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Lazy Friday poll ~ dupes and smell alikes

Posted by Robin on 11 July 2008 204 Comments

Annick Goutal Petite CherieIt's Friday, and I'm lazy, as I usually am on Friday (ok, I'm pretty lazy most days). Today's poll was suggested by reader Nile Goddess (who as you may remember was recently the subject of a Monday Mail feature). She wants us all to name all the "smell alike" fragrances we can. They don't have to be exact duplicates, just reasonable substitutes. Extra points for coming up with a reasonable substitute for a discontinued fragrance.

Note: the very pretty ad for Annick Goutal Petite Cherie is via Images de Parfums, and it has nothing to do with anything, it's just pretty.

Perfume on eBay in France, part 3

Posted by Robin on 11 July 2008 12 Comments

The French Court of Appeals today denied eBay’s petition to stay an injunction issued June 30 by a Parisian court that requires eBay to halt all sales of four LVMH perfumes [Kenzo, Guerlain, Dior, Givenchy] over any site worldwide that is accessible from France, according to an eBay spokesperson.

[...] The lower court’s order bans not just sales of counterfeits, but sales of genuine bottles of these perfumes [...] According to lawyers for both sides, the injunction even forbids individuals from reselling genuine LVMH products that they received as gifts.

— Read more at Fortune Magazine's Legal Pad blog. And if you missed them, see part 1 and part 2.

Beckham Signature, Victoria's Secret Back to Pink ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 11 July 2008 16 Comments

DVB Beckham Signature perfume for womenDavid and Victoria Beckham will launch a new duo of fragrances, Beckham Signature for Her and Beckham Signature for Him, this coming September. Unlike their prior mass market launches, the new scents will launch in prestige department stores.

Beckham Signature for Her (shown) is a fruity floriental developed by perfumer Sylvie Fischer (who also created Intimately Beckham Night for Men), and includes notes of anise flower, candy apple, orchid, heliotrope, vanilla, patchouli, amber and musk…

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Online fragrance shopping

Posted by Robin on 11 July 2008 Leave a Comment

Deal at b-glowing: spend $75 or more and get a 60 ml bottle of adara organic coconut oil (assorted) and a Crazylibellule Crazy Stick (assorted), using coupon code july, good through 7/17 or while supplies last.

Deal at soivohle: selected Petite Eau de Parfumes 25% off through the end of the month.

Giorgio Armani Prive Oranger Alhambra ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 11 July 2008 21 Comments

Giorgio Armani Prive Oranger Alhambra perfumeGiorgio Armani has launched the third fragrance in the Les Eaux Armani Privé range. The new fragrance, Oranger Alhambra, joins Rose Alexandrie and Vétiver Babylone.

Oranger Alhambra is intended as “a hymn to [Armani's] childhood memories of freshness and the sunlight of the Mediterranean”:

The art of Persian gardens has lived on in Andalusia…

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