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2008 / Browsing by date: March 2008

Bergdorf Goodman ~ shopping for perfume in New York

Posted by Guest Shopper on 16 March 2008 — 0 Comments — Comments are closed

Bergdorf Goodman exterior from Grand Army PlazaIf you stand at the southeast corner of Central Park, in the landmark Grand Army Plaza, you’ll see the Pulitzer Fountain set against a semi-circle of pear trees. The fountain’s sculpted centerpiece is Pomona, the goddess of abundance; serenely oblivious to the passing tourists and traffic, she rests an overflowing basket of fruit against her hip. Similar bounty awaits the fragrance-lover just beyond this graceful figure, through the doors of Bergdorf Goodman.

Bergdorf’s fragrances and cosmetics are located on the store’s lower level, one floor down from street level. The layout of the beauty level is slightly confusing, so it’s easiest and best to start in the “fragrance room” located near the center of the floor (see image below). There, you can sample numerous fragrance lines with the assistance of well-informed sales staff. Some of these lines are difficult to find elsewhere in their complete range…

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Perfumista tip: on lists of fragrance notes, why they matter & why they don’t

Posted by Robin on 14 March 2008 98 Comments

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I’ve been working for some time on a kind of primer on “getting to know fragrance notes” (or at least, what little I know on the subject). I kept stumbling over the need to debunk some of the common fallacies about the “lists of notes” that are associated with any given fragrance, and I finally gave up and decided to tackle that topic first.

Everything below can be neatly summed up as follows: not everything in a fragrance is necessarily in the list of notes, and not everything in the list of notes is necessarily in the fragrance. There, now I’ve saved you the trouble of further reading.

What are lists of fragrance notes, and where do they come from

The lists of fragrance notes you see here and there on the internet are usually provided by the public relations department of the perfume house in question. They are meant to give some general idea of what the fragrance “contains”, or at least, what the PR department thinks it smells like (or perhaps more accurately, what they think describes it most alluringly to potential customers), but that is all. They aren’t recipes, and they aren’t complete. Sometimes they are very short and sweet. For example, the recently released Ungaro by Ungaro lists only 3 notes: jasmine, saffron and amber. In contrast, Shiseido’s recently re-launched Zen fragrance lists 20: grapefruit, bergamot, peach, pineapple, blue rose, freesia, gardenia, red apple, violet, lily of the valley, hyacinth, rose, lotus flower, patchouli, cedar, musk, white musk, amber, incense and marine plant. There is no reason whatsoever to think that Zen actually contains more separate ingredients than Ungaro…

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Jean Paul Gaultier Monsieur Eau du Matin, Menard For Men ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 14 March 2008 20 Comments

Jean Paul Gaultier Monsieur Eau du Matin cologne for menIn conjunction with his new Monsieur skincare and makeup line, Jean Paul Gaultier has launched a new body spray, Monsieur Eau du Matin. The tiles on the packaging design were inspired by the Paris metro.

Monsieur Eau du Matin was developed by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, and the notes feature citrus, petitgrain, spices, cedar and guaiac wood…

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Roxy Love ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 14 March 2008 6 Comments

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Quiksilver’s Roxy brand has launched their second fragrance, Roxy Love. Roxy Love is a marine fragrance:

Inspired by the cool, sparkling aqua blue waters of the sea…

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Online fragrance shopping

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Deal at b-glowing: get free shipping on orders of $35 or more using coupon code march08, good through 3/23.

New at luckyscent: the Early Spring Sample Pack includes 14 samples for $45 (11 fragrances from Stephanie de Saint-Aignan, Amouage Jubilation 25 & XXV and Parfumerie Generale Louanges).

Deal at lush: get free shipping on orders of $75 or more that include at least 2 hair care products, using coupon code HAPPYHAIRLL, good through 3/23.

New at miomia: Smiley fragrance.

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