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2008 / Browsing by date: May 2008

Gabriela Sabatini Latin Dance, Malin + Goetz Perfume Oils ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 14 May 2008 20 Comments

Gabriela Sabatini Latin Dance perfumeArgentine tennis star Gabriela Sabatini will launch Latin Dance, a new fragrance (and the thirteenth to join her line), next month.

The fruity floral scent for women includes notes of kiwi, papaya, pomegranate, bamboo, lily of the valley, hibiscus, orchid, orchid, woods and amber.

Gabriela Sabatini Latin Dance will be available in 20, 30 and 60 ml Eau de Toilette…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 14 May 2008 2 Comments

Deal at apothia: buy 2 Apothia candles, get 1 free with coupon code DAILY CANDY (enter in shipping instructions at checkout), expiration date unknown.

New at nordstrom: Ferre for Men.

Celebrity perfume news round-up 2008, part the eighth

Posted by Robin on 14 May 2008 25 Comments

Want to spend a day with Paris, Nicky and Kathy Hilton? Earlier this year they held a contest in conjunction with the launch of Kathy Hilton's debut fragrance, My Secret, and a mother-daughter duo won a trip to Los Angeles to do just that. You can watch the results online:

Arriving this week to the web will be an exclusive mini-series, “A Day with the Hiltons,” starring Kathy Hilton and her two daughters, Paris and Nicky…the series follows Kathy, Paris and Nicky, as they talk about beauty, family and much more while they visit a salon, attend an intimate brunch and spend the afternoon shopping.

The first installment should be available at the TVGuide channel at YouTube later today…

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Chi-cocoa Scentsation ~ this fall in Chicago

Posted by Robin on 14 May 2008 10 Comments

A group of volunteers over at Perfume Posse is pulling together a Chicago shopping trip scheduled for Saturday, September 13th:

Join us in Chicago this fall for an incredible, decadent day of fragrance and the Universe’s favorite food: CHOCOLATE!

Patty and March from Perfume Posse will be with us as we spritz, sniff and sample our way through some of Chicago’s finest fragrance departments and boutiques, with many stops to sample chocolate throughout the day…

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Auguste Esprit de Chine, Esprit de Cuir & Esprit de Chypre ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 13 May 2008 3 Comments

Auguste Esprit de Chine perfumeCatherine Fructus started Auguste in 1994 to bring back some of the old beverages, medical remedies, and beauty concoctions of her native Provence. Her website calls Auguste a “bienêtrerie”, or, as my lame French would translate it, a made-up word for a “place you go for things relating to well being”. At Auguste, well being includes private label pastis, soap, folk aphrodisiacs, manicure kits, and cherries in eau de vie. It also includes three parfums: Esprit de Chine, Esprit de Cuir, and Esprit de Chypre.

According to Luckyscent, the perfumes were copied from formulae found in handwritten perfume recipe books that Grasse's perfumers wrote between 1905 and 1920. Auguste used old methods to make the perfumes, too, so that they would be more faithful to the original scents. Although each scent is distinct — a floral oriental, a leather, and a floral chypre — they share a feeling of music played on old instruments and heard at the end of a hall…

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