Fresh Scents by Terri going out of business
Fresh Scents by Terri is going out of business, and everything at the website is marked down.
Lazy Wednesday poll ~ your dream perfume?
I've had a dream perfume in the back of my mind for several years now. I recently described it in a post on another topic: it's a “very green jasmine, bright and sparkling and just a bit indolic, over masses of dusty incense and a tiny dollop of dark woods”. Does that sound lovely or disgusting? Despite the fact that I've been thinking about it long enough that I can now “smell” it in my mind, I'm not sure. I've tried to replicate it by layering various incense fragrances over Bruno Acampora's Jasmin, but I haven't found the right mix yet.
Anyway, Maltesia commented that we should do a poll on reader's dream perfumes, and as I've a slight cold at the moment and can't smell a thing, today is as good a day as any…
Online fragrance shopping
Deal at b-glowing: with any purchase of $90 or more, get a full size Green Mama product (Stress-Relieving & Anti-Ageing Regenerating Night Cream Oats & Buckwheat or Nourishing Eye Contour Cream Night Cream Wheat Protein & Cornflower), using coupon code france, good through 4/2.
Deal at beautyhabit: purchase any two Lucy B products, get a Fresh Juice Ultra Shiny Lip Gloss (Glamarama or Beatnik) using coupon code LUCYB, good through 4/15 or while supplies last.
New at parfum1: Juicy Couture Dirty English, Paris Hilton Can Can, Ralph Lauren Ralph Wild & Polo Explorer.
New at sephora: Ferragamo Incanto Heaven, Burberry The Beat, Valentino Rock 'n Rose Pret A Porter.
Sali Oguri Pink Manhattan relaunched
Indie perfumer Sali Oguri has relaunched her Pink Manhattan fragrance:
My approach to perfume composition mirrors my approach to music making. It's a combination of meticulously chosen notes built with equal parts control and abandon. Pink Manhattan is my homage to this great city I love and am continually inspired by.
Sali Oguri Pink Manhattan is available for a limited time in 10 ml perfume oil for $95, and can be ordered at Oguri's website. (via salioguri)
IFRA proposes restrictions on use of citrus oils
We all like to jump on perfume houses that reformulate our favorite perfumes into banality, but all too frequently they are simply complying with new regulations. Ready for more bad news? IFRA (the International Fragrance Association) has now proposed restrictions on the use of citrus oils in cosmetics and perfumes. You can read a summary of the original proposal at Furanocoumarins in cosmetics – worrying developments at the Aromaconnection blog, and a more detailed response from Cropwatch (an “independent watchdog for endangered and vulnerable natural aromatic products”) can be found at IFRA moves towards forcing perfumers to abandon citrus oils at Anya's Garden.
Please feel free to comment, but I haven't done more than skim the articles linked to above and I haven't the patience to do more than that…