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Jennifer Lopez Deseo ~ perfume review

Posted by Robin on 19 February 2008 47 Comments

Jennifer Lopez Deseo fragrance

Deseo is the latest fragrance from the Jennifer Lopez franchise at Coty, and the floral woody scent reportedly takes its inspiration from a “midnight walk in Lopez’s garden moments before a thunderstorm set in”*. Deseo is that rare thing, a fragrance geared towards an older (well, what they actually said was “intended to appeal to a more sophisticated and mature demographic”**) audience than the earlier fragrances in the line. Given that most celebrity fragrances are geared towards a very young crowd (i.e., ‘tweens), that doesn’t mean they’re reaching for middle-aged women, mind you, but still, it’s nice to see a line reach for more sophistication instead of less.

Deseo starts out with a big diffusive fresh note — and anyone who reads here regularly knows there’s nothing I hate like a big diffusive fresh note…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 19 February 2008 Leave a Comment

New at aedes: Lalique Perles de Lalique.

New at senteursdailleurs (Brussels): Serge Lutens Five O'Clock au Gingembre, Blu Mediterraneo Mirto di Panarea.

Thierry Mugler A*Men Pure Coffee ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 19 February 2008 27 Comments

A*Men Pure Coffee by Thierry Mugler fragrancesThierry Mugler has launched AngelMen (aka A*Men) Pure Coffee, a limited edition variation on the original A*Men fragrance with an overdose of coffee:

AngelMEN Pure Coffee, a new interpretation of AngelMEN's signature note of gourmet coffee beans, is a woody-coffee-oriental fragrance-created using a new carbon-dioxide extraction methodology where strong Arabic coffee was removed directly from the seed…

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Juicy Couture Dirty English, Avon True Glow ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 19 February 2008 20 Comments

Dirty English by Juicy Couture fragrance for menDirty English, the first fragrance for men from Juicy Couture, launches next month:

Presenting the scent of irresistible bad boys all over the world…Dirty English exclusive to Bloomingdale's. This new “Manarchy” in a bottle has a passion-inducing mix of peppered mandarin, blue cypress, black leather, ebony wood and amber musk. Live hard, live fast, live loud, live NOW! It's all Dirty English, the new Fragrance for Men by Juicy Couture…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2008, part 1

Posted by Robin on 19 February 2008 10 Comments

Here are a few of the limited edition collector fragrance bottles that have launched since we last did a round-up for the 2007 holiday season. In most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special”. Also note that a few of these may not be available in the US.

Yves Saint Laurent Baby Doll limited edition
At Sephora, Yves Saint Laurent's Baby Doll. The “special, limited-edition bottle features the signature faceted crystal bottle shaped like a spinning top, with sweet, romantic graphics and a silver stopper”, 50 ml for $52…

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