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Chocolates & perfumes, part 3 ~ fruits & nuts

Posted by Robin on 11 April 2008 10 Comments

Vosges Calindia chocolate bar

It's spring, that time of year when many women (and men? is this universal?) start knocking off the sweets in a last-ditch effort to lose a few pounds before swimsuit season officially begins. Or so I'm told. Happily, no such impulse has come over me as of yet. Here are seven dark chocolate bars, listed in order of my preference from outstanding right on down through disgusting, along with the usual random perfume recommendations because this is a PERFUME blog.

Starting out with awesome! eat three!, we've got the Calindia bar by Vosges (cardamom, organic walnuts, dried plums dark chocolate, see image above). This doesn't have quite the same rush of cardamom as Dolfin's Noir Cardamome, but it's still a generously spiced bar…

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Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Lotus, Mustang Blue ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 11 April 2008 4 Comments

Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Lotus perfumeElizabeth Arden has launched Green Tea Lotus, a new summer variation on her ever-popular Green Tea fragrance:

Look east with a beautiful new scent that complements the original citrus-influenced Green Tea fragrance. Green Tea Lotus is an elegant fragrance inspired by the flowers traditionally used to scent teas in India, China and Japan, plus the beautiful lotus blossom…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 11 April 2008 2 Comments

Deal at beautycafe: take 10% off orders of $100 or more with coupon code BCRelief, good through 4/15.

Deal at crabtree-evelyn: storewide 20% off sale, and get free shipping on orders of $55 or more using coupon code CAD55, good through 4/13.

New at theperfumeshoppe (Canada): the Comme des Garcons line.

Anna Sui Dolly Girl Lil' Starlet, Miss Sixty Summer Collection 2008 ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 11 April 2008 23 Comments

Anna Sui Dolly Girl Lil' Starlet perfumeAnna Sui has launched her yearly limited edition of Dolly Girl, Dolly Girl Lil' Starlet:

Be a lil' starlet with this gorgeous fragrance from Anna Sui. Top notes of marine accord, pink grapefruit, lemon and mandarin; middle notes of Madonna lily, pear and peony; bottom notes of sandalwood, amber and musk…

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Ungaro Diva and Paloma Picasso Mon Parfum ~ two 1980s rose chypres

Posted by Angela on 10 April 2008 44 Comments

Ungaro Diva perfume advertPaloma Picasso Mon Parfum advert

On weekends I work at a vintage clothing shop. I love the Jean Harlow dressing gowns and Grace Kelly day dresses we stock, but I’ve noticed a steadily growing clientele for Pat Benatar blazers and even Debby Boone gauchos. Yes, for some of us the ’80s are back. You wouldn’t catch me dead in an ultrasuede shirt or leggings, but I have to admit that I adore a whopping 1980s rose chypre. At the top of my list are Ungaro Diva and Paloma Picasso Mon Parfum…

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