them out in last Sunday's Chicago Tribune!
If you put emotions and pleasure into the things that you make, I think people can feel it and it will sell. That was how Flower was made. With Flower, we had hoped it would be good but we didn’t think it would have the success that it did. It’s amazing for a small brand like Kenzo to be in the top three (perfume brands) in France, that is a surprise.
— Patrick Guedj, the Creative Director of Kenzo Parfums, in an interesting article in The Star about the development of Kenzo's latest release, Kenzo Amour.
Yesterday's post discussed scents to wear for a romantic night out on Valentine's Day. But what might you wear if your relationship is still on tender ground, or if you’re not in a relationship at all? Once again, Amy Yang of Luilei and Lisa Slavik of Beautycafé have a few recommendations.
Lisa chooses Laila of Norway as a good fragrance to wear when you want to have a romantic presence but not go overboard…
New at aedes: three Valentine's Day Flower boxes. Flower Box 1 comes with L'Artisan Parfumeur Aedes signature candle, Annick Goutal Mandragore Eau de Toilette and Santa Maria Novella Melograno Soap in gift box topped with the Aedes signature flower arrangement ($175).
Deal from thymes: get free shipping on any of the Au Chocolat candles, no coupon code needed, offer good through 2/14.
Deal at victoriassecret: get $15 off any order of $100 or more (or $30 off $150, $75 off $250) with coupon code VDAY07, good through 2/13.
Update ~ deal at freshscentsbyterri: get 15% off all orders using coupon code Be Mine, good through 2/15.
Alice in Wonderland is the debut fragrance from the very indie perfume house Parfums d'Imperfiction, the brainchild of Konstantin Mihov, a psychology student in Germany and a regular on the Perfume of Life forum. His line is inspired by fictional characters; Alice in Wonderland…
…is derived from the novel with the same name, as you have figured out; it is one of my most precious books and I love the mystery, the obscurity, the oddity, the magic about it. The whole adventure of Alice is to me a contrast between a forest (the magic forest), violets (incarnation of Alice herself) and mint (a tea party perhaps)…