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2008 / Browsing by date: May 2008

Ormonde Jayne ~ shopping for perfume in London

Posted by Guest Shopper on 6 May 2008 — 0 Comments — Comments are closed

Ormonde Jayne shop exteriorOrmonde Jayne, the flagship boutique for the British niche line of the same name, can be found in The Royal Arcade, a lovely Victorian covered passage that links Old Bond Street with Albemarle Street. ‘The Arcade’ was built in 1879, and got the ‘Royal’ added when a shirtmaker at No. 12 was patronised by Queen Victoria. Guess who occupies No. 12 now?

The Ormonde Jayne shop at No.12 is tiny, with a wrought-iron spiral staircase leading to a mysterious upstairs from which an assistant will descend when you enter. It couldn’t be more Dickensian, apart from the smart orange and black décor and the 21st century lighting…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 6 May 2008 2 Comments

New at aedes: Diptyque Cologne collection.

New at b-glowing: the Voluspa Opulence collection.

Deal at beautyexclusive: Tocca candles marked down from $36 to $29.

New at imaginationperfumery: Yves Saint Laurent Paris Pont des Amours & Elle Summer Fragrance.

New at macys: Marc Jacobs Splash Sorbet.

Deal at neimanmarcus: free shipping on any order using coupon code NMMAY, good through 5/12.

Deal at parfumsraffy: get free samples of the Raffy fragrances (you pay shipping only), and get free Creed sample sets with Creed orders (see website for more details).

New at saksfifthavenue: Bond no. 9 Swarovski Stars & Swarovski purse sprays.

New at scentiments: Burberry The Beat, Escada S.

Celebrity perfume news round-up 2008, part the seventh

Posted by Robin on 6 May 2008 33 Comments

Naomi Watts for Thierry Mugler AngelActress Naomi Watts is the new face of Thierry Mugler Angel:

Naomi Watts was the inspired choice for Thierry Mugler, over and above her beauty and her star image. Displaying a modern touch, the actress projects a personality that blends sensuality, voluptuousness and evanescence to evoke the many facets of Angel. A blond fragility, a natural tenderness, an emotional seductiveness…

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Lancome Cuir de Lancome ~ perfume review

Posted by Angela on 5 May 2008 68 Comments

Cuir de Lancome fragrance

Miss Marple, where were you when I needed you? Late last summer I stalked department stores in search of Cuir de Lancôme, a then-recent addition to Lancôme’s La Collection range of vintage reissues. The word on the street was that it was supposed to be released in the United States sometime in early fall 2007. A sales associate at Saks Fifth Avenue rifled through some Lancôme sales packages and found something claiming that Cuir should have been released in spring 2007. Another sales associate, this one at Nordstrom, looked at me like he believed I was making it all up and proffered a bottle of Lancôme Sikkim with a busted atomizer. A lukewarm review over at Perfume Smellin’ Things did little to chill my ardor, and news that Lancôme eventually decided not to release Cuir in the United States only made me crazier for it. I had to have a bottle of Cuir de Lancôme…

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The Monday Mail ~ help Tracey find a new perfume

Posted by Robin on 5 May 2008 97 Comments

R2D2 USPS mailboxI don't get a ton of reader email, but most of what I do get goes along the lines of “I like (fill in blank) and (fill in blank), can you recommend a few perfumes I might like…”

I always answer, but I'm not sure recommending perfumes is a particular skill of mine, so today we're going to try out a new semi-regular feature: I'm going to post some information about Tracey, my latest correspondent, and I'm asking everyone to please chime in with some recommendations. Plus, this gives me an excuse to post a picture of the newish R2D2 mailbox from the United States Postal Service, which I have been hunting for but have not yet seen in person…

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